'ICAP LEOPARD,Mike Slade, leading the fleet after the start - 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

2009 Rolex Fastnet race -German entry, Hexe, Norbert Plambeck - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

RAN charging up the middle of the Solent after the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race start - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

2009 Rolex Fastnet race - Luna Rossa sailing down the Solent - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

2009 Rolex Fastnet race - Beau Geste’s bowman counting down to the start. - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

2009 Rolex Fastnet race -Telecom Italia, Giovanni Soldini at the start - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

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