![](http://www.alamy.com/thumbs/6/435E2B67-8017-4A61-99B8-ACAED6048F2F/JXNWG2.jpg)
Close-up of the bows of the classic Eight Metre "Hispania IV", racing in the World Championship, Cowes, July 2012.
Close-up of the bows of Eight Metre "Hispania IV", racing in the World Championship, Cowes, July 2012. She was built in 1927 in Spain for His Majesty King Alfonso XIII. She is now registered in France (sail no. FRA 7); she is owned by Rafferty Tanneguy and her home port is now La Trinité.
Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: The Solent, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: 7, 8, 1927, alfonso, beating, bow, bow-wave, bows, championship, class, classic, close-hauled, cowes, crew, crew-work, cup, format, fra, heeling, hispania, horizontal, international, iv, keelboat, king, la, landscape, metre, perrett, photography, race, racing, rafferty, rough, sailing, seas, seascape, solent, spain, spanish, spray, tanneguy, team-work, trinité, windward, world, xiii, yacht