2010 US Sailing Championship of Champions

Between AYC Fall Series, J/80 Worlds, and the HPDO, we had 10 straight days of shooting and took, edited, sorted, and posted more than 20,000 photos. The 3-day break before the Championship of Champions was much needed, especially since the C of C proved to be another very intense event. Put champions from 20 different fleets around the country in Ideal 18s and send them out in 35 knots, and it makes for some interesting photos (yes, apparently Ideals like to pitch-pole).

To get the full flavor, see Carol Cronin's write-up about the event here and more shots on the US Sailing site, and ours, of course.

2010 Heineken HPDO

The High Performance Dinghy Open was a fantastic event again this year. Better-than-forecast breeze and good participation (including a huge Viper fleet) made for another photogenic weekend. Having packed up our boats in Newport at 11 pm after the final evening of J80 Worlds photo displays (and after 5 hours of photographing in 30 knot conditions before that), we were pretty tired when we got out on the water in Rye for the 11 am start the next morning. Adrenaline kicked in, though, and the HPDO is one of our favorite events to photograph, so we were fine. The fact that Heineken sponsors our coverage, and participants receive free medium-res photos, makes this a happy event for everybody. See the 2010 Heineken HPDO photos here.