11th July: Cowes – St Malo

Although I was not on watch, with clear skies and an easterly wind forecast I went to the NCI Stone Point station to take some photos of the start of the Cowes to St Malo race.  I was hoping to see boats sailing down the western Solent in the sunshine with spinnakers set and I was not disappointed.  Apparently the Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON) completed a hat-trick taking Line Honours, winning IRC Zero, and claiming overall victory on corrected time to win the King Edward VII Challenge Cup.