via cowes.co.uk
Under threatening skies over Plymouth Sound the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland race 2010 got off to an impressive start on Sunday, 6 June.
Crowds watched from Jennycliff and from a flotilla of pleasure craft as the boats headed out under full sail on the first leg of a 2,000 mile race around the British Isles. With an 11 knot wind, the multihulls went out first followed by the monohulls which were led right from the start by Alex Bennett from Devon and Malcolm Dickinson in Fujifilm.
As the boats cleared the breakwater, the sun burst out from the thunderous clouds to make a magnificent spectacle.
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