Pulling off the big one in style
Aberdeen Asset Management pulls off a spectacular pitchpole on Monday after she had scored a second place - her best result so far in the event.
If you're going to do it, do it in style. The pictures above give you a step by step guide on how to invert an Extreme 40.
>>
Images from the 2011 RORC IRC National Championship which was held in Cowes, Isle of Wight in July, running for 3 days in blustery Solent conditions.
With eight bullets in eight races, Peter Rutter and the crew of the Grand Soleil 43, Quokka 8, comfortably secured the 2011 IRC National Championship title as well as victory within IRC 2.
Full details, reports and results can be found at: www.rorc.org
Images: RORC / Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com
.
Round robin stage of Women's Match Racing was completed on Friday at the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Images: Inka Salmirinne
Sir Keith Mills and Olympic Gold Medalist Iain Percy shared the helm on Team Origin talking mono-hull line honours at the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, which this year celebrates it's 80th anniversary and has a record 1908 entrants, making it the biggest yacht race ever held in British waters.
The J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race (Saturday 25th June) is the 4th largest participation sporting event in the UK. Organised by the Island Sailing Club, it is dubbed ŒBritain's favourite yacht race¹, attracting over 1,800 yachts and 16,000 competitors.
Portraits of Skandia Team GBR at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta
2011 marks the sixth edition of Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, with a confirmed record breaking entry of 1050 sailors, in 740 boats, from 62 nations.
The regatta is the penultimate event in the 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup, the annual series of events for the Olympic and Paralympic classes. The Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta annually draws elite sailors, including many Olympic and Paralympic medalists and World Champions, from across the globe.
This year, the regatta is set to take on even greater significance, as the world’s best sailors battle it out for early supremacy on the 2012 Olympic waters.