Eight photographs, plainly captioned
The eight pictures run in four acts — establishing, detail, underway and the harbour — with two full-bleed stills cutting between them. Every caption says what its picture shows and nothing more.
Act 01
Establishing
Two views that set the scene: the foredeck of a sailing yacht at its berth, and a motor yacht lying in clear water.
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ForedeckThe foredeck of a sailing yacht alongside in a northern marina as the light goes. It is the first part of a boat a buyer walks over on the way aft. -
Motor yachtA white motor yacht photographed from above in clear water off Portals Nous, Mallorca. From this height the layout of its decks reads almost like a plan.
Act 02
Detail
Two pictures from aboard: the saloon a buyer sits in, and the cockpit a buyer walks through first.
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CabinThe corner of a small yacht's saloon, where the table meets the seat and a berth shows through the doorway. The varnish and the slatted sole are the parts a buyer's hand goes to first. -
CockpitThe cockpit of a small cruising yacht built around 1971, looking forward to the companionway. The teak seats and slatted sole are the surfaces a survey looks at closely.
BreakA harbour on a clear day filling the whole frame: a white lateen sail in front, moored boats along the quay and red-roofed houses behind. It is a harbour in the sun, seen from the water.
Act 03
Underway
Two pictures of sail doing its work: the head of a sail against the sky, and a yacht carrying full canvas in close under a headland.
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SailA lateen sail raised on a small wooden boat inside the harbour, with the moored yachts behind it. A sail set at the mooring is the quickest way to see how well it has been looked after, seam by seam. -
Close inshoreA yacht working along the cliffs of Dugi Otok, Croatia, mainsail and jib drawing and the tender still on the painter. Sailing in close under a headland is where a sea trial tells you most.
BreakThe yacht marina in Dockyard Creek, Grand Harbour, Malta, filled edge to edge with masts, and the old stone city rising above the water behind it.
Act 04
Harbour
Two pictures of boats close to shore: two yachts waiting in the haze, and a cockpit alongside at its berth.
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Waiting in the hazeTwo 44-foot sailing yachts with their crews aboard on calm grey water, lattice pylons standing in the haze behind. The sails are going up for a demonstration run. -
HelmThe wheel cockpit of a larger cruising yacht moored in a marina, sheltered under a dark bimini. It is the place a skipper hands over the helm on a sea trial.
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