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London Olympics- Images of Weymouth - Star class round in a squall

by Richard Gladwell on 1 Aug 2012
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - melee at first rounding mark as Canada leaves it all behind Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Sail-World was on the water for the racing on Weymouth Bay, today, the third day of the Olympic competition. The wind was fresh and sailing fast and furious.

Here's the action as we saw it from the Mens Two Handed Keelboat, the Star class as they twice rounded the windward mark in the first race of the day

July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - melee at first rounding mark © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - melee at first rounding mark © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - melee at first rounding mark © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - melee at first rounding mark © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - First mark of the Two man Mens Keelboat (Star) class, with Robert Scheidt and Bruna Prada (BRA) to leeward. Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) and Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - First mark of the Two man Mens Keelboat (Star) class, with Robert Scheidt and Bruna Prada (BRA) to leeward. Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) and Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) challenging for the lead at the first mark of the Two man Mens Keelboat (Star) class, with Robert Scheidt and Bruna Prada (BRA) to leeward. © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) challenging for the lead at the first mark of the Two man Mens Keelboat (Star) class, with Robert Scheidt and Bruna Prada (BRA) to leeward. © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Peter O’Leary David Burrows (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Peter O’Leary David Burrows (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Peter O’Leary David Burrows (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Peter O’Leary David Burrows (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) Star © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) Star © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) Star © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) Star © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Star s rounding Mark 1 Peter O’Leary (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Star s rounding Mark 1 Peter O’Leary (IRL) © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn caught in a bad sea at Mark 1 Race 1 © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn caught in a bad sea at Mark 1 Race 1 © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz


July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) challenging for the lead © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
July 31, 2012 Mens Two Handed Keelboat - Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) challenging for the lead © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

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