Boxing_Day_2008
(all photos are © Peter Taylor)
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 DSC08384.JPG Launching the rescue boat at the start of the day. |
 DSC00084.JPG Boats are prepared... |
 DSC00091.JPG ...and fine adjustments made. |
 DSC08389.JPG "Waitrose Delivers" is already out on the pond.... |
 DSC00095.JPG ...she features a sophisticated lee-board arrangement and a number of "Bulldog" cleats |
 DSC00094.JPG The contestants are brought to the launching area.... |
 DSC00086.JPG ...and final adjustments made. |
 DSC08390.JPG They then prepare for the start.... |
 DSC08392.JPG ...alll along the shore |
 DSC00098.JPG There is some competition for the best spot. |
 DSC00101.JPG First race is for monohulls, here are three of the competitors. |
 DSC00108.JPG Now the multihulls.... |
 DSC08395.JPG ...and they are off! |
 DSC00120.JPG Meanwhile the surviving monohulls are retrieved from the other side of the pond. |
 DSC00124.JPG Now the start of a challenging close-hauled race.... |
 DSC08397.JPG ...and they are off; albeit in different directions. |
 DSC08400.JPG The Race Committee wait, in hope, at the finishing line. |
 DSC00126.JPG Some of the entrants: starting with number 1! |
 DSC00139.JPG No. 6 needs a new sail-maker! |
 DSC00137.JPG Whereas No. 9 has hi-tech sails,but maybe needs a bit more tension in the jib halyard. |
 DSC00133.JPG No. 10 possibly needs a reef... |
 DSC00129.JPG ...whereas No. 11 could do with a fuller bow section! |
 DSC00123.JPG From the lack of a sail number, I assume that this boat is capsized... |
 DSC00119.JPG ...this one definitely is. |
 DSC00132.JPG The start of the multihull race... |
 DSC00138.JPG ...No. 35 is going well... |
 DSC00136.JPG ...but No. 31 romps home. |
 DSC08404.JPG The monohulls restart from the opposite side of the pond.... |
 DSC08405.JPG ...and they're off! |
 DSC00146.JPG Now the multihulls... |