Images of Rolex Fastnet: Big boats around The Rock

2:06 AM Tue 16 Aug 2011 GMT

'Rambler, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

Top international photographers, Daniel Forster and Carlo Borglenghi, worked double shifts to capture the supermaxis and Volvo racers rounding Fastnet Rock, and also the giant multihull Banque Populaire as she finished to take the race record.

Banque Populaire after smashing the race record, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

Banque Populaire takes the record, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

ICAP Leopard, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster

Volvo 70 Groupama, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster

Team Sanya, Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster

ICAP Leopard Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster

Vincent Riou's PRB rounding Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster

Banque Populaire heads for Fastnet Rock, 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - &copy Rolex-Carlo Borlenghi

by Daniel Forster and Carlo Borlenghi

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