Nautical and Marine Images I
Mendocino
Mendocino
The GAMBELLA Moored at Drawbridge
The GAMBELLA Moored at Drawbridge
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Small Etchings (3″ x 4″)
“A Wonderful Bird. . .” Piper Pair (click on image for larger view)
N. of Trinidad Marine Wildlife
Moon Ship
The GAMBELLA
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Moon Ship
It was a warm summer night and the schooner GAMBELLA stretched her pretty legs. Countless hours of my personal attention were paying dividends as she moved south with a nimble grace. The Bay* was smooth and flat. The tide was on the flood and a gentle breeze was steady over the port quarter. Then a full Moon rose over the East Bay hills and its muted light danced on the surface of the water.
Oh, to linger in that reflection,
A brief passage of near perfection.
Dream-like it was, but alas it was real.
It needed some water under the keel.
I knew we were running out of bay,
But didn’t want it to end that way.
I made an image to hang on my wall,
And in it GAMBELLA still stands tall.
The hiss of the wake’s trailing froth,
The creak of the rig working aloft,
These things I hear when I can see
The rare moment that transported me.
So when life’s voyage comes to an end
I’d make that passage once again.
And if to heaven I have gone
There I’ll sail her on and on.
R. L. Mason
Mendocino, CA
2009
* San Francisco Bay circa 1976
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