Wild winds, high tides, and the blood moon

 This fall there was a blood moon which resulted in some extreme tides in the same week as a fall storm brought in fairly high winds. Since you've all seen countless clear blood moon photos, I thought I'd share this stylized and shakey picture Kathryn took which neatly emphasizes the energy of the moon and the city night.

 Those high winds and tides caused a number of poorly moored ships in English Bay to slip from their ropes and wash up on shore. For a brief period there were 4 boats washed up in False Creek and while two of them were reclaimed fairly quickly, two were abandoned by their owners and have sunken further into disrepair. The boat below washed up quite high on the rocks and has since had its mast removed as it was hanging strangely over the seawall.

 The ship below, Tabasco, had apparently slipped its moorings several times already this year and had a bad reputation. This has no doubt been compounded as the owners have also abandoned it, and the day after this photo was taken, it had filled completely with water and was lying on its side underwater. This continued for a few weeks until someone pulled it out of the water, but not very gentley such that the keel and mast have both been removed.

 

So in summary, if you're lucky enough to own a sail boat, please tie it up properly, and if you can't be bothered to do that, don't be surprised if nobody else can be bothered to keep your boat ship shape for you.