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The water boiled with motor boats and yachts as the competitors left harbour,
and the local press quoted the police as saying there were 130,000 watching
the send-off. It was quite a sight! As usual, click on the thumbnails for much
bigger images
Astrid
Capitan Miranda
Cuauhtemoc’s lively Mexican crew fires a cannon salute off Pendennis Point
Mir approaches Pendennis Point
Mir catches the late afternoon light
Pogoria
The Russian sail training ship Sedov approached from over the horizon. There’s
something special, I think, about a sailing ship that approaches alone in this way,
without the modern distraction of hundreds of little plastic boats
Shabab Oman
Alexander von Humboldt and Tecla
We’ll return to the usual menu of smaller craft for the rest of the week!
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