Steve O'Rourke's Panther
behind John Calvert-Jones' Southern Star at the
first top mark of Race 9.
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Chris Meehan's Belle
Property, Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory and
Michael Blumentals' Intersell sail past the tanker,
Teekay Spirit.
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Approaching bottom gate
from left to right are: Eivind Astrup's Norwegian Steam,
Marco Rodolfi's TWT, Crown Prince Frederik's Nanoq,
Alexis Michas' Phish Food, Steve Howe's Warpath
and Richard Perini's Evolution.
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Neville Crichton's
Team Shockwave rounding the left-hand bottom
gate mark (left) while behind the rolling Tasman swell
approaching the same mark (right) is Chris Meehan's
Belle Property.
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At the bottom left-hand
gate mark from left to right: Lang Walker's Kokomo (around
the mark), Marco Rodolfi's TWT, Crown Prince Frederik's
Nanoq, Richard Perini's Evolution, Steve Howe's
Warpath, Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino
and Alexis Michas' Phish Food.
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All of the boats described
in the previous shot and few others sail down to the bottom
gate in Race 9.
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Evolution
about to round the gate mark, Phish Food close
behind, Nanoq's bear in full flight and hidden
behind is Erik Maris' Twins 2. To the left of the
picture is Brett Neill's Venom and Teekay Spirit
is seen steaming off towards New Zealand to the right.
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