Portsmouth 2015: Race Day 1
Land Rover BAR and Ben Ainslie Lead the Fleet in the first day of
racing
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Saturday July 25, 2015 |
Yachts leave Portsmouth Harbor in the pre-race Parade of Sail.
Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
Ben Ainslie and Land Rover BAR dominated the results, finishing first in Race 1
and fighting back to nab second place in Race 2. Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
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Spectators flew the 'colours' for the home team.
Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
Oracle Team USA tries to get back on foils.
Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
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Dean Barker on SoftBank Team Japan narrowly missed second place in Race 2.
Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
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Grandstands and VIP tents. Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
Artemis Racing
was hampered by problems with their Code Zero gennaker, finishing 5th and 6th.
Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
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Beachfront
hospitality. Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
AC45F's flying
gennakers in Race 1. Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
Spectators get a
closer look as Groupama Team France makes like a beach cat, but hauling up on
the sand with foiling daggerboards and rudders would be a bad idea. Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya
BAR trying to get
things under control. Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
Martin-Raget
Team France was
neck-and-neck for the lead with ETNZ for portions of Race 2, but the French
would get passed near the finish by a hard charging British team and finish
third. Photo:©2015 ACEA/Gilles
Martin-Raget
Ben Ainslie's castle looms in the distance as the team's AC45F sails by.
Land Rover BAR's impressive headquarters houses a fleet of multihullls for
training and testing. Photo:©2015 R. Steven Tsuchiya