10th-12th June: Richard Mille Cup

This year’s Richard Mille Cup event at Cowes seemed to have fewer vintage sailing craft out on the water.  This was possibly because of the changeable weather leading up to the event and continuing during it.  Of the three days the Monday (10th June) was windy with 15 knots or more and the yachts were carrying shortened sail.  Tuesday’s 10 to 12 knots was more suited for them.  Due to strong winds forecast for the end of the week the yachts them left Cowes for France a day early.

Click here for photos featuring more than one of the yachts.

Click here for a Gallery of all the photos (in time sequence).

Here are links to descriptions ( from the Richard Mille Cup website) and photos of individual yachts:

	Atlantic Three masted schooner, 56m (185ft), original built 1903, replica built 2008.
	Elena Twin Masted Schooner, 42m (137ft), original built 1911, replica built 2009
	Mariquita Gaff cutter, 38m (125ft), built 1911
	Moonbeam IV Gaff cutter, 29m (955ft), built 1920
	Moonbeam Gaff cutter, 25m (82ft), built 1903
	Viveka Twin Masted Schooner, 22m (73ft), built 1929
	Patna Yawl, 17m (55ft), built 1920
	Alpha Pilot Cutter, 13.5m (44ft), built 1904
	Thalia Cutter, 13.7m (45ft), built 1889
	Cynthia Gaff cutter, 12.6m (42ft), built 1910