Mirror Dinghies racing, image from Ullman Sails
Flat calm and no-one’s going anywhere
First ripple in the glass, we start to hope
The shadow of a squall stains the surface
A boom swings out, sails fill, haul on ropes.
The gunwales dip and we are flying on the breeze.
44 words for dverse Monday Quadrille
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I really like your images of the way the wind affects the surface of the water. How lovely, to be sailing with a good wind.
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You bring it all to life.
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This sounds like something you know by experience: Finally got a quadrille up:
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Very good – except that a glance from a yachtsman tells that it isn’t a flat calm and the Mirrors are making reasonably fast progress! Full sails, bone in teeth, rudder wash and wakes all confirm that.
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That was the best Mirror pic I could find on t’net, but I agree it’s not exactly calm or even light breeze!
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I enjoyed the picture, though. With a decline in popularity of dinghy racing in SA, such sights are seldom seen here these days. I remember with fond nostalgia when we would curse our way through the large Mirror fleet that had started with a flock of Dabchicks some twenty minutes ahead of us
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My late ex built our Mirror in our dining room. It’s just been given to his local sailing club in Northern Ireland, so has a new lease of life.
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A wonderful design – those things can go on forever!
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I’m not a fan of yachts on the water or in the harbour – such a messy sight )
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You could hardly call 10 ft Mirror dinghies yachts! And a flotilla of dinghies is one of the most beautiful things to see.
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I’ve only had the chance to be on a sailboat once…but it was dead-calm that day too…fortunately this boat was also equipped with a motor. So while I was on a sail-boat, the sails weren’t even unfurled…maybe someday…
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A breeze of hope for those “flat calm” going nowhere times. The weather always changes. 🙂
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I’d prefer flat calm – I get seasick! An engaging response though 🙂
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“first ripple in the glass” = WONDERFUL.
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I am flying away with you Viv ~
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I can almost hear the sails snap.
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Come fly with me — skim those ripples — I’m right there waiting and catching the breeze! 🙂
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Nothing like images of the water to catch the souls of your readers. Such a breezy take on the prompt! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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This brings me back to those days I was waiting for a breeze to fill the sails… I had a dinghy once, but I got tired of waiting for the breeze and switched to a kayak…
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You cerntainly seem to know your sailing vocabulary – I only know it from books, like Swallows and Amazons. But, yes, not quite sailing weather here for the past week or so…
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We had a Mirror Dinghy – built in our dining room in the 60’s.
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Happy memories for you 🙂 🙂 Is it as grim over there as I imagine? I’ve been trying to watch the French Open! Maybe today? Cold and windy here but it’s 1st June tomorrow. Summer guaranteed. Ha! 🙂
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We didn’t get the Paris rain yesterday, but It’s chilly and windy here today.
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