A walk on the beach at East Mersea on Sunday morning gave the unexpected opportunity to watch some exciting sailing boats in action. There were a variety of lightweight craft sailing in a stiff breeze - whether the GBR on some of the sails was significant I don't know. The were all out from Brightlingsea which has certainly been to home of Olympic medalists in the past.
When the boats had sailed away I experimented with the reflection of the watery mid-morning sun on the sea and the salt-marshes; these two shots were taken from the same spot about 30 seconds apart
Finally some typical salt marsh (Salcott) at low tide later in the day - it all brought back happy memories of swimming and mucking about in boats in these creeks as a child.
Hi Lovely photo's, you are right the insignias on the sails are significant, you register your boat if you sail competitively according to the class of the boat you are sailing i.e Laser as in the picture. GB 749 was sailed by Dave Hayes and Sean Dwyer who were 3rd in the world championships in 2001. Not sure who sails it now it follows the boat not the people in it, i used to sail in cowes IOW. Ps love your site i am a friend of Ann Miles.
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