Match Racing #1 Poster
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Match Racing #1
The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the leading professional sailing series, featuring 10 World Championship events across the globe, sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) with "Special Event" status. The tour currently spans 3 continents. Racing takes place close to the shore in order for the general public to follow the races as if they were in virtual on-the-water stadiums. This year, the 7th stage of the World Tour, was run as “Danish Open 2010” at the Danish island of Bornholm. And that was a major opportunity for me to shoot a lot of images. The white sails have always fascinated me, along with the atmosphere of a major sport event. Two boats race against each other. After a start and the boats have reached almost to the top mark, the next two boats start, and when these are close to the top mark, the last two boats start. This way, there are periods with six boats racing on the course. Hence the crews have to watch out, not only for their opponent but also for other boats they meet along the way. This arrangement doesn’t take place in the semi’s, the petite final and the final, of course. The boats are not their own, 6 boats were provided by The Royal Danish Yacht Club (properly sponsored, of course), and were assigned to the crews by draw. This way it’s only the skills of the crews that are decisive. New draws are held twice a day during the four-day event. The mainsails are their own, however, they all have their names on them. The course is always set along the wind direction. Start line and bottom mark are set downwind, and the top mark is set upwind. So, after the start they sail close-hauled against the wind (zig-zag) to the top mark. Furious tacking takes place in order to gain an advantage and to slow down an opponent by spilling turbulent air off the sails. At the top mark they turn, set the spinnaker, take down the foresail and race in a following wind to the bottom mark. Also on this leg small turns are taking place all the time, as the trailing boat tries to make a wind shadow for the opponent, and the leading boat to keep clear of this. After turning around the bottom mark, they repeat these two legs and race towards the finishing line. The boats weigh 4 metric tonnes each, the six-man crew weighs another 500 kilos, so with a total weight of 4.5 metric tonnes, they throw their boats around and very close to each other like toy ducks in a bathtub while shouting short and precise orders among the crews. There are rules, of course. They must not touch each other’s boats and they must not touch the marks. The boat with the wind on the port (left) side gives way. If the boats race side by side with the wind on the same side, the boat on the leeward (downwind) side of the other has the right-of-way. A penalty for breaking the ruses is a 360-degree penalty turn before crossing the finish line. There are constantly 4 – 5 umpire boats nearby for control and for handling the protests, which are numerous. Especially during the starting procedure, which is critical. I find this arrangement highly fascinating and entertaining. The winds were most favourable, almost along the coast, so the marks were set very close to land, and it was possible to watch the world stars passing by at a very close distance. I have tried to make the images in an “impressionistic” way. The weather was most favourable too; dull with heavy clouds most of the time, making it possible to do the sails glowingly white. And they cried to be made in black and white. If you’d like to read more, the official website www.wmrt.com is packed with information. This image shows the duel between Michael Buckley from USA and his team and Torvar Mirsky from Australia and his team. They have just turned around the top mark and are busy setting the spinnakers. Björn Hansen from Sweden is racing close by in opposite direction in another duel. Torvar Mirsky ended second after Adam Minoprio from New Zealand after the fifth and decisive final run. All images processed in Lightroom 3. All images ©Keld Kofoed Hansen. "A Day at the Races" Collection: On the Tack: Tactics Part 1: Tactics Part 2: Match Racing #2: On a Following Wind:
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