The Prince Philip Cup at RFBYC 2014
These are the last two days as I've been at work elsewhere.
I was very kindly invited to come on board to photograph the event and due to prior commitments I was unable to commit to the whole event. Jonny Fullerton of Regatta Services has been doing a grand job so far and we teamed up to get as close as we could to the action. He knows where to be on the course. A real bonus.
The day started with a south westerly at 15 knots and remained as such, flicking left and right as the breeze oscillated during the day. Not the gut busters they have been getting , but enough to have two boats withdraw with busted main halyards. Yes a bit of prawn trawling went on and the rock and the roll of a Dragon was occasionally evident. By and large a good day on the water.
This is the final cut. Enjoy what you see. These are available for sale.
I was very kindly invited to come on board to photograph the event and due to prior commitments I was unable to commit to the whole event. Jonny Fullerton of Regatta Services has been doing a grand job so far and we teamed up to get as close as we could to the action. He knows where to be on the course. A real bonus.
The day started with a south westerly at 15 knots and remained as such, flicking left and right as the breeze oscillated during the day. Not the gut busters they have been getting , but enough to have two boats withdraw with busted main halyards. Yes a bit of prawn trawling went on and the rock and the roll of a Dragon was occasionally evident. By and large a good day on the water.
This is the final cut. Enjoy what you see. These are available for sale.
The final day of the Prince Philip Cup at RFBYC
Once again down at the club, really early this time. At least the traffic was good. No drama getting there but I missed on my cup of coffee because the café next to the club wasn't open yet. Hi ho.
Onto the boat with Jonny and get under way. Help a dragon get to the race course ( you can see where I'm going here) The southerly was starting to drop out and for the next hour and a half we cooled our heels as we waited to see if the breeze would come in. And come in it did. A southerly with a bit of west in it and it was enough to get the race under way. Long was the format as the breeze was predicted to come in and eventually it did, just as we were finishing. But there was enough to go on with ... about 8 to 10 knots and shifts down the sides of the course.
I'm not going to go into the how's and whys of the scoring, though the possibilities were endless when Gordon got away and Willy was lost at the start line. ( the cry was Where's Willy ) But Mr Packer did a good job and sailed the shifts down the sides of the course on the down wind and picked up the places he needed. Very well done indeed.
My thanks to the club, the Dragons of RFBYC and visitors and a delightful couple of days on the water.
The final cut is now in front of you.
Onto the boat with Jonny and get under way. Help a dragon get to the race course ( you can see where I'm going here) The southerly was starting to drop out and for the next hour and a half we cooled our heels as we waited to see if the breeze would come in. And come in it did. A southerly with a bit of west in it and it was enough to get the race under way. Long was the format as the breeze was predicted to come in and eventually it did, just as we were finishing. But there was enough to go on with ... about 8 to 10 knots and shifts down the sides of the course.
I'm not going to go into the how's and whys of the scoring, though the possibilities were endless when Gordon got away and Willy was lost at the start line. ( the cry was Where's Willy ) But Mr Packer did a good job and sailed the shifts down the sides of the course on the down wind and picked up the places he needed. Very well done indeed.
My thanks to the club, the Dragons of RFBYC and visitors and a delightful couple of days on the water.
The final cut is now in front of you.