The Tirpitz goes yacht racing
by Guy Nowell, Editor Sail-World Asia + Photographer on 2 Jul 2010
Rockall 3 - RORC IRC National Championship Paul Wyeth / RORC
Photographers really do find plain vanilla boats rather dull. We've said so lots of times. We like the funky, sexy, ones with extravagant name artwork and graphics on them
On our local Asian scene we like Beau Geste's dragon and the all-seeing eyes on FfreeFire, for example. And certainly the super-shine mirror finish on Full Metal Jacket?
But what on earth is going on here? What's the strange blocky pattern on Chris Opielok's Rockall 3, seen here competing in the recent RORC IRC Nationals in the Solent, sailing under Hong Kong colours?
There's a distinctly Teutonic flavour to that boat - 'Opie' is German (it's an eclectic bunch at the RHKYC) and there's Joachim Isler, Vice Commodore RHKYC, trimming the kite.
Now check out the picture of the Tirpitz.
It was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sister ship of Bismarck, named after Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour?
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