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Monday, September 7, 2009

Classic Boat Festival

Classic Wooden Boat Festival, Inner Harbour, Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC, Canada

Every Labour Day Weekend for the last 32 years the Inner Harbour has hosted the Classic Boat Festival. The above photo was taken on the eve of this year's festival and looks very peaceful. Once the festival gets underway the crowds come out to see these wonderful boats. There is so much to delight the eye because, as with classic cars, the owners of these craft pay great attention to detail. Every rope is coiled just so, every bit of brass or chrome gleams with high polish and all that golden teak and rich dark mahogany glows. Many of the boats will allow you to come on board and have a vicarious taste of what it's like to be really rich.Classic Wooden Boat Festival, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC, Canada
Classic Wooden Boat Festival, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC, Canada

2 comments:

Leeds in Yorkshire daily photo - Paul said...

Nice post Benjamin. Oh to be on that boat with the sunlounger in a beautiful bay at sunrise. I am not a sunlounger person nut that boat looks really nice.

Dean said...

Hey, that'supposed to be MY life !
What a beautiful fantasy, living on that boat.