Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island

ojobson · 2nd of July 2008 (Wed)

I managed to get a few exposures in between tacks whilst racing the Round the Island Race at the weekend - It is the largest boat race in terms of the number of competitors that take part - this year over 1750 boats took part! It is around the Isle of Wight in the UK.

After the start:

Running Downwind:

The Calm After The Chaos:

We managed to come 5th out of 65 boats in our class - it was a shame we were all so busy working the sails as I kept seeing loads of opportunities for good shots, but it was too hectic to keep my dad's borrowed camera on deck and at hand!

Taken with EOS 5D, EF 28- 300mm f/3.5-5.6L USM IS (Borrowed off my dad!)

metalman1010 · 2nd of July 2008 (Wed)

What class boats are these?

I make alot of aluminum parts for Melges Performance Sailboats

Ross

Nick Pro · 2nd of July 2008 (Wed)

Wow thats amazing. What boat were you on? Good to see they got it started rather quickly after the delays.

Oh, are you on SA?

ojobson · 2nd of July 2008 (Wed)

Almost every class you can imagine! There is more information about the boats that took part on the Round the Island Website

We were in the Jeanneau Sunsail Sun Fast 37 class - might be doing it on a Beneteau First 40.7 next year though...

SA?

Nick Pro · 2nd of July 2008 (Wed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ojobson

Almost every class you can imagine! There is more information about the boats that took part on the Round the Island Website

We were in the Jeanneau Sunsail Sun Fast 37 class - might be doing it on a Beneteau First 40.7 next year though...

SA?

Sailing anarchy. Huge online forum.

40.7 seems to be a fun boat. The race looks like a blast!

willblackwell · 14th of October 2008 (Tue)

Now THAT's a fleet! Congrats on the placing.

Metalman010 (Ross), nice to "meet" a local here. I'm just over in Burlington, just a short hop from Zenda and Lake Geneva. I've actually met Buddy before. My former boss used to race both with and against him.

2nd of July 2008 (Wed)	#1
ojobson Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10	Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island I managed to get a few exposures in between tacks whilst racing the Round the Island Race at the weekend - It is the largest boat race in terms of the number of competitors that take part - this year over 1750 boats took part! It is around the Isle of Wight in the UK. After the start: Running Downwind: The Calm After The Chaos: We managed to come 5th out of 65 boats in our class - it was a shame we were all so busy working the sails as I kept seeing loads of opportunities for good shots, but it was too hectic to keep my dad's borrowed camera on deck and at hand! Taken with EOS 5D, EF 28- 300mm f/3.5-5.6L USM IS (Borrowed off my dad!) __________________ EOS 400D \| EF 20-35mm USM \| EF 28-135mm USM IS Oli-J:My Photo Journal Last edited by ojobson : 2nd of July 2008 (Wed) at 00:22.

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metalman1010 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO (Finally moved!) Posts: 1,272 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island What class boats are these? I make alot of aluminum parts for Melges Performance Sailboats Ross __________________ http://crossczech.smugmug.com Unfortunatly IM now all Nikon... __________________________ If you can do it, I can do it. I just have to figure out a different way to do it.

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Nick Pro Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,079 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island Wow thats amazing. What boat were you on? Good to see they got it started rather quickly after the delays. Oh, are you on SA? __________________

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ojobson Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10	Re: Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island Almost every class you can imagine! There is more information about the boats that took part on the Round the Island Website We were in the Jeanneau Sunsail Sun Fast 37 class - might be doing it on a Beneteau First 40.7 next year though... SA? __________________ EOS 400D \| EF 20-35mm USM \| EF 28-135mm USM IS Oli-J:My Photo Journal

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willblackwell Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Burlington, WI Posts: 117 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Worlds Biggest Yacht Race: Round the Island Now THAT's a fleet! Congrats on the placing. Metalman010 (Ross), nice to "meet" a local here. I'm just over in Burlington, just a short hop from Zenda and Lake Geneva. I've actually met Buddy before. My former boss used to race both with and against him. __________________ - Al Canon XSi / EFS 18-55 / EF 35-80 / EFS 55-250 / 50mm 1.4 / 430ex II / YN-460 / RF-602 trigger /10+ years out of practice

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