P. J. Alling wrote: > This is an interesting little boat. A cat style hull, with a Gaff Sloop > rig. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_acatofadifferenterr.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 28-200mm f3.8~5.6AL[IF] > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >
It's a nice shot, but I'd crop the bottom over to the kid and straight up for a bit more balance and less distractions. As for the boat itself. Looks like a gaff sloop. The hull doesn't look anything like a wide-beamed catboat of the New England style. I've heard the term "cat" in regards to boats used three different ways: 1. "Cat rigged" is a sailboat that has no foresails, i.e. jib(s). 2. a "catboat" which is a very wide-beamed cat-rigged sailboat developed in Ne England and then "exported" in various styles elsewhere. And 3. "Catamaran" often referred to as a "cat" is a boat (sail or power) with 2 hulls of equal size and shape joined by a bridgedeck (hard like a cruising cat or soft like the trampoline of the ubiquitous Hobie 16). -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
