While recently browsing some of my older photos I came across this image I took on a sailing trip in The Bahamas over twenty-two years ago and I remember it so clearly. It was a near perfect, cool morning in November, and I was up before the sun and on deck with coffee and camera in hand. There was really no breeze and the ocean was flat with just left over memories of the previous waves, giving me a slight ripply effect in the reflection of the sky. As the sun rose to peek at the scattered puffy clouds, I could see the beginnings of deep orange in the east fading to dark blue to the west. So calm … and so calming. I still relax every time I view this photo, so decided to make it the wallpaper on my desktop.
The mornings at anchor on the sailboat are some of my favorite memories of those trips. I remember a morning anchored in the inside passage of the Florida Keys. It was another very calm beginning and after the sun rose, a slight offshore breeze began to stir the water. I was ready to go, but my wife was still sleeping and I didn’t want to disturb her. So I pulled in the anchor by hand, pulled the genoa out, and the boat slowly glided through the water towards the channel. I still think of that morning as another perfect beginning to a day on the water.
I hope this image will help you get to the same relaxed state of mind …
Please feel free to download this image – It makes a nice Wallpaper on a laptop. Image dated Nov., 2002, taken with Canon EOS D30.
