Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez • Photographer Carlo Borlenghi
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BACKFIRE
A crewmember on Mariska
goes aloft during racing at
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez by
climbing up the mast hoops.
Mariska, designed by the
legendary Scottish designer
and builder William Fife III
and launched in 1908, is only
one of four yachts built to the
15-Metre rule still sailing. She
was extensively restored in
2007 and restored from ketch
rig to her original gaff cutter
sail plan, so she requires
some good, old-fashioned
crew work and skills.A head for heights
134 February 2018