Short Trip Series: Spending the night on Angel Island
Angel Island is a California State Park in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. It has incredible views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the city of San Francisco and Alcatraz. In a previous post, I made a day trip there but this post is about spending the night on Angel Island. Depending on the season, the last ferry leaves the island between 3:30 and 5:20pm (make sure to check the schedule online) and unless you have your own boat that’s your deadline. But for a few hard core planners, it’s possible to secure a camping spot on Angel Island. In that case you will be sharing the island with at most 40 persons (including the park rangers, the kayak groups, and the large camping group). After the departure of the last ferry (which was 3:30pm in our case), the...
My best 10 images of 2013
The year is almost over and it’s time to look back at my work for 2013. From a pure statistical perspective, 2013 has been my most productive year ever. Probably due to the fact that I have traveled the most (76 days of travel and 7 countries). All the images presented here are available for licensing or as fine art prints.
My favorite images of the 34th America’s cup
The 34th America’s cup was the longest on record both in racing days, and the number of races, with the Oracle Team USA staging an improbable come-from-behind victory, winning eight races in a row to defend the Cup with nine points to New Zealand’s eight. Now that I had the time to look back at those images that includes the America’s Cup world series in August 2012, the Louis Vuitton Cup (won by Emirates Team New Zealand) and the 34th America’s cup itself. Here my favorites: 1 2 ... 4 ► All the images presented here are available for licensing or as fine art...
America’s cup – day 15 (final day)
We have a winner! After 19 races, 15 days of racing, Oracle Team USA successfully defended the America’s cup. A week ago, nobody excepted that. Jimmy Spithill was the only one giving Oracle much chances. I have personally been in multiples meetings planning for the ceremony where Team New Zealand was excepted to win that day. Today was a winner take-all race. Team New Zealand took a great start but we have learned yesterday that Oracle’s boat is now faster in the upwind leg. Oracle kept it close until Mark 2, and then made its move and passed Dean Barker’s boat. After that they sailed to victory. An interesting bit we learned during the press conference, Oracle broke an actuator on its wing right before the start and they glue it back right...
America’s cup – day 14
Another amazing day at the 34th America’s cup today! That was day 14, races number 17 and 18 if you were counting. The improbable comeback of Oracle Team USA from a 7 point deficit to tie Team New Zealand 8 all, happened today. The kiwis have been on match point since last Wednesday, Sept 18 but are now risking of losing the cup. Only twice before in the history of the cup that they had a winner take-all final. Race 17 was won by Jimmy Spithill at the start by getting under Team New Zealand boat and forcing a bear away. Dean Barker did not want to give in, so the two boats actually touched (and both need a new paint job). Team New Zealand got two penalties for that but also were left stopped in the water, while Team USA was flying to the first mark. The...