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It is not all about carbon fibre at this time of year in Australia.

by Alex McKinnon on 29 Dec 2016
So there may have been no carbon, but technology ruled the day, as is evidenced by this selfie. No Luddites here! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Photographer Alex McKinnon was out on the water for the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club's annual National Championships. An amazing day with foreboding skies and then beaming sunshine after a torrential, post cyclonic, rain storm made for hard work for sailors and race management alike. So it may not be black, rather natural earthy colours, but the sailors were in fine fettle for their first day of racing at the Mercedes-Benz Mornington sponsored event.

Cloudy Bay and a well and truly cloudy sky! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Cloudy Bay and a well and truly cloudy sky! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



So after the storm, comes the sun - Slip. Slop. Slap. Nice one. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
So after the storm, comes the sun - Slip. Slop. Slap. Nice one. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Let there be light over Division Two and more importantly, the leeward mark! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Let there be light over Division Two and more importantly, the leeward mark! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Jocelyn, just after rounding the weather mark. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Jocelyn, just after rounding the weather mark. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



The fleet disappearing into the rain. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
The fleet disappearing into the rain. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Rockstars on Harriet - Sponsors caps getting a good outing too! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Rockstars on Harriet - Sponsors caps getting a good outing too! - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Heading uphill in the second race of the day with Margarita and Bella. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Heading uphill in the second race of the day with Margarita and Bella. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Racing abandoned and going for the wet weather gear. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Racing abandoned and going for the wet weather gear. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



I'll take the sunshine - you take the ominous clouds. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
I'll take the sunshine - you take the ominous clouds. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



The mark is here! No - it is over there! Get it right man... - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
The mark is here! No - it is over there! Get it right man... - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com



Rip and Cloudy Bay during the first race. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com
Rip and Cloudy Bay during the first race. - Mercedes Benz Mornington Couta Boat National Championships © Alex McKinnon Photography http://www.alexmckinnonphotography.com

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