[dcbcreative]

Nope... ...In spite of my nautical delusions of grandeur I'm not actually a pirate.

I am though a boater. Well crew. Been learning to sail for two and a half seasons now while regularly sailing on three different boats. A Chris Craft 26' day cruiser (Yes, Chris Craft did make sailboats at one time), a Tartan 30' cruiser/racer and a Tartan/Thomas 35' race/cruiser- Did my first race to Mackinac Island this year on the later (It took us 59 hours to get there and we ranked in the middle of our section).

I'm also a shutter bug. So the photo is actually mine (I would have inquired as well) and I got thousands of them floating around my hard drive just waiting to be sorted through and properly edited for display or some such junk.

That particular photos was taken on October 1st while doing the annual end of the season bridge run for the 30' cruiser/racer. Always a bittersweet treat.

Do you sail..? Are you interested..? I can tell you, skippers are practically desperate for good crew. They'll teach you if you are mechanically inclined, slightly fit and sensibly minded. Oh and it helps if you don't get sea sick easily (Happens to everyone at one time or another) and know how to swim (Just in case).

As for the Spire, I've heard rumor that the project has been put on hiatus due to the economic downturn. But as I said, I heard it as rumor.