Around this time in the voyage, I got out my camera and took a bunch of what I call "detail shots" of Nine of Cups, portraying not the overall boat but some of the innumerable small details. It was an enjoyable exercise and I got some nice shots. Here are seven pages of pictures, after which the story continues.
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| Lines running along the starboard bulwark. The thick line is the jib sheet; the two thin lines are the control lines for the two furlers. The red line attaches to a snatch block on the jib sheet to improve the sheeting angle (you can see the shadow of the snatch block). | Nine of Cups' bow, with the massive Bruce anchor nestled on the bow roller. The line controls the jib furler. |
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| The caprail is the dividing line between ship and sea. | An anchor fluke. |
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| The bow wave curls back. |
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| The top of the windlass, with the manufacturer's name. | A bolt holding the chain pipe to the deck. |
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