Sailboats on Fidalgo Bay, August 2011, as evening sun reflects off of the stern of an oil tanker on Fidalgo Bay.
Migrating cormorants fly over a pair of sailboats on Fidalgo Bay, as viewed from Cap Sante.
Wednesday evening drew many crews for racing on Fidalgo Bay, but at least one sailboat decided to sit this one out.
A new view from an old vantage point. New in the foreground at Seafarers’ Memorial Park is the rock breakwater. In the background are sailboats, the shore of Guemes Island and the tip of Cap Sante. The location where this photo was taken will one day soon feature parking spots and a new stretch of […]
Maurice Fink and Joe Gleason are among 10 or 12 owners of the “Soling 1 meter,” a semi-scale remote control sailboat modeled after the Olympic sailboat. Fink (holding boat) and Gleason spent part of Wednesday afternoon at Heart Lake, but they said this is usually a Saturday activity. The 39-inch boat sports 600 square inches […]
Wednesday evening was beautiful … a great night to sail on Fidalgo Bay. Wind was lacking, but everyone who gathered for the weekly race went home a winner.
A city parks and recreation department staffer races out to re-join young sailors after running one of the teens in to Cap Sante Boat Haven. Young sailing students applied their new skills on a windy afternoon that provided both challenges and thrills.
Students from an Anacortes Park and Recreation class sail toward Cap Sante, with a barely visible Mt. Baker looming on the horizon.
Small training sailboats from the Anacortes Parks and Recreation Department sail by Anacortes Marina.
Today’s photograph is uploaded from my laptop computer, where I have stored some of my favorite Fidalgo Bay photographs from a recent Anacortes Yacht Club sailing event. Mt. Baker’s been in and out of cloud cover in recent days, but the mountain was shining on this Wednesday evening.
These sailors motored up Guemes Channel over the past weekend, making the most of remaining summer days. The shore of Guemes appears in the background.
It was interesting Wednesday evening to see a one-person sailboat glide across Fidalgo Bay with Mt. Baker and a massive oil tanker in the background. The tanker brought a shipment of crude oil to the Shell Refinery.