With storm force winds forecast across the Bay of Biscay and all press boats cancelled, I gratefully accepted an invitation to travel out to the start line with the STI race team onboard the Spanish Coast Guard Vessel Sebastián de Ocampo. Although shooting from a fixed position it’s still worth a look as there are many interesting cloud and seascapes.
Plaque of the shipyard that built the Coast Guard Vessel Sebastián de Ocampo
Spanish Coast Guard Vessel Sebastián de Ocampo
View aft from the bridge of Sebastián de Ocampo
The rain sets in
Pelican of London and Pogoria
Pogoria, Lord Nelson and Stavros S Niarchos with Guayas in the mix
Extreme weather approaching as the land starts to disappear
Photographers on the foredeck waiting for the start…
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
A Coruna Race Start 2012
The race is underway…
Photographers on the foredeck waiting for the start…
The view of the race start from the bridge
A Coruna Race Start 2012
Photographers on the foredeck
Getting in the mood, the Captain of the Coastguard vessel, Sebastián de Ocampo, tries on a Tall Ship t-shirt
The STI race team and Coastguard crew on the Sebastián de Ocampo
The Captain, his family and other officers from the Sebastián de Ocampo get in the mood
Waiting for the start…
Ecuadorian Barque Guayas and British Brig Stavros S Niarchos start the race
Pelican of London, Lord Nelson and ORP Iskra
Pogoria, Lord Nelson, Guayas and Stavros S Niarchos
Guayas and Stavros S Niarchos, Pogoria and Lord Nelson,
Stavros, Pogoria and Lord Nelson
As the extreme weather builds it closes in on the land
Mexican Barque Cuauhtémoc
One of the start vessels and Polish Schooner Zawisza Czarny
Bermudan Sloop ‘Tomidi’ Belgium crossing the start line
Bermudan Sloop ‘Tomidi’ Belgium and Polish Schooner Zawisza Czarny
View aft on departure onboard Sebastián de Ocampo
View of the foredeck, Sebastián de Ocampo
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
A Coruna Race Start 2012
Race start over we return to port
Race start over we return to port
Race start over we return to port
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
The extreme weather conditions forecast for the Bay of Biscay bring on some interesting cloud and seascapes
View of the bridge from the foredeck, Sebastián de Ocampo
