Cowes Day 2: Cape 31’s return from the western Solent
On Sunday 31st July, the second day of the 2022 Cowes Week regatta, the combination of grey weather, a long telephoto lens, and predominantly black or dark sails resulted in some grainy images! I have separated out the photos of IRC Classes tacking upwind towards to western Solent, and of the Cape 31’s as they back raced down wind going eastwards past Lepe.
The Cape 31 is a 31 foot one-design designed in 2017 by Mark Mills for racing at Cape Town, South Africa, but now becoming popular in the Solent. It can plane downwind at 20 plus knots. It has a 10 foot beam, 8 foot draft, and a 15hp inboard auxiliary engine.
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![[01] GBR311X "Squirt", GBR312X "Tokoloshe IV", And GBR3118X "Jolt" Head Westwards In The Morning (DSC05353)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05353-300x200.jpeg)
![[02] GBR311X "Squirt" (DSC05485)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05485-300x200.jpeg)
![[03] Cape 31 With THV Patricia In The Background(DSC05490)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05490-300x200.jpeg)
![[04] GBR3112X "Arabella" With TS Tenacious In The Background (DSC05491)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05491-300x200.jpeg)
![[05] GBR5R "Gelert" (DSC05496)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05496-300x200.jpeg)
![[06] GBR318X "Fanatic" And GBR3118X "Jolt" (DSC05500)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05500-300x200.jpeg)
![[07] GBR3113X "Harlequin" (DSC05501)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05501-300x200.jpeg)
![[08] GBR3113X "Harlequin" (DSC05508)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05508-300x200.jpeg)
![[09] GBR318X "Fanatic" With GBR86R IRC 0 IC37 "Fargo" Abeam (DSC05511)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05511-300x200.jpeg)
![[10] ?GBR3113X "Harlequin"? And GBR3118X "Jolt" (DSC05513)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05513-300x200.jpeg)
![[11] ?GBR3113X "Harlequin"? With SWE31008 HP30 McConaghy 31 "Vitres" On Her Starboard Quarter (DSC05515)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05515b-300x200.jpeg)
![[12] GBR318X "Fanatic"; GBR011 Is HP30 Farr280 "Pandemonium" (DSC05517)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05517-300x200.jpeg)
![[13] GBR312X "Tokoloshe IV" (DSC05519)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05519-300x200.jpeg)
![[14] GBR312X "Tokoloshe IV" (DSC05522)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05522-300x200.jpeg)
![[15] USA61567 "Flying Jenny" And IRL31031 (3131 On Spinnaker) "Adrenaline" (DSC05524)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05524-300x200.jpeg)
![[16] GBR5R "Gelert" And GBR3118X "JOLT" Ahead Of HP30 Farr 280 GBR011 "Pandemonium" (DSC05528)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05528-300x200.jpeg)
![[17] USA61567 "Flying Jenny" (DSC05530)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05530-300x200.jpeg)
![[18] GBR315X (GBR318X On Spinnaker) Jiraffe (DSC05534)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05534-300x200.jpeg)
![[19] GBR315X (GBR318X On Spinnaker) Jiraffe (DSC05536)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05536-300x200.jpeg)
![[20] GBR315X Jiraffe Followed By FarEast28R GBR411 "Mako" (DSC05538)](https://seatern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC05538-300x200.jpeg)
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