H&H 12 Photos

Many thanks to Noel and Claire Coussens who took some very nice photos of the H&H12 race yesterday.   You can see them all here.  I particularly like the photo for the start of the second race :

We can see the Laser 2000 and Fireball are clearly over the line, they were marked as BFD by the Race Officer.  But closer inspection shows a little naughtyness behind the Laser 2000.  The photo highlights how difficult it is for the race officer to make a judgement on boats that are covered by an early starter, in the split second of the start gun - it took me 5 minutes with a magnifying glass on the 2000's transom to decide who I thought could be over.

Tom Tredray had an excellent start in his Laser, just to windward of the 2000.  He clearly had room to bear away and accelerate, exactly on the line at the gun, and clearly moving at speed. 

Never thought I'd say this, but look at all the room by the hut end of the line!