Antigua Sailing Week day two + video

2:08 PM Mon 25 Apr 2011 GMT

'Geoffrey Pidduck's Six Metre, Biwi Magic - Antigua Sailing Week 2011' Tim Wright /Photoaction.com ? Click Here to view large photo

Antigua Sailing Week had yet another day of superb racing at the 44th edition. The breeze built during the day providing the competitors with some scintillating sailing in glorious sunshine with increased swell providing some blistering downwind action with the big boats fully launched at over 20 knots of boat speed. There were extraordinary scenes today off Rendezvous Bay with the hair raising sight of the giants of Antigua Sailing Week battling out on a tight windward leeward course. Hugo Stenbeck's Dubois 90 took the first race of the day to draw level in class with Peter Cunningham's Titan Powerplay. ...

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