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Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

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Boy waiting at the plane dock for his mother

This cute little guy is on the float plane dock in Ganges. He’s waiting for his mother to touch down in a Saltspring Air plane.

Round Saltspring 2012

Round Saltspring 2012 aerial photo

The Round Saltspring 2012 sailing race is presented by the Saltspring Island Sailing club. And has been since 1974. The 42 nautical mile voyage (as the crow flies) around Salt Spring can be a mixture of close competition, blazing sun and wind — a little or a lot. Or a mixture of the two.

This year seemed to be mostly a light air affair with two light speedsters out front: Mischief, a Melges 32 (handicap 27) and the big dollar Braveheart, a TP 52 (handicap -72).

This year’s audience included a few locals in the Beddis Road area:

Wildlife watches the annual Round Salt Spring sailing race

*update Monday morning

MY-TAI won the wind challenged RSI 2012. She was third over the line at 8:40 pm and corrected to first.

MY-TAI is an interesting boat. A 10 metre light displacement, open transom sportboat with carbon fibre mast, boom and bowsprit designed as a ‘low cost’ one-design race boat. Built in China, she was designed to fit in a 40 foot shipping container and has a retractable keel so she can be trailered. The boat was designed in 2005 by Bob Perry with much heated debate and guidance from the on-line forum sailinganarchy.com.

Here’s MY-TAI and her crew of eight between Fernwood and Batt Rock at 6:50 pm Saturday evening:
MY-TAI wins Round Saltspring 2012

MY-TAI a Flying Tiger 10m

And one more as the gleaming Flying Tiger 10 arrives at Saltspring Island Sailing Club for the 2011 race:
MY-TAI arriving at SISC

Salt Spring Roadside Stand

saltspring road side stand

You’ll find this Salt Spring roadside stand on Cranberry Road. It’s on the way to the Mount Maxwell summit.

You’ll find, well, granola, from Lara’s Salt Spring Granola Co. And John’s Mount Maxwell Roasters coffee. The day I went by there were bags of beans for sale and coffee by the cup. And fresh eggs from their daughter’s chickens.

Sunrise at Fernwood Beach

spring sunrise at fernwood beach

There’s always an interesting view in the Fernwood area. But then again, that’s probably true for most every ocean beach. This morning was particularly interesting though for the wildlife and the sounds it was making; deer, rabbits, owl, otter, loons near Wallace Island, gulls, ravens, and a man walking two dogs (only one dog seemed wild).

GISPA’s Haroun

GISPA's Haroun on Saltspring

GISPA's Haroun on SaltspringGISPA’s Haroun production, May 15-17. A resetting of Salman Rushdie’s classic story.

GISPA is the Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts. It’s a school within Gulf Islands Secondary on Salt Spring Island. This unique school combines advanced technical and artistic training and collective creation.

from the new GISPA Website:

Students of GISPA are given a unique opportunity. Together, we work on creating an original collective project between all three of our strands: Acting, Music and Dance. This means that our students work together, creating original music, choreography and scene-work geared towards a final year-end production. Collective creation aims to blend all of our strengths into a sleek, powerful performance through which our innovation and skill can shine.

It’s my pleasure to not only work around these talented and energetic young people but to support them as my business cause.

Photos by John Cameron

Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).

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