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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Dale Lorimer's Images of Day 7

by Dale Lorimer on 24 Aug 2012
Yendys and Terra Firma - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 Dale Lorimer
It was an unusual day on the water for Day 7, with a low lying mist shrouding Fitzallan Passage entirely and forcing the IRC fleet to move west of Dent Island in order to be able to race in clear visibility.

Here are some of Dale Lorimer's images of yesterday's racing in some extraordinary light.

Loki - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Loki - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Wild Oats XI in the mist - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Wild Oats XI in the mist - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Pagan - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Pagan - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


A comfortable start - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
A comfortable start - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


IRC fleet off Dent Island - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
IRC fleet off Dent Island - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Yendys - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Yendys - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


A comfortable start - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
A comfortable start - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Moving to a new course - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Moving to a new course - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Moving to a new course - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Moving to a new course - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Mist in Fitzallan Passage - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Mist in Fitzallan Passage - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer


Pagan - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer
Pagan - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2102 © Dale Lorimer

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