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Galleons - the construction

One of the biggest problems with the galleons is that 16th century ships are basically considered to be galleons. But they could also be great ships, carracks, caravels or naos. But because of the very similar designs they all have, square sails on the main mast, lateen sails on the aft masts, turreted fore and sterncastles, they are basically considered as galleons.

The Galleon Type

Roughly speaking, a galleon is a ship with several decks and three or four masts. On the lower gundeck was a battery with 18-24 heavy guns. The fore and main masts each carried a square sail, and a lateen sail on its mizzen or bonaventure mast (the fourth mast, if it had one). The name itself came from the Portuguese galeao, meaning warship. 

Dating

Galleons first emerged in Italy during the late 1400s. The Portuguese soon adopted the design in the early 1500s, and the Spanish copied them between 1517 and 1530. The English began building galleons in 1545. This type of ship was built far into the 17th century, sometimes even into the 18th century. 

Tasks and builders

Even though the name meant warship, they were not just warships. Most galleons built between 1500 and 1590 were built by private consortia for commercial use and not for national navies. Galleons were first-class cargo carriers, faster than carcasses and better able to defend themselves in the lawless seas of the time. Leaving a large number of national warships unused in peacetime was expensive. When a nation went to war, it used merchant shipping instead. National governments encouraged the building of galleons because of their ability to serve as warships.

Spanish Galleons

The Spanish took the design from the Portuguese, and changed it again. The changes were made by Pedro Menendez de Aviles and Alvaro de Bazan, two Spanish captain-generals.

Spanish galleon firing its cannons at other ships (detail) A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships, by Cornelis Verbeeck early 17th century (x) 

They took the design of a carrack, lowered the superstructure, increased the length-to-breadth ratio and added a gundeck. Together with the Portuguese, who used theirs as escort ships for their convoys from the East Indies, they were the dominant ship of the southern navies in the 1550s. The Spanish preferred long ships with light guns.

The Spanish Armada off the English Coast in 1588,by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen 1620-25 (x) 

They still equated the model sea battle with a long engagement. They used their guns to weaken the enemy's resistance and then go into boardign action. And for this they needed a large number of soldiers that could be well accommodated on the big ships. However, the big ones were still difficult to manoeuvre.

English Galleons

The English design, which began in 1545, was based on the Venetian galleons. Thanks to the role of Henry VIII's fleet, even the first two models are known. The Anne Gallant, Grand Mistress.

Francis Drake sailed his ship Golden Hind into history is a painting by Cornelis de Vries 16th century (x)

A year earlier there had already been two Galleons, the Salamander and the Unicorn, but the two French designs had been conquered by the Scots. They proved more resilient and so some were added to the Navy. But again, the ships were not built just for the Crown. The merchants also profited from the construction and did as the Spaniards had done. Many private investors began to build galleons, whether for exploration or trade.

“A Galleon of the Time of Elizabeth” from Sailing Ships: The Story of Their Development from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by E. Keble Chatterton (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1909), p. 209, Fig. 54. (x)

Unlike the Spanish ships, the English ones were smaller and equipped with heavy guns. They tried to defeat their opponents before they boarded, not just to weaken them. In addition, the smaller ships were much more manoeuvrable and easier to sail.

The galleon ruled the seas from 1550 to 1600, when it was replaced by new types of warships. Sloops-of-war, two-deckers and ships of the line appeared around 1600, and the frigate (which was most similar to the galleon in function) appeared in the mid-17th century. The name - and the romance - lived on, however.  The annual ships that carried silver and valuable cargoes between Manila and Acapulco continued to be called galleons, as did the warships (typically frigates) that brought Spain's silver back home from the New World.

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(Saturday) March 13, 1943 – Part 1 of 3) “A Bloody Attack on Convoy OS-44” Eighty Years Ago Today, U-107 (IXB), one of the most successful U-Boats of all time, has 33 ships sunk to her credit. She is on patrol, operating as part of Wolfpack “Robbe” (German for ‘seal’) when she finds easy prey and tears into Convoy OS-44, 214 miles west of Cape Finistere, Portugal. Her spread of torpedoes is aimed with surgical precision. In short order, she adds four more ships to her kill list, with heavy loss of life. They are (in photo order): “SS Clan Alpine,” a British steamer goes first. She doesn’t sink right away, and has to be put out of her misery by the escorting HMS Scarborough (L25/U25), a Folkstone-Class sloop. There are 28 Dead, and 66 Survivors. The “SS Marcella,” another British steamer, does not share the same good fortunes. She goes down with All Hands. There are No Survivors, of her crew of 44 crew. A third British steamer, “SS Oporto,” also sustains heavy losses in her sinking. She loses 43 Dead, with just 4 Survivors. They are rescued by the Flower-Class Corvette HMS Spiraea (K 08). “SS Sembilangan,” a Dutch steamer, dies violently. The torpedo detonates her cargo of ammunition, and the ship simply vanishes, disintegrating in a massive explosion. 86 of her crewmen are vaporized in an instant. Only one man survives. Blown over the side like a champagne cork, he survives both the blast an and the impact with the water. He clambers onto a drifting life-raft from the sunken Oporto, and is rescued by HMS Spiraea. Four more ships sunk and 201 men dead in a matter of minutes. U-107 slithers off. One attack ends here, but two others are just beginning. Another day grinds on… (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpvp7HmgWYc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dog Poop and Shame

Dog Poop and Shame

When people look at our dog Gabby, they almost always say, “Oh, she’s so beautiful.”

Gabby, however, isn’t beautiful by breed standards. She’s actually a mess. Her muzzle isn’t boxy enough. Her back sloops. Her hips splay. She’s about twenty pounds too skinny.

And that’s mostly all because she was abused and starved her first year of life, tied by a chain to a tree in the Alabama…

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Regata ILLES BALEARS CLÀSSICS : el argentino “Cippino ” ganador.

Regata ILLES BALEARS CLÀSSICS : el argentino “Cippino ” ganador.

Regata ILLES BALEARS CLÀSSICS Cippino ganador

Los favoritos han confirmado su victoria en la tercera y última jornada de la XXV Illes Balears Clàssics, regata organizada por el Club de Mar Mallorca y que ha contado con la participación de 37 embarcaciones de nueve países.

El Cippino (1949) ha certificado la primera plaza de la clase Época Bermudiana. El sloop argentino armado por Daniel Sielecki…

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USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) Submarine

USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) Submarine

USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) Submarine

USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) is a United States NavyOhio-classballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1994. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for Rhode Island, the 13th state.

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French corvette Aurore (1799) - Wikipedia

Aurore HistoryFrance Name: AuroreBuilder: Le HavreLaid down: November 1797Launched: 16 July 1799Captured: 18 January 1801UK Name: Charwell (or Cherwell)Acquired: 18 January 1801 by captureGeneral characteristics [1][2]Class and type: corvetteTonnage: 345 ​81⁄94 (bm)Displacement: 379-400 tons (French)Length:

102 ft 1 in (31.1 m) (overall)

78 ft 8 in (24.0 m) (keel)

Beam: 28 ft 9 in (8.8 m)Depth of hold: 13 ft 1 1⁄4 in (4.0 m)Propulsion: SailsComplement:

French service: 156

British service: 96

Armament:

French service: 16 × 8-pounder guns

British service: 14 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

The 16-gun French Mutine-class corvette Aurore was launched in 1799. The British frigate HMS Thames captured her in 1801; she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1803 and named HMS Charwell (or Cherwell). Charwell served in the Channel, South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean. She was laid up in 1810 and sold in 1813.

French career and capture

Aurore was built to a design by Charles-Henri Le Tellier.[1] From April to July 1800 she was on a liaison mission to Île de France, via Brest and Santa Cruz de Teneriffe. On 23 September she was fitted out at Brest. She then sailed again for Île de France. At the time her captain was lieutenant de vaisseau Charles Girault.[3]

On 18 January Thames, under the command of Captain William Lukin, captured Aurore. She carried as a passenger the Governor’s Aide de Camp, who was carrying dispatches.[4]

She arrived at Plymouth on 6 February. She was then fitted out there between March and June 1803.[1] The Royal Navy already had an Aurore in service (as a prison ship), so renamed the prize HMS Charwell after the River Cherwell, a tributary of the River Thames.

British career

Charwell was commissioned in April 1803 under Commander Phillip Dumaresq.[Note 1] In early May Charwell was in the Hamoaze completely rigged and fitted for sea, but was short a crew.[5] Once he had succeeded in forming a crew, Dumaresque sailed her in the Channel.[1] However, by 1 September she was back in the Hamoaze. She had grounded on some rocks on the French coast. There she had had to throw her guns overboard to lighten her sufficiently that the next incoming tide could lift her. At Plymouth she was going to have some of her copper plates removed to permit inspection of her hull.[6]

On 13 September 1803 Cerberus served as flagship to Admiral Sir James Saumarez. Saumarez commanded a small squadron comprising the sloops of war Charwell and Kite, the schooner Eling, the cutter Carteret, and the bomb vessels Sulphur and Terror.[7] The squadron massed for a bombardment of the port of Granville where there were some gunboats moored. The squadron bombarded the port several times over the next two days. On 15 September, as Cerberus was withdrawing, she grounded. For the three hours it took to refloat her nine gunboats harried her, but without effect.[7] When the rest of the squadron, came up they drove the gunboats away. The British retired with no information on what, if anything, the bombardment had achieved.[7]

In September 1806 Charwell was at Guernsey, under Commander Phillip Brown. However, in October Commander Edwin Chamberlyn replaced Brown. Charwell then sailed with the convoy to the River Plate where the British planned to attack Montevideo.[1] At Montevideo, the Navy furnished guns and men for batteries. In the siege Charwell had one man killed and one missing.[8]

In April 1807 Commander the Honourable William Gordon replaced Chamberlyn. Then in 1809 Lieutenant Charles Robb sailed her for the Cape of Good Hope.[1] On 15 July 1808 Nereide, Otter, and Charwell shared in the capture of the French brig Lucie, and her cargo of slaves.[Note 2]

On 28 June 1809, Charwell captured the French letter of marque Hyène. Hyène was on her way from Bordeaux to Iles de France with a cargo of wine and naval stores when Charwell captured her.[10] Admiral Bertie, commander of the Cape of Good Hope Station, described Hyène as "a very fine vessel of 230 tons, pierced for 18 Guns and masted as a man of war".[11][Note 3]

In March 1810 Commander James Tomkinson replaced Robb. He then sailed Charwell back to Britain as escort to a convoy.[1]

Charwell was laid up at Deptford in July 1810. The Admiralty first offered her for sale in August 1812.[13] She was sold 28 April 1813 for £700.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

^ Dumaresque had been captain of Calpe in 1801 and had sailed for several months in company with Thames, then under the command of Captain Aiskew Paffard Hollis.

^ A first-class share of the bounty-money was worth £8 16s 6½d; a sixth-class share was worth 3s 1d.[9]

^ In February 1829 bounty money was paid. A first-class share was worth £47 6s 1½d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 16s 9¼d.[12] A month earlier head money for the 50 men of Hyène's crew had been paid.

Citations

^ a b c d e f g h Winfield (2008), p.268.

^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 174.

^ Roche(2005), p.40.

^ "No. 15334". The London Gazette. 3 February 1801. p. 149.

^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 9, p.417.

^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 10, p.258.

^ a b c "No. 15622". The London Gazette. 20 September 1803. pp. 1272–1273.

^ "No. 16019". The London Gazette. 13 April 1807. pp. 469–474.

^ "No. 17279". The London Gazette. 23 August 1817. p. 1812.

^ Lloyd's List, no. 4415,[1] - accessed 22 April 2014.

^ Records (1900), p.150.

^ "No. 18551". The London Gazette. 17 February 1829. p. 304.

^ "No. 16626". The London Gazette. 25 July 1812. p. 1445.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).

Records of the Cape Colony from February 1793. (1900) Vol. 7. Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Great Britain. Public Record Office

Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.

Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042

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Bouw appartementen Ruinen gaat van start

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Bouw appartementen Ruinen gaat van start

De appartementen die gepland staan op de voormalige SNS-locatie in Ruinen, worden vanaf komende zomer gebouwd. Acht van de negen appartementen zijn verkocht of onder optie en ook voor de twee commerciële ruimten is belangstelling.

  Sloop SNS-locatie

In september 2017 is begonnen met de sloop van de voormalige SNS-bank. Deze werkzaamheden zijn in de loop van het najaar afgerond. Tegelijkertijd heeft aannemersbedrijf Bramer BV uit Vriezenveen, die verantwoordelijk is voor de bouw van de appartementen, gewerkt aan de voorbereidingen.

  Centrumplan Ruinen

De herontwikkeling van de locatie aan de Kaamp en de Brink is de afsluiting van het centrumplan Ruinen. Met de uitvoering van het centrumplan is de leefbaarheid van Ruinen vergroot en is een bijdrage geleverd aan de toekomstbestendigheid van het dorp.

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“A Rough Day For Convoy UC-61” (Part 2 of 3) 80 Years Ago, Today – (Tues) Feb 23rd, 1943: As we discussed earlier, today’s convoy posts would have to be split into three parts. This is the fiasco for Convoy UC-61, which occurs in the same relative area, about 456 miles northwest of the Canary Islands. The Convoy is comprised of 33 ships, with a respectable escort – 10 ships of both the British and American Navies. They are outbound from England, enroute to oil-rich Curacao. Eight U-Boats of Wolfpack “Rochen” (‘Rays’, ie Sea Rays) are closing in on them.   U-522 (Type IXC) torpedoes and sinks the British tanker “SS Athelprincess.”One man is killed, but the remaining 50 other Crew are rescued. U-522 doesn’t get to celebrate – she is quickly set upon by the escorting British sloop HMS Totland (Y88, Banf-Class). Her depthcharges are lethally accurate, and in short order, U-522 is on the bottom near the Athelprincess. There are No Survivors. All Hands – 51 Officers and Men – go with her. The poor Empire Norseman, a British Tanker (sadly, no photo available), gets it from not one but three separate U-Boats.U-382 gets her in a torpedo spread; U-202 gets her in another. Incredibly, all 53 Crewmen safely make it over the side and into the boats to be rescued. The abandoned hulk is finally put out of her misery by U-558. U-202’s spread also hits two other ships, damaging the Dutch tanker “SS Murena,” and the British tanker “SS British Fortitide” (no photo available). There are No Fatalities to either crew, and both ships, though hit, steam on with the Convoy. Rounding out the havoc is the American tanker, “SS Esso Baton Rouge,”a veteran of the Battle of The Atlantic who was sunk once before in shallow water off the coast of Georgia in 1942 by Reinhard Hardegan and his U-123. Refloated and repaired, she was back in the fight. Now, sadly, her number comes up for the last time.  U-202 gets a kill with one torpedo. The tanker’s fuel bunkers are empty – but her own tanks are full, and the fuel goes up in the blast. Three men are killed, and 65 others are rescued. And that’s the end of the story for Convoy UC-61. Next up: Convoy ON-166 (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpB-QdZtmWN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Voortdurende onrust op Noorderdwarsstraat in Grou

Voortdurende onrust op Noorderdwarsstraat in Grou

GROU – Scheuren, verzakkingen en instortingsgevaar op de Noorderdwarsstraat in Grou. Al bijna twee jaar zitten de woningeigenaren in onzekerheid. Ze hebben hun hoop gevestigd op de Provincie Fryslân voor financiële steun om geleden schade te beperken. De gemeente Leeuwarden levert op alle fronten steun en helpt de woningeigenaren met de sloop en het bouwrijp maken van de woningen. De…

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“Just Another Day” Eighty Years Ago, Today (Sunday) December 13th, 1942: In the middle of nowhere, the British steamer “SS Hororata” (Photo 1) is fortunately only damaged by U-103 (Type IXB). She uses her speed to haul tail and arrives in the Azores – 241 miles to the southeast – the next day. No Fatalities for her 82 crewmen. In another patch of middle of nowhere, 780 miles northeast of Fortaleza, Brazil, the British steamer “SS City Of Bombay” isn’t so lucky – she’s sunk outright by U-159 (IXC), and worse, loses 20 of her crewmen. However, the ship and the 20 lives lost weren’t one sided. Between misses and trying to finish her off, City of Bombay costs U-159 no less than 6 of her precious torpedoes. 130 Survivors are rescued by a mix of three ships, including the USS Tenacity (PG-71, Photo 3) a British Flower-Class Corvette lent to the US Navy by the British. Not too far away, 561 miles northeast of Fortaleza, the very neutral Swedish freighter “SS Scania” (Photo 4) is boarded by U-176 (IXC). Despite being neutral, she’s bound for an enemy port – Philadelphia – so down she goes with scuttling charges. All 25 crew are rescued. In the Mediterranean, it’s a rough day for the Italians. The Regia Marina (Navy) submarine “Corallo” (‘Coral’; Perla-Class, Photo 5) is 14 miles off Bejia, Algeria when she’s jumped by four British ships of Convoy KMS-4, and sunk when rammed by the sloop HMS Enchantress (L-56, Bittern Class, Photo 6). She goes down with All Hands – 49 Officers and Men. 27 miles southeast of Marsala, Sicily, the cargo ship “SS Foscalo” (No Photo) is torpedoed and sunk by a British Fairey Albacore torpedo-plane assigned to 828 Squadron of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (Similar Photo 7) 27 Dead, 81 Survivors. The Germans don’t get away scot free, either. In Norway, they lose the naval landing barge “F-281” (similar, Photo 8) when it runs aground and wrecks, in a storm near Kristiansand. Further south, off Mandal, British planes sink the cargo ship “SS Theano” (Pic 9.) Losses unknown. (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmH71ccP0AU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“A Brutal Day” 80 Years Ago, Today - (Thurs) Nov 12th, 1942: Convoy UGF-1, anchored 4 miles off Casablanca, Morocco, continues to be carved up by U-Boats. U-130 (Type IXC), under U-Boat Ace Ernst Kals, fires a spread of 5 torpedoes, sinking 3 critically important American troop ships. They are: USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52, Pic 1) with 15 men dead; USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43, Pic 2), 59 Dead, 60 Survivors; and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42, Pic 3), with 31 dead and 204 survivors. 200 miles northwest of Casablanca, U-515 (IXC) scores on a pair of British warships in support of Operation Torch. She sinks the destroyer tender HMS Hecla (F-20, Hecla Class, Pic 4) with 279 dead, & 268 survivors. She also hits the destroyer HMS Marne (G-35, M-Class, Pic 5) blowing her stern clean off (Pic 6). Only 13 men are killed, and Marne is towed into Gibraltar for repairs. 10 miles off Oran, Algeria U-593 (VIIC) hits convoy KMS-2, sinking the British steamer “SS Browning” (Pic 7) when her cargo of ammunition explodes. Amazingly, only one man is killed, and 61 are rescued. For her efforts, U-593 will endure a 16-hour depth-charge attack, and survive. Further east, the British sloop HMS Stork (U-81, Bittern-Class, Pic 8) is torpedoed by U-77 (VIIC) just off Fouka, Algeria. Despite her small size, she survives the hit. Leaving the bloody waters around Africa, we go to the Caribbean, where the diminutive little US Navy Gunboat USS Erie (PG-50, Erie-Class, Pic 9) is sunk by U-163 (IXC) in an attack on Convoy TAG-20 barely 3 miles south of Curacao. 7 men are killed, but 173 others are rescued. Last, we go to the middle of nowhere in the North Atlantic – the nearest land is Ireland, 654 miles to the east. The Panamanian freighter “SS Buchanan” (Pic 10) is sunk by U-224 (VIIC). Miraculously, all 73 crewmen are rescued. The Germans don’t get off so easily today; they lose 2 U-Boats. In The Baltic,the brand new U-272 (VIIC), in training, sinks after a collision with U-634 (VIIC). 19 men escape, but U-272 will take 29 Officers and Men with her. Meanwhile, U-660 (VIIC) is depth-charged and sunk by the Royal Navy 32 miles northwest of Oran; 2 Dead, 45 Survivors. Just another day... (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck4sDISN2fm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Vijonara premio World Superyacht 2019

Vijonara premio World Superyacht 2019

Vijonara premio World Superyacht 2019

El súper yate Vijonara de 42 metros obtiene el al Mejor Yate de Vela, combinando un espíritu de tradición con características de rendimiento extraordinarias.

El yate de vela Vijonara recibió el premio World Superyacht 2019 al Mejor yate de vela , 30 a 59,9 metros, en Londres.

El sloop de 42 metros de altura se destacó entre otros candidatos de gran prestigio…

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NACRA 17 OLYMPIC

NACRA 17 OLYMPIC, CRUCERO CATAMARÁN DE VELA

El  Nacra 17 Olympic está construido por Nacra en Estados Unidos. Este catamarán doble, montado en Sloop dividido, hecho por el arquitecto naval Morrelli & Melvin , mide 5.25 m de largo con un calado máximo de 1.04 m. La producción comenzó en 2011.

El Mástil es de carbono y spinnaker de 19 m2. Seleccionado para la clase Catamaran en dobles para los…

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RACE ROLEX FASTNET: UN COMIENZO PERFECTO

RACE ROLEX FASTNET: UN COMIENZO PERFECTO

RACE ROLEX FASTNET: UN COMIENZO PERFECTO

Después de meses de preparación meticulosa para los equipos y organizadores por igual, una edición récord de la carrera Rolex Fastnet está en marcha.

La flota más grande de la historia de 92 años , comprende 368 yates de 29 países, fue tratada con condiciones amables, cielos azules y una brisa consistente del oeste, y se dividieron en siete secuencias de…

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Comienzo de la 47ª Rolex Fastnet Race

Comienzo de la 47ª Rolex Fastnet Race

Comienzo de la 47ª Rolex Fastnet Race El Solent estableció las condiciones “clásicas” para el inicio de la 47ª  Rolex Fastnet del Royal Ocean Racing Club.

Con un sol brillante y con fuertes vientos del oeste con ráfagas de hasta 20 nudos, la flota gigante pegó el oeste de Solent antes de comprimir a través del cuello de botella habitual en Hurst Narrows.

Una flota récord de 368 botes comenzó la…