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Fraxious. Spinnaker Gone.
Yacht names are often a play on words and if so in this case the crew could be forgiven if they felt grumpy, grouchy or crotchety when their yacht's (Fraxious) spinnaker was cut away by a member of the crew positioned at the top of the mast. The strength of the wind at the time is evidenced by the almost horizontal position of the wind sock in the background. The story had a happy ending as the spinnaker was subsequently rescued by a motorised, rigid inflatable boat. Image captured in June 2007 in Southampton water near to the BP oil terminal jetty.
Author: John Leary
Photo size: 2.7 Mpixels (7.63 MB uncompressed) - 2000x1333 pixels (6.7x4.4 in / 16.9x11.3 cm at 300 ppi)