Mother of God, this regatta is huge. As in there are more than 1000 boats duking it out on the narrow confines of the Solent. Here’s what some of them looked like, courtesy of the Zelig-like James Boyd of the always excellent Daily Sail (subscribe, all you remaining freeloading cheapskates!). The regatta runs all week, and then the biggest, fastest boats there will go head-to-head in the famed Fastnet Race. It’s real, and it’s spectacular…



