The 35th America's Cup World Series
Saturday 25th July 2015
Portsmouth, UK
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With grateful thanks to Dave Baker and Tim Trayte of Baker Trayte Marine Ltd for taking me out on their barge "Uncle Bill" |
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We followed HMS St. Albans out |
HMS St. Albans stern view |
Chris Rashley racing his Moth |
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Spectator boats including Larry Ellison's superyacht Musashi |
Red Bull Matadors XtremeAir XA41 |
Red Bull Matadors XtremeAir XA41 |
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Red Bull Matadors XtremeAir XA41 |
Red Bull Matadors XtremeAir XA41 |
The Fanzone crowds | |||||
Foilboard kite surfing |
Sweden's Team Artemis |
Sweden's Team Artemis |
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Land Rover BAR & Sweden's Team Artemis |
Japan's Team Softbank |
Land Rover BAR | |||||
Oracle, Softbank, Artemis & Groupama |
Some of the many spectator boats |
Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR |
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Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR |
Japan's Team Softbank |
New Zealand's Team Emirates |
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The TV chopper was very low |
New Zealand's Team Emirates |
The TV chopper was still very low |
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flypast | France's Groupama gets the foil angle wrong! |
Groupama, Emirates, Softbank, Land Rover BAR & Oracle |
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Sweden's Team Artemis |
Japan's Team Softbank also get the foil angle wrong |
France's Team Groupama |
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Team Emirates & Land Rover BAR |
Land Rover BAR races Oracle to the line. Ben Ainslie won! |
The yachts at the finish |
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Land Rover BAR chases Softbank |
The skippers are brought to the Fanzone by Royal Marines |
Merlin on stern of HMS St. Albans |
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HMS Ranger | Larry Ellison's superyacht Musashi - he owns Oracle |
The Blades Extra EA300 |
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The Blades Extra EA300 |
The Blades Extra EA300 |
The Blades Extra EA300 |
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The Blades Extra EA300 |
The Blades Extra EA300 |
The Blades Extra EA300 |
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The Blades Extra EA300 |
Larry Ellison's superyacht Musashi |
McBusted |
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McBusted | McBusted |
McBusted |
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McBusted |
Wet Wet Wet Marti Pellow |
Wet Wet Wet Marti Pellow |
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