Charlie

@chari.es

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Former sailor, now land based. Interested in politics. Involved in maritime search and rescue.

A picture showing the foredeck of a sailing yacht, the left side is obscured by a yellow kevlar sail with the sun behind it, the right side shows deep blue sea and above that evening sky dotted with some clouds.
Four scenes from Arrested Development, the first with the caption: “We should cut NI, everyone for it when they’re trying to win voters back” The second: “Well did it work for those people?” The third: “No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might but…” The fourth: “But it might work for us”
A picture of a large sailing trimaran, looking forward from the port aft quarter. The trimaran is green, white and black. It is foiling, with the port hull completely out of the water.
A screenshot of an online tracker showing two trimarans - one in yellow to the west of Finisterre in Spain, one in red to the south east of Sao Miguel in the Azores. The sea is coloured red and orange denoting a high sea state. The vessels are heading towards île d’Ouessant in France.
The guy in a hotdog costume saying “we’re all trying to find the guy who can stop this”
An image from the starboard bow of a large sailing yacht, looking aft. A large sail is flying from the bow spirit, with a staysail/small jib flying from a tack point further aft. There is one large ‘T’ shaped foil lifted to 90° off the starboard side and the bow is lifting from the water.
Seven men in red sailing waterproofs are stood on the trampoline between two hulls on a large sailing trimaran. One of them is holding a board that reads “Record Ouessant - Cap Horn”, in the background Cape Horn can be seen.
Limmy looking confused
A picture taken from a sailing boat, looking forward at the mast and spinnaker, over a wooden deck and out to sea.
A picture from the top of a mast looking down on a trimaran, the centre hull and beams are white and the outer hulls are red. The yacht is alongside a pontoon, and the water is a deep blue.
An image generated from 3D images of rooms in a house, arranged to attempt to show the floor plan but instead just looking like some sort of interpretative art
a very small baby’s feet in the smallest and sweetest socks
A grey cat, with ungodly amounts of fluff, lying down, with his long legs out in front. He is screaming at the camera, showing off his teeth.
A grey ball of fluff with green eyes looks mischievously past the camera.
A cat half asleep, showing his belly to entice unsuspecting travellers to tickle it.
A screenshot of a news interview with a lady, stood in front of a house, she is saying “You’re joking, not another one”
The instrument stack on a yacht showing 66.4kts of true wind speed.
A picture taken from inside the cockpit of an IMOCA 60 yacht, looking forward to the bank of winches, the pedestal and the instruments.
A photo taken from a sailing boat looking at some islands in the South Atlantic. The image is looking forward of the mast and has two sails deployed.
A photo taken from the cockpit of a 60ft sailing yacht, looking forward. The boat has its main and J2 sails out, with a slight heel. It is sailing on blue water towards tall hills in the distance, with a few clouds above them.
A grey cat, possibly the fluffiest man on the planet, looks longingly past the camera. His wispy whiskers are a mess.
A picture of an IMOCA 60 sailing yacht, taken from a drone from some distance showing calm waters and little wind.
A screenshot of the Vendée Globe tracker showing the leading boat, Sam Goodchild, pointing in the wrong direction while caught in light winds in the doldrums.
A video demonstrating Von Karman vortices in the lee of Cabo Verde.
A kitten dressed as a princess, looking very emotional, sat next to a small hay bale