ANDREA FRANCOLINI - Spectacular PHOTOS
Many thanks to Andrea for permission to use these wonderful photos taken during the Regatta. Andrea can be reached at ANDREA FRANCOLINI or via email at Mail to Andrea FRANCOLINI
Margaret Rintoul, tacking off Cannae Point beating back down the Harbour, Geona not sheeted properly yet and Phil is calling the trim.
Margaret Rintoul off Cannae Point, the backwash from the swell made steering difficult here...
Margaret Rintoul Hard Reaching southbound...
Margaret Rintoul, Hard Reaching South...
There was a big swell running between the Heads...
I imagined I had it all under control here...
And then this happened...
Margaret shows a clean wake, hard running down the Harbour on Sunday.
Lots of water on the foredeck...
Donny seems to think the foredeck is safer now...
Late on Sunday, the gale eased a little and we rolled out the full No 2...
The crew for the regatta was as follows, John Brooks (Main), Phil Mulligan (Genoa Trim) Anssi Paatero (Genoa Trim), John Sheridan (Mizzen Trim), Don Finch (Foredeck), Anna Musgrove (Pit), Peter Hemery (Tactics), PK (Helm)