The 505 Worlds were fortunate to have the most excellent sailing photographer Christophe Favreau shooting the races from a helicopter; some selected action shots:
What a gorgeous shot – the fleet right after a start – imagine being in the middle trying to figure out which way to go 🙂
Racing sailboats can be pretty hairy – this is the last mark, everyone yelling while moving 15knots and taking down spinnakers for the final reach to the finish 🙂
How great is that? You can see the speed in the boat wakes …
We’ve all been there – pretty easy to capsize on the jibes and roundings – I think we were in the water on four separate occasions this week.
A better picture of “sailboat racing” you will not see 🙂
Whee!
The blue and white spinnaker in the middle right – that’s Spot, flying along … (!)
It is so great to have these most-excellent shots from the regatta. As well as all the most excellent memories. All those challenges … well … they’re mostly forgotten already 🙂
And so ends another world-class experience. Amazing. Can’t wait for the next one … onward!
San Fran Five-Oh 