Trial Run by psyoshida
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I have been around water and boats all my life. Even now I live on an island in a house on the water, however I am not a sailor, but a landlover. My brother on the other hand, built his first sailboat with my Grandfather when he was 10. He spent his summers at sailing camp in Cape Cod. His dream was to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat.
To realize his dream he bought a Swan 65 foot sailboat. He refurbished the whole ship including new sails, colors (green and white), teak decks, interiors, new paint, ice maker, radar, etc, and renamed her Ichiban. Ichiban means "Number One" in Japanese, appropriate since it was the first hull design of that type that Swan made.
Off he sailed to go island hopping with his wife and crew. I was invited along but elected to fly to their next destination, Bermuda for a 2 week stay. They moored at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in Hamilton. One day an old British gentleman who was moored several slips down, dropped by for a chat and he asked if Ichiban used to be called "Shambala"? My brother answered "Yes, it was". I was totally amazed that after all that had been done to the ship and the years that had passed he still recognized her. I was VERY impressed! I guess when you know something well enough, you know it, no matter what cosmetic changes take place.
What triggered this memory for me, was this ship, the Shamrock III. I wanted to read more about her race with "Reliance" in the America's Cup race of 1903. After reading all about the differences in designs, sizes, water lines, etc and looking at pictures of both ships, I could not tell the difference between them. They looked identical. Obviously, I am no match for the man in Bermuda.
A New York Times article written the day before the race mentioned that both ships were towed to Sandy Hook to their mooring for a final preparatory spin before the race.
This picture is my vision of Shamrock III's trial run before her defeat in New York in 1903 with a score of 3-0. It was the last race for ships of this "extreme" design.
Thanks to Don Webster (London224) for this beautiful sailing vessel available at C3D.
Thanks to all for your wonderful and generous comments on my last scene "Tornado". To those who asked, yes they do make it away from the tornado. I always like happy endings.
Comments (72)
Dotthy
fantastic scene and mood!!!!!!!!!!!
hidekun
I think that expression of a wave is wonderful.
artistheat
Terrific Image,Outstanding Work
Clovis88
Beautiful art and story
flavia49
fantastic work
soffy
Fantastic view and scene,excellent Art work***
A_Sunbeam
Splendid piece of work and great story
Osper
Absolutely GREAT!
pat40
Excellent pic.
Fidelity2
It is very cool. Thanks. 5+!
bobrgallegos
Wonderful realistic scene!! Coming from the landlocked state of Colorado the sea has always intrigued me.
moochagoo
Stunning work, bravo.
kbrog
Superb work on this beautiful sea going image! :)
emmecielle
What a splendid image! Fantastic detail and atmosphere! :)
MagikUnicorn
Oh myyyyy...thats BEAUTY
kits
Wow!!!! You have excelled yourself, that is so well done Patty, love everything about it, water, atmosphere, cloudscape, all just right, fabulous work 5* PS You need to make the crew some life jackets, if there going to stand about the deck like that when she buries her nose you'll have to rename her the Marie Celeste lol
SIGMAWORLD
Klasse Render!
mininessie
a really interesting story behind....and yes... amazing the old man! gorgeous scene here dear!
E-Nomime
Очень замечательная морская сцена. Прекрасное море и кораблик. Мне очень понравилось.
adrie
Wow what a amazing render my friend, fabulous work love it.
dochtersions
Such a lovely story to tell, dear Patty. I like to hear it from you. I also thought on first sight it was an amazing photo. Fabulous done, my friend. You know a lot of this boats.
thecytron
Spectacular image!
Crudelitas
Wow, at first I thought it was a photo! Fabulous scene, I taste the salt water directly on my lips. An absolutely great picture!
drifterlee
This is stunning!
LadyDeryni
This is such a great picture, & I too thought it might be a photo. All of your work looks so realistic, but this one even more so. And I love the stories too.
AureliusdeMercoeur
Nice compo and lighting ! Beautiful work with the foamy waves ! An excellent sea scene and a very interesting story !!
ia-du-lin
looks like a photo, fantastic scene
nitegrafix
Wonderful work, very beautiful!
Orinoor
I love this, it's both accurate and beautifully done, and I love the story along with it. My father built a 36 foot sloop and we took a year off from school to sail around the Pacific. I have to say, it was the most extraordinary adventure of my young life and this wonderfully captures those memories.
Leije
Sumptuous image !