Scenes from a Montauk Seal Watching Trip on the Catamaran MON TIKI
Sean McFall, the epoxy mix-master, at the con.
Culloden Point in the background.
Half-throttle and an easy 6 knots.
The pier at Eddie Ecker Park on Fort Pond Bay, with Hither Woods in the background
Friends Jay & Ruben Schneiderman. The saw us from the beach, called my cell, and we picked them up!
Heading back to our berth at Diamond Cove in Lake Montauk
We saw three seals. One came up right next to the boat as we left the harbor mouth and turned east towards Shagwong reef, another popped up as we passed Colloden Point on the way home, and a third was cruising near the fish packing dock across from the Coast Guard Station.
No photos of the seals. Boat photography favors a very wide-angle lens. Wildlife photography usually calls for something telephoto, and all of my long lenses are for use on cameras that shoot film.
David, I don’t know much (ok, nothing!) about boats, but MON TIKI is beautiful. Job well done to the build crew.Report
One of the reasons we selected the Tiki design is because it’s so eye-catching and easy to photograph. That’s a huge leg up in the very important work of promoting the endeavor. Re-researching DSLRs again. A 200mm f4 should do the trick!Report
When are the sails going up? That should give you some amazing shots.Report
I’ve stalled out on getting the gaff jaws leathered. The leather provides chafe protection as the jaws slide up and down and around on the mast, but how to pattern the fabric to conform to the curve has me stump.
Fortunately my publicist is also a professional crafter (think Etsy on steroids) so our next strategy session will be conducted over some leather work. Think Matthew Crawford’s dignity-of-working-with-your-hands meets Richard Florida’s knowledge-worker meets Lifehacker meets Hints from Heloise.
Little known fact:
In the earlier days of Hollywood, film-editing was considered women’s work.Report