SAIL
The "race"
- round island Fyn, - 2006
I planned to photograph the "race" in 2006 in a different way as previously - - -
Instead of using my fast motor boat to sail out and meet the old ships on the water as they approached Middelfart, - I decided to take position on a cliff at the entrance to the narrow part of Lillebælt, and from there enjoy the sight.
The idea was actually quite good with a wonderful view over the water, but unfortunately the fleet came in a little late, and therefore they stroke their sails very early and used their engines instead in order to get moored in Middelfart at the scheduled time - - -
Therefore I only managed to get few shots where the sails were still up as the ships passed my look-out position on the cliff - - -
The following morning I decided to take revenge, and took to sea with my boat in order to catch the fleet as they departed from Middelfart - - - -
However, - for some reason none of the ships hoisted their sails, and consequently I failed miserably in photographing old, traditional sailing ships chasing over the blue ocean under clouds of white canvas - - - -
But still, - I did get some reasonable good shots of the event - - -
2006-05-068 - Schooners "Aron", "Meta" and "Brita Leth" approaching - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2006-05-069 - "Aron" and "Brita Leth" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-062 - "Elbe-5" This beautiful schooner is for a change not a Danish old-timer, - but German. And old she is, - from 1883 -, and built as a pilot schooner - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-076 - Into the sunset - sails down, - on the last leg of the voyage to Middelfart - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-083 - Next morning the fleet left Middelfart, - and the "race" was on again - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2006-05-089 - "Emanuel" Here one of the smaller ships, "Emanuel" , - a cutter -, which has a good reputation for speed - (Photo- andcopyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-090 - "Viking" Here an almost similar cutter, - the "Viking" - , originally built for custom inspection of ships - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-097 - "Lilla Dan" Topsail schooner "Lilla Dan" entering Fænø Sund - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-098 - "Grønne Erna" Passing through the narrow Fænø Sund between islands Fyn and Fænø. The name means "Green Erna", which obviously refers to her colour. She was originally built and used as a fishingboat only driven by sails - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-05-100 - The fleet at the south end of Fænø Sund, - approaching the open sea - - - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-027 - Finally in open water, - but NO wind - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-008 - No wind, - and no sails - - - Here the fleet at open sea heading south, - island Brandsø in the background - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-013 - "Freia" - Here the beautiful, steel hulled schooner "Freia" has stopped because the crew wanted to swim. It is quite obvious, that hoisting sails makes no sense in this type of dead calm weather - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-015 - "Brita Leth" - island Brandsø in the background - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-017 - "Madonna" - one of the big ones - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-001 - "Fylla" and "Elbe-5" - and here the old Greenland trader "Fylla", followed by the old German pilot schooner "Elbe-5" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-019 - "Johanne" - Denmarks oldest schooner from 1895 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2006-06-030 - "Johanne" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-025 - "Havgassen" - and here comes "Havgassen", - originally built as a live fish transport way back in 1898 - (Photo- and copyright: by Karsten Petersen )
2006-06-032 - The final view - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
The fleet disappeared towards south, - and none of them hoisted sails-
Therefore it made no sense to follow them - - -
Hopefully next years "race" will be blessed with lots of wind -
( - And indeed!!! - It was - - - !)