CLASSIC BOAT OCTOBER 2016 45Top row left to right:
Tight racing downwind; start of the Classic
Boat-sponsored long distance race from the
Royal Yacht Squadron; Mikado.
Middle rows: onboard Pegasus; Gryphis
juggling with her spinnaker; Leopard;
Whooper; Panerai hospitality shoreside;
Giovanni Belgrano (left) and crew of
Whooper, overall winners of Panerai British
Classic Week.
Left: crews relax in the Panerai lounge at
Cowes Yacht Haven. Right: Exciting times on
1947-built Croix des Gardes