PIRATES OF THE SOLENT! – THE CURSE OF THE MARCO POLO…
INTO THE DARKNESS!
Its almost pitch black along Cowes seafront on the Isle of Wight on a dreary December evening back in 2012. I’m sitting in the van with Scott Gardner peering across the Solent, both desperately trying to make out the ghostly silhouette of the biggest container ship in the world heading into the mist out as she heads up the channel.
The plan to shoot Scott windsurfing in front of this beast was abandoned an hour ago when we heard the Marco Polo had been delayed leaving port and by the time it would depart it would be too dark to shoot in the dying breeze. I had a picture in my mind of capturing a tiny windsurfer up against the hull of one of these enormous mega cargo ships and Scott seemed to be reading me on the same wavelength.
Words & Photos John Carter
