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Photography Note
The Round the Island Race is one of the largest and most famous races in the world. As a photographer
it’s a godsend because, unlike most yacht races, you have a fair idea where the fleet is going to go! There
are various landmarks which make super backdrops such as the RYS, St Catherine’s lighthouse and of
course The Needles. By the time the yachts make it to the forts in the eastern Solent, it’s quite late in the
day so I was particularly pleased with this shot of Mariquita off Spitbank Fort. All the competitors
have to leave the fort to port and Mariquita chose an angle which brought her quite close in. As she
approached she eased her sails coming off the wind and headed a little to starboard opening up the
length of the boat giving me the perfect angle as the sun popped out and lit the decks. B.W.
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