Golden Gate Endeavor Food Drop

Golden Gate Endeavor Food Drop November 8, 2009

Chris Martin and Mick Dawson on the "Bojangles", a 20 foot row boat, in their Golden Gate Endeavor to cross the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the San Francisco Bay. Photo taken during a food drop just over 100 nautical miles off Santa Rosa, California. November 8. 2009. The pair aim to become the first to row unsupported across teh North Pacific Ocean finishing in San Francisco under the Golden Gate Bridge. Their estimated time of arrival in San Francisco is within the next week.

You can follow Chris and Mick in their voyage at GoldenGateEndeavor.com

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Napa, CA
707-226-8470
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Aerial Photograph Canon 5D Mark ll SFBAYIMAGES.com
The Boat
The vessel specifically designed and constructed for this challenge is ‘Bojangles’. At 23ft long and 6ft wide, ‘Bojangles’ is the most technically advanced ocean rowing vessel ever constructed. Manufactured from a Carbon-Kevlar composite woven material (by Woodvale Challenge), it is incredibly strong and durable, whilst at the same time being the lightest material suitable for the construction of an ocean going vessel. The woven construction increases the impact resistance threefold, while the method used to cure the resin ensures that the strength of the boat is not limited by the strength of its joints. In addition, renowned yacht designer John Shuttleworth was employed at the design stage to highlight and implement specific structural requirements for this vessel and her particular voyage, all of which have been incorporated into the final build.

San Francisco Bay Bridge, Aerial Twilight

San Francisco Bay Bridge is actually a beautiful bridge even though it is played down by that other bridge, you know, the gold one.

Aerial San Francisco Bay Bridge. Sci-Fi affect brought to you by filtered sunlight at sunset. Aerial San Francisco Bay Photography by SFBayImages.com

Sunrise behind the San Francisco Bay Bridge, Fall. SFBayImages.com, Ode de Bay Bridge Series.

Rainbow over Angel Island. So this photo was taken in the spring, but there was a full rainbow over Richardson Bay about an hour ago. Complete arch. Thats is one wide angle lens you would need.

"WE ARE NOT LOST!!!!"

The Good Year Blimp, up close and personal. San Francisco Bay.

Big Boat Series, San Francisco Bay, 2009. Looks like being "rail meat" has the upside of being yoga stretch moment. Nice bottom paint!!!!!

I don't know if you have this problem, but sometimes when I am filling photography orders I can get very very lost in my database of images. I find things and I try to start pulling them for new collections but they get left undone because the phone rings and other things happen. I find gems like these that if only, if only, they were actually in my database online................

I don't get out on the sea on days like this one very often anymore. Point Bonita Lighthouse as seen from just outside the mouth of the San Francisco Bay. SFBAYIMAGES.com. Lighthouses of the San Francisco Bay Collection. Of course, this one is not in it.

The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. One thing I can say about the winter end of the year is the "l'heure bleu" or the blue hour seems best. This from wikipedia on the l'heure bleue:

The blue hour comes from a French expression (l'heure bleue), which refers to twilight, the period each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day (also in photography; it is considered especially flattering for people with blond hair) and because in the summer, this is often when the smell of the flowers is at its strongest.

Since I have blonde hair I am not sure how it is flattering for me but I like what it does for my photographs.