I cannot believe the English weather and I'm a pom!!!!! literally a week ago, the photos previously show the sort of weather we were having, as you will see from the next few, a week down the line, it's summer and not enough wind!!! The Super Yachts had gathered in honour of the Queen's Jubilee, to name a few "Athos", "Drumfire", "Marie-Char III", "Hamilton", "Unfurled", "Savannah", "Leopard", "Seaquell","Adela", "Drumfire". "Bare Necessities" put in an appearance and had some fun.
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Downwind leg....
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'Velsheda' pounding across the Solent in a mass of spray!...
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another....Lionheart
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A few photos of the racing...Rainbow
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Had opportunity to go out and watch the J's race on their first day on board the Steam ship "Shieldhall"..... and just as well. It offered a safe and stable platform from which to take some photos, and have a fabulous view of the racing. The weather was so bad that had we been on 'Freedom' we wouldn't have seen a thing properly because we would have been too busy just trying to control the boat! With force 6 and gusts 7 and a particularly fierce ebbing tide, the Solent was not a friendly place to be. The J's had excellent racing, but were hard pressed at times. They abandoned going into Christchurch Bay because going through Hurst Narrows would not have been a good idea at all. The Solent was very rough, and the sea in the narrows would have been enormous. 'Rainbow', 'Lionheart', 'Ranger' and 'Velsheda' crossed the start line in what turned out to be very close and furious sailing. Photo quality isn't hot because of the weather, and I was being knocked about by the wind, even on Shieldhall! What an experience though, one I probably won't see again.
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