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Shayde’s birthday party aboard the Fame, 2004.09.11

These are pictures from my friend Shayde’s surprise birthday party aboard the schooner Fame in Salem in September 2004. About forty of us went on a two-hour cruise, with yummy food and much socializing. I love being on the water, I love history (although this cruise was a bit light on that, except for the boat itself), I’ve been reading the Aubrey/Maturin novels which are set at around the same time the original Fame was sailing, and except for a very small sailboat a friend of mine took out on the MIT marina on the Charles once I’ve never been on a sailing vessel. And Shayde is excellent, and he has wonderful friends and family. So I had a blast.

(Because I was mostly focussing on the boat or on individual people, and because I couldn’t identify everybody in my few crowd shots to get permission from them, these pictures give the incorrect impression that the boat was fairly empty. Actually, with forty of us aboard, it felt about as crowded as a typical well-attended party in somebody’s home.)

The schooner Fame (http://www.schoonerfame.com/) is the replica of a fishing boat that was turned into a privateer in the War of 1812. There are regular cruises, and the boat can be chartered for private parties like this one. (I think this vessel counts as a boat rather than a ship even though it has three masts; those wiser in nautical ways than I am are welcome to correct me.) The crew was particularly good with the children, by the way; the ones that wanted to each got a turn at the tiller (as did Shayde) and they seemed to have a blast.

NOTE: These pictures are licensed under one of two different licenses, as noted in the captions. A few of the ones with no people in them — especially the ones I thought would make good backgrounds — are licensed under a Creative Commons license that says you can copy, share, and modify them for noncommercial purposes only, provided you give me credit (details in English and in Legalese). The rest, including any pictures that have recognizable people in them, are not licensed under a Creative Commons license, and may not be redistributed for any purpose without the explicit permission of all people depicted.

The camera is a Canon PowerShot S410. Some of these pictures are available in various sizes.


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Shayde's birthday celebration aboard the schooner Fame, 2004.09.11. http://www.schoonerfame.com/

Chuck and bonnie arriving at the marina. Behind Chuck is Catya; behind bonnie is Tim, and I don't remember the name of the person in red.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:45:51

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Tim at the marina as we waited for Shayde to arrive.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:46:30

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Wex taking a picture. How meta. I hope somebody was taking a picture of me taking a picture of Wex. Jenny's leaning on the railing in the background.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:46:55

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Chuck at the marina as we waited for Shayde to arrive.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:49:33

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bonnie at the marina. (This is cropped because I accidentally got somebody in the background who I think didn't want to have her picture taken that day.)

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:51:32

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The pennant flying from the mainmast of the Fame.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:53:53

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The stern of the Fame with the captain aboard as we waited to board her.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:54:11

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A view along the Fame as she was being prepared for us to board. The rolling cart by the steps held goodies for the birthday celebration.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:54:19

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Another tall ship in the marina. Unfortunately I don't have the name of this ship recorded; I thought I could catch it from the pictures, but it wasn't legible in any of them.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T15:58:10

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Looking up at the foremast and rigging.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:03:30

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Another tall ship in the marina. Unfortunately I don't have the name of this ship recorded; I thought I could catch it from the pictures, but it wasn't legible in any of them.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:15:35

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Looking up at a mast and rigging.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:19:18

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Mainmast, mainsail, and rigging.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:19:30

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The jib being hoisted.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:20:49

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The jib being hoisted.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:20:55

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The foremast, with the foresail fully hoisted and the jib almost fully hoisted.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:21:00

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Coiling rope, a popular pastime at sea.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:21:51

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Looking up at the foresail, with a bit of the jib visible before the foremast, and the mainmast (with pennant) visible at the left.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:22:05

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Sails and rigging, and a view back towards the marina.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:22:17

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Sunlight on the water with boats in the middle distance.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:40:37

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Rigging.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:41:46

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Zach at the tiller.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:47:38

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Ben amused by something in a conversation. The years on each of our nametags were when we met Shayde.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:57:00

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Catya and Shayde preparing to cut cake.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:57:32

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Shayde cutting the first slice of cake.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T16:57:41

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Tim, Chuck, and bonnie enjoying birthday cake. I love the expression on bonnie's face.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:08:05

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Sunlight on the water and beautiful colours in the sky.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:09:19

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Sunlight on the water.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:10:59

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Zach at the tiller.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:11:14

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Looking up along a sail. I *think* this was the mizzen sail, but I don't remember for sure.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:11:44

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The stern of the ship, showing the connection of the tiller to the rudder.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:15:36

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The foresail and a bit of rigging. I think I took this picture to show the block in the foreground.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:20:57

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Light on the water.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:34:22

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Light on the water. I took this picture for the colours.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:34:33

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Light on the water. I love the colours in this picture.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:34:42

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A small lighthouse near the marina.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:47:49

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Another tall ship in the marina. I took this particular picture mainly to try to get the name of the ship, but unfortunately I had to hold the camera up over my head and I didn't get the name in the frame. (It's just below the bottom edge of the photo.)

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:50:10

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Adorable Quinn. It took me a few moments to realize he wanted me to take his picture.

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Taken: 2004-09-11T17:51:33


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