Mariquita Book - mk2.5

Photography Note
For a marine photographer, the best conditions are often the most extreme, either very windy and
dramatic or completely windless and becalmed! I’ve only been to Monaco Race Week once and I was
warned that the regatta often suffers from light winds. True to form, Race 1 was delayed as the committee
waited for the sea breeze to fill in. For hour after hour, the yachts drifted around the bay waiting for the
wind to pick up. Finally the boats got underway at 2.00pm just before the cut-off point, and in very light
airs. Four hours later, just before the finish, the wind died completely and they were virtually stationary.
I was in heaven, I’d never seen these yachts out so late in the rich Mediterranean evening light. Everyone
else had gone home, it was a special moment. B.W.
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