Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Heeling

Disturbing Picture (2)Disturbing Picture (1)

Heeling, a set on Flickr.
Queasy pictures, but which one is worse?

I got caught in a breeze for forty minutes or so off Tarbat Ness in the Moray Firth. If I'd thought it was going to last longer, I'd have reefed - the boat would have come more upright and gone faster.

But, I waited it out, charging along heeled over about 20 degrees. The rail was near the water, but didn't go under.
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