Boats – Steve Baker

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A serious commitment to crew weight

by Steve Baker 5 June 2011 in Fun, Photography, Politics Comments are Disabled

Each year, the good people of High Wycombe weigh the Mayor, the councillors and the MP to check who is gaining weight at taxpayer expense. It’s a magnificent idea but strangely my Westminster colleagues seem reluctant to institute the tradition on Parliament Square. Unfortunately, I put a little weight on […]

Asymmetric Monohull

by Steve Baker 5 July 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Asymmetric Monohull, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Might have been a Laser 4000. Crewed by Remco, the insatiable high-wind Dutch sailor.

Laser, racing

by Steve Baker 5 July 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Laser, racing, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

Distant Tiger capsize

by Steve Baker 5 July 2009 in Photography, Fun Comments are Disabled

Distant Tiger capsize, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.

Going out on the wire

by Steve Baker 5 July 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Going out on the wire, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Racing a Hobie 16 single-handed on a gusty day

Wildwind – two great weeks

by Steve Baker 4 July 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

All done. Last night out with new friends tonight. This seems to be the best photo of me at sea from the fortnight — no exciting Tiger or Fox pictures: Final photos uploading in the background including some good high-wind shots of cats, windsurfers and a kite board. Will post […]

Wildwind race day

by Steve Baker 3 July 2009 in Fun, Photography Comments are Disabled

Race day was comical, with lulls followed by moderate gusts from various directions. In a mixed fleet, Remko and I were first over the line in a Tiger two out of three in the morning. For the third, Remko took a unilateral decision to put in a capsize in the […]