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The Race Is On 12
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This is the 12th one of my series 'The Race Is On'.

This series shows images taken at the annual 'Van Loon Sailing Event' on the Lake of Veere, Zeeland, The Netherlands, the last time held on July 20th, 2019.

To know more about this event, please check-out the narrative of THIS ONE.

In order to determine who's the winner of this regatta, the participants have to sail with their boat several times a 'track'. The start and end of such a track is marked with a buoy. After passing the buoy, one has to sail in the opposite direction. In some of my images of this series therefore one can see that some boats are sailing in the opposite direction. The boat that comes first to the finish (after sailing the determined number of tracks) is not automatically the winner. Because the boats vary in size and have different sail area, first must be determined, after a complicated calculation, who really is the winner.

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::0930_23
08/26/19 2:20 PM GMT
I don't think I have ever seen those beautiful homes in the background before SEA. Perhaps I have and don't recall.
Sounds like the average person just enjoys the beauty of the boats and the sailing and doesn't worry about the winner.
That would be me. Wonderful photo with good information.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::Roseman_Stan
08/26/19 2:29 PM GMT
Wow what a grand shot this is! From awesome vessel to background! Triple Wow shot here!
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::trixxie17
08/26/19 4:02 PM GMT
I don't recall seeing waterfront homes before in your shots either Mr. C. - love the sailboat and it's rusty colored sails - don't see those here either. Wonderful lighting in this perfectly captured shot.
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.mesmerized
08/26/19 4:28 PM GMT
Sounds like a complicated process to determine the winner but I wish them all well...meantime, love the design and craftmanship of this boat and a great capture.
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::tigger3
08/26/19 7:08 PM GMT
Thanks for the information to compliment your wonderful capture of the moment. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Ramad
08/27/19 8:01 AM GMT
Beautiful close-up of this boat with all details so clear. Normally in such races all boats/yachts are the same type. That must be a complicated calculation to determine the winner. Size and type of the boats, area of the sails all matter!
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
.koca
08/28/19 8:19 AM GMT
Wonderful image, I'd like to watch a race like this.
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