St. Tropez classics racing

[rbgarr]

http://i33.tinypic.com/b6d0dk.jpg
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/09/1001/

[C. Ross]

Thanks Dave...lots of eye candy on that site!

What's this guy doing!?

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/09/1001/SC/5.jpg

[elf]

I think I recall he's tacking that foresail.

[elf]

Quite a few fine photos here too:

http://www.regattanews.com/photos.asp?eventid=224

And a thriller or two here as well:

http://www.societe-nautique-saint-tropez.fr/phototheque_snst_saint_tropez_var.php

and here too:

http://www.seasee.it/events/imglist.asp?idEvent=1291&pagenum=1

And Sally Collison has a slide show here:

http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/sallycollisonarchive

But very tiresome to navigate, as is regattanews

[Paul Pless]

I think I recall he's tacking that foresail.there's gotta be a better way . . .

[bamamick]

Dragon Euros going on in St. Tropez right now. 106 boats!

Mickey Lake

[rbgarr]

I think he may be adjusting the leech tension line?

[adam96]

Rgbarr is correct, he's adjusting the leach line on ELENA'S jib. ELENA is the new replica Herreshoff schooner built in Spain and is a near sister ship to ELEONORA. Le Voiles de St. Tropez was the first full regatta ELENA and ELEONORA matched up. I fail to remember a more tense situation than jockeying for position on a starting line in 200+ ton schooners or a more satisfying situation after winning the start. ELENA finished ahead of ELEONORA in all six races. A tribute to the crew and after guard as I believe the boat speeds are closely matched. We had about 55 race crew on ELENA

ELENA - ELEONORA
http://herreshoffdesigns.com/ELENA/ELENA092.jpg

ELENA
http://herreshoffdesigns.com/ELENA/ELENA122.jpg

Pre-Start: ELEONORA
http://herreshoffdesigns.com/ELENA/ELENA115.jpg

Main sheet winch: my job...
http://herreshoffdesigns.com/ELENA/ELENA008.jpg

[Hwyl]

Jealous!!!

Nice to see they make the push button winches look "Period"

[adam96]

One more: a good portion of ELENA'S crew celebrating after the last race.

http://herreshoffdesigns.com/ELENA/ELENA_crew.jpg

[elf]

great pix of the two of you on the Daily Sail site too.