We Sailed To An Island And Played With Fire

A few weeks ago 3 boats - SV Spray, SV Pippen & SV Tout Va Bien (yours truly) went on an adventure to Sidney Spit, in the Gulf Islands of Beautiful BC. It was the first overnight sail of the season, and it felt absolutely fantastic to cast off from the dock!

The race is on for the best moooring bouy-SV Pippen lead the way.

SV Spray had a beautiful wing on wing run

It took us 3-4 hours to sail from Victoria. We were fortunate to have sunshine and favorable winds the whole way! For most of the voyage to Sidney Spit I was anticipating practicing taking long exposure shots using a technique called steel wool spinning. After getting hooked up to our mooring buoys we piled into the dingy and rowed ashore just before dusk and got ourselves set up.

We used a metal whisk, stuffed with steel wool, Rodney's leash and a lighter. We found that fluffing the wool up a bit before stuffing it into the whisk seemed to help the wool burn a little more consistently. My friend Ellie was incredibly patient with me as we tried different exposure settings and patterns.

Bleeding Heart

Orb

Lasso

Sparks

Which shot is your favorite?
Bleeding Heart
Orb
Lasso
Sparks

Have any other steemers tried steel wool spinning? Any advice out there? I truly appreciate your feedback!

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