Images From Day 1 of SSORC

6:26 AM Sun 30 Nov 2008 GMT

'Leslie Green's 'Ginger' heading down Sydney Harbour - SSORC 2008' Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

A freshening 12-15 knot southwester greeted the SSORC Fleet on day one with the PHS Racer/Cruiser and Sydney 32 fleet heading down harbour from a Shark Island start on a shy line through the Heads, before heading north.

Meanwhile on the Manly Circle, IRC and Division 1 and 2 and the Racer/Cruiser fleet enjoyed the sort of conditions that most would have been grateful for as a season opener with the wind, fresher at first over a gentle swell, dropping to 10-12 knots as the afternoon wore on.

Peter Harburg's 'Black Jack' tracked a solitary run around the course ahead of three TP52s with Ragamuffin, Wot Now and Shortwave playing their first hands in the pre Sydney Hobart run-up.

Crosbie Lorimer followed the PHS fleet through the Heads and joined the IRC Fleet for race 2, shooting these images.

Graeme Wood's TP52 'Wot Now' off North Head - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Graeme Wood's 'Wot Now' rounds the top mark - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Vanguard heads north through Sydney Heads - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Syd Fischer's 'Ragamuffin' heads into chop - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Pole up on Anthony Dunn's 'Equinox' - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Tony Kirby's X-41 OD 'Patrice Six' under kite - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Tony Levett's Sydney 38 'Eleni'- SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Peter Harburg's Reichel Pugh 66 'Black Jack' - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

Black Jack crashes upwind - SSORC 2008 - Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo

by Crosbie Lorimer

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