Friday, October 1, 2021

Tacking Home



 Tacking Home

 

Sketched from an old black and white photo 

taken while waiting on the dock as Dad 

tacked his way home after a morning sail 

in a very light breeze that lifted the long 

once dark uncut hair off the back of my neck.

A memory.

 

12”x 9” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

2 comments:

  1. I love this, Tony, the sketch and the memory. Beautiful.
    I assume "tacking" is a sailing term?

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    1. Thank you. Tacking is sailing diagonally back and into the wind to sail against the direction the wind is blowing.

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