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                             Last additions - Sailing and watching Barcolana
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                                |  Marina skyline.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Two men and a boat.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  After a hearty dinner of calamari, we sat back and enjoyed the sunset in the marina.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Oily reflections.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Sail and rope.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Panorama.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Piran in a curve.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Red sail.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Red sail.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Colors.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Punta.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  The church dominating the town.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  We sailed into the Piran Bay and then turned around.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Piran and its colorful houses.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Piran from the other side.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  As there was time left, we sailed to the south past Fiesa to Piran. This is Piran church on top of a cliff.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  An attempt at kite-boarding or just showing off the kite? Note the ship in the background.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Repetition.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Izola.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Reflection.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Our sailboat for the day.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  The pier in Izola.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  After spending a coupld of hours watching Barcolana, we headed back to Izola to drop off one of the "crew".Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  More than 2,000 sailboats, actually.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Countless sailboats.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  I don't know how they managed not to collide in that crowd.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  An old-timer. I will have to ask how it's called.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Some people were enjoying themselves a lot!Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Rust on the hull.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  The ones with bigger sails were, naturally, faster.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Many more were coming.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  One of the fastest sailboats.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Then they got closer really quickly. Here they were turning around a buoy.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  First we had to strain our eyes to even see the sails.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  A big orange boat with spectators observing the thin line of sailboats in the distance.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  There were plenty of other vessels, all hurrying to the same spot to see the race.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  We headed north, to Trieste.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  Sea gulls.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  We sailed out of the Izola marina at about 9 a.m.Oct 22, 2007
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                                |  A rusty trawler was moored at the pier; I don't know if it is still used for fishing.Oct 22, 2007
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