The light is always fantastic off the coast of Bergen, but with no wind and the race postponed for a couple of hours our pilot took us to one of the many small Islands. To a sailing club house were they opened the bar in our honour, one beer later later the call came, we were back underway. Headed for the line where the race started at around 2100 hours.

Richard Sibley
Photographer with a passion for photographing tall ships and traditional sailing boats
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