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Images of Rolex Fastnet- Big boats around The Rock
by Daniel Forster and Carlo Borlenghi on 16 Aug 2011
Rambler, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race Rolex/Daniel Forster
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Top international photographers, Daniel Forster and Carlo Borglenghi, worked double shifts to capture the supermaxis and Volvo racers rounding Fastnet Rock, and also the giant multihull Banque Populaire as she finished to take the race record.
Banque Populaire after smashing the race record, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi http://www.carloborlenghi.net
Banque Populaire takes the record, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi http://www.carloborlenghi.net
ICAP Leopard, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Volvo 70 Groupama, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Team Sanya, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
ICAP Leopard Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Vincent Riou’s PRB rounding Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Banque Populaire heads for Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race © Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi http://www.carloborlenghi.net
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