Pictured at the start of the Fastnet race 2015 at Cowes are various monohulls close hauled

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Pictured at the start of the Fastnet race 2015 at Cowes are various monohulls close hauled

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Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Chapman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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