Notes on Kite Aerial Photography: Photo Gallery
A view from above the Richmond Yacht Club made
by aligning two separate frames (55K jpg, November 1996).
Another
Sunday in the lad's sailing program and here we are at the
Richmond Yacht Club again. Having a bit of time on my hands I
went out to the parking lot and easily coaxed the Sutton 30 into
the air. Following the customary 10 minute check flight I lofted
KAP Rig #3 -- a camera cradle built around the Yashica T4 Super.
It flew quite well. I am quite happy with the Sutton 30. Having
flown it now for around a year I can characterize it as a stable
and well-behaved kite. This is only my third roll of film with
KAP Rig #3. So far so good.
This image shows a housing development adjacent to the yacht club. The houses are built on piers and are served by a roadway on made land. Each house has a fine dock with easy access to San Francisco Bay. If you are a sailor this would be a fun place to live.
The yacht club decks and dock. The tiny
sailboats are El Toros (43K jpg left and 47K jpg right, November
1996).
This view shows the yacht club's marina-facing decks and the dock area just below them. The decks are arguably the heart of the club. Here folks hang out to watch the boats or swap sailing tales. In this case its largely parents watching their offspring putter about in the diminutive El Toro - the craft used in the beginner and intermediate classes. It is altogether a pleasant way to pass a few hours. In the righthand image you can see the beginner class standing on the dock as two El Toro's are engaged in a relay race.
Neighboring derelict chemical tanks and the
small boat storage yard (44K jpg left and 53K jpg right, November
1996).
The yacht club is sitting next to an
old industrial site that has fallen into disuse. It seems the
general pattern of land use in the area is from industrial and
manufacturing applications to housing and recreation. The small
tank farm is one of the few remaining industrial relics of Pt.
Richmond's working past.
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