<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14649_aao.jpg"><h2>Defending champion Fabio (seen behind the wing) must have been gutted</h2>Defending champion Fabio (seen behind the wing) must have been gutted<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14647_aan.jpg"><h2>We couldn't believe it. Race favourite Fabio Buzzi with a broken rudder, after also having hit the submarine barrage</h2>We couldn't believe it. Race favourite Fabio Buzzi with a broken rudder, after also having hit the submarine barrage<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14645_aam.jpg"><h2>Meanwhile, back on our Beneteau, we headed up the Solent and came across this</h2>Meanwhile, back on our Beneteau, we headed up the Solent and came across this<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14643_aal.jpg"><h2>More of his great shots in MBY August</h2>More of his great shots in MBY August<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14641_aak.jpg"><h2>Race photographer Chris Davies had a better view than us</h2>Race photographer Chris Davies had a better view than us<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14639_aaj.jpg"><h2>Despite the drab weather, it was incredibly exciting. The biggest names in powerboating neck and neck, just 50 yards off our bow</h2>Despite the drab weather, it was incredibly exciting. The biggest names in powerboating neck and neck, just 50 yards off our bow!<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14637_aai.jpg"><h2>Then, the second start with the fast boats</h2>Then, the second start with the fast boats<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14635_aah.jpg"><h2>But things were not looking good for poor Ocean Pirate, who unbeknownst to us had just hit the submarine barrage. She later reti</h2>But things were not looking good for poor Ocean Pirate, who unbeknownst to us had just hit the submarine barrage. She later retired from the leg<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14633_aag.jpg"><h2>The Botnia Targa making its way through the wash</h2>The Botnia Targa making its way through the wash<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14631_aaf.jpg"><h2>After all the build-up, it was an exciting moment</h2>After all the build-up, it was an exciting moment<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14629_aae.jpg"><h2>Then, after a big tanker in the Solent delayed things a bit, they were off!</h2>Then, after a big tanker in the Solent delayed things a bit, they were off!<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14627_aad.jpg"><h2>We tracked the boats making their way to the start</h2>We tracked the boats making their way to the start<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14625_aac.jpg"><h2>The Solent was looking its usual cheery self</h2>The Solent was looking its usual cheery self<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14623_aab.jpg"><h2>All smiles despite the early start. That's ace instructor John Mendez, foreground, who joined us for the day</h2>All smiles despite the early start. That's ace instructor John Mendez, foreground, who joined us for the day<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/10/vartmpgallery_migration_83_temp_dirgalleryimage14621_aaa.jpg"><h2>The MBY team went out in their new Beneteau Monte Carlo 37HT, in association with Dickies Southampton. Great boat!</h2>The MBY team went out in their new Beneteau Monte Carlo 37HT, in association with Dickies Southampton. Great boat!
