While I was rigging my Laser sailboat to race on Wednesday evening, I
was watching this storm develop. I have been in too many storms on the
water, so I decided to stay ashore and take pictures. I have always
thought the light just before a storm is really interesting, but had
never caught it before with a camera. Five minutes after I took this,
the wind was blowing over 35 mph. Most of these boats capsized at least
once during the peak. FYI - the thing that scares sailors the most is
lightning - there was never any sign of that!
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