Posts tagged sunny

08
Mar 11

49er

Marseille, France 43º15’29″N 5º22'07″E

Christophe Launay shows off more of the inventive lighting we see so much of from him, this time shooting the top French Olympic 29er team of Manu Dyen and Stephane Christidis during the final week of winter training camp in Marseilles. And this time, Christophe gives us poetry to go along with it!
Words: Alan Block

A sense of achievement at mastering skills,
A sense of joy and exhilaration at the beauty of nature,
The stimulus and adrenalin rush in moments of speed,
The satisfaction of redefining performance boundaries,
And, above all, a sense of fun.

07
Mar 11

470 Nicolas Charbonnier Jeremie Mion

Marseille, France 43º16’03″N 5º21’85″E

20
Feb 11

Harken One Design

Global

18
Feb 11

470 Ingrid Petitjean Nadege Douroux

Marseille, France 43º15’07″N 5º21’11″E

19
Oct 10

Barceloneta

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 41º22’14″N 2º11’88″E

La Barceloneta is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Muelle de España of Port Vell and the El Born neighborhood.

02
Oct 10

Elena

Saint Tropez, France 43º13’70″N 6º42’42″E

Onboard the schooner Elena during “Les voiles de saint Tropez”, France.‘Build me a schooner that can win’. Elena is a replica of the Herreshoff schooner designed in 1910, who won the Trans-Atlantic Race in 1928. Newly built in 2009 at the Factorial Naval

01
Oct 10

Altair

Saint Tropez, France 43º16’42″N 6º38’48″E

Onboard Altair during “Les voiles de Saint Tropez”, France.
Commissioned in 1929 by Captain Guy H MacCaw whose brief to William Fife was simply: ‘build a sound, safe cruiser, safe to go to the south seas islands in with no anxiety’. Fife was then 73 years. 

28
Sep 10

Velsheda

Saint Tropez, France 43º16’54″N 6º42’43″E

Onboard Velsheda during “Les Voiles de Saint Tropez”, France. Designed by Charles Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholson in 1933 for Mr W.L. Stephenson, Owner of Woolworth chain of shops, she was built in 1933 at Gosport.

27
Sep 10

Shamrock V

Saint Tropez, France 43º17’36″N 6º38’46″E

Shamrock V (JK3) during “Les Voiles de Saint Tropez”, France.
Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton’s fifth and last America’s Cup challenge. Designed by Nicholson, she was the first British yacht to be built to the new J Class Rule and is the only remaining J to have been built in wood.

15
Jun 09

Oro Bay

New Caledonia 22º35’99″S 167º31’67″E

PARADISE #5

Water view of the beautiful natural swimming pool out of the coral limestone surrounded by Araucaria pines. Reached by sea on foot along a small narrow path and truly out of this world, Oro Bay boasts two superb beaches of incredibly fine white sand, crystal water. Eighty kilometres south-east of Noumea lies the enchanting Isle of Pines (14 km wide, 18 km long) a place where time seems to stand still in an idyllic setting of white beaches under swaying palms and soaring Araucaria pines.”Kunié “, as it is still called by the inhabitants, is as beautiful under water as it is on land and a favourite spot for divers.The Isle of Pines (French: Île des Pins; Kanak name: Kunyié) is an island located in the Pacific Ocean, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France. The island is part of the commune (municipality) of L’Île-des-Pins, in the South Province of New Caledonia. The Isle of Pines is often nicknamed l’île la plus proche du paradis (“the closest island to Paradise”).