Haida Gwaii 2014
I headed up to Haida Gwaii to shoot for the West Coast Fishing Club for a couple of times this summer. Always lots to see and lots to shoot.
Here is a collection of some of the images.
Haida Gwaii 2014
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Little Neighbours
Little Neighbours The best part about anchoring the ship in Pina's Bay, are all of the wonderful people that would paddle over to check us out. The Mama Nido became the hang out spot, the coolest place in the bay, the place where everyone wanted to be. Not a day went by in our 20 something days at anchor where we didn't have more than 3-10 different Little Neighbors all the time just hanging out. The kids would be hand lining for fish off of the back swim transom, everyone smiling and having a great time. Or swimming around the ship, laughing and giggling.
Every day after fishing, we would pull up to the Mama Nido and all eyes would be focused on our crew to see what they might pull out of their fish coolers. Our boys would often save extra pieces of Bonito or other fish, to give to our Little Neighbours, so they could use it for hand lining.
The back of the Mama Nido became a Canoe parking lot and a safe haven for people to congregate on when a big storm was rolling through.
Here are some pictures of our Smiling Little Neighbours. We are headed back down to Pina’s Bay next week and I can’t wait to capture more of them!!!
Hand Lining in the early Morning Hours
We unfortunately had a Blue Marlin die on us, but that one fish most likely fed over 20 families from Pina's Bay.
A whole group of our Little Neighbours, just hanging out!
The Kids are pretty shy at first, but then they seem to love the camera!
"Flat Bottom Girl" WVYC Ladies Sailing !
"Flat Bottom Girl" WVYC Ladies Sailing!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of sailing on an amazing 42ft Sailing boat with some of my closest friends for the Annual West Vancouver Yacht Club Ladies Cruise. We where a mixture of talented sailers and like myself slightly more novice sailers, all hoping to make our mark on the race. We started the race feeling rather confident in our abilities and after a short "Coffee & Muffin" break, we quickly realized that we had forgotten completely about the race and now where sitting in very last place. Unfortunately, the crew of the Eclipse were unable to recover from this relapse in judgment and our "Flat Bottom Girl" could not re-gain her place with the rest of the pack.
After losing our wind, we floated for what seemed like forever in the "Doldrums of Bowen Island", feeling slightly embarrassed as we watched a group of Kayakers pass us by. The crew of the Eclipse discussed various options (ei; starting up the engine...oh and starting up the engine), but the greater majority of us stayed confident in our wind luck changing (also, we had nothing else to do). So we bobbed about floating at around .01 knots, being pulled sideways with the current. We were very happy to not be stuck in the middle of the Ferry Traffic part of the channel and waited patiently for the wind to fill our sail's back up and push us towards the finish line.
Sure enough, after 4.5 hours of "intense" racing (eating and drinking), we crossed over the imaginary line. With no one there to cheer us on or watch us complete the race, we did what any enthusiastic sailor would do! We Blow our own air horn and cheered loudly!
Pulling up to the dock with our heads held high, we soon learned that the winner of the race was a very talented Solo Racer, who manhandled her 30+ racer by herself all the way to the finish line. Our last place finish was consoled by some fantastic food; cooked for by a couple of the Yacht Club men and we enjoyed the beautiful Centre Bay docks and facilities.
Here are some shots from the fantastic weekend and thanks to everyone for letting lose and having a good time!
Experienced Sailor Linds, fine tuning the jib. Gusting 25knots on our way home from Gambier.
Our Fearless Captain, Fiona steering us into the wind!
Linds pretending like she is working hard, just so I can take a picture of her.
Rule of thumb: "Always Look behind you when photographing, sometimes the best shots come from you just turning your head around!"
Emily balancing on a log. We had an incredible hike on Gambier. Mostly filled with caterpillars and very large ferns!
1 out of 2 boat dog mascots, Tikka enjoyed the wind in her hair!
en-route Magazine
Check out some of my pictures in this recent article about the West Coast Fishing Club and David Hawksworth in the new issue of Air Canada en-route Magazine.
Sport Fishing Magazine
Sport Fishing Magazine
Check out SportFishingMag.com to see some of my shots featured in their Showcase Gallery. All shots where taken for the West Coast Fishing Club on the Pacific Provider in the Las Parlas Islands, Panama.
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/gallery/marlin-fishing/2012/04/panama-s-best-offshore