{"id":5759,"date":"2023-05-25T18:41:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2023-09-10T09:47:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:47:03","slug":"deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5759","title":{"rendered":"Deliveries (part 1 of 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April of 1987, I was putting finishing touches building my place in Waves, when I got a call from a good friend. For several years Trent had been sailing the Caribbean as captain of <b><i>Challenge<\/i><\/b>, a beautiful 70-foot sloop. Owner John McVie wanted the boat relocated to the west coast so Trent asked if I would crew. I jumped at the opportunity, plus it was a chance to explore new photography.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cabo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5760\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cabo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cabo.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cabo-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After transiting the Panama Canal, we sailed up the west coast, stopping intermittently. We anchored at the very tip of Baja near Cabo San Lucas, alongside an 80-foot ketch called <em><strong>Escapade<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cruise-ship.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5761\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cruise-ship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cruise-ship.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cruise-ship-400x263.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next day as I walked a Cabo beach, I shot this cruise ship that had just departed. My former agent, SuperStock had sold this image for me internationally a number of times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5762\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dale.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dale-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following year, we delivered <em><strong>Elysian<\/strong><\/em>, a 53-foot Swan, round trip between Fort Lauderdale and Connecticut. On the south bound voyage, I photographed Dale Parker as we entered tropical waters off Florida. It too, became a lucrative stock photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April of 1987, I was putting finishing touches building my place in Waves, when I got a call from a good friend. For several years Trent had been sailing the Caribbean as captain of Challenge, a beautiful 70-foot sloop. 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