Daring Class 50th Anniversary Sail Past
by Giles Peckham 11 Jul 2011 22:15 BST
9 July 2011
Daring class 50th Anniversary Sail Past © Hamo Thornycroft
The Daring Class celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and on the anniversary of their first race on July 9th the fleet participated in a sail-past and salute at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes.
The Darings assembled off the Green after a hard day’s racing in the Solent and following the firing of a canon from the RYS, sailed in line astern eastwards past the RYS Flagpole for the salute. Taking the salute was Captain Guy Robinson Royal Navy, the Commanding Officer of HMS DARING, flanked by the Class Admiral, Robin Aisher and the Class Captain Col. Carron Snagge.
Designed in 1960 as a one-design 5.5m class, the Daring remains the most popular class for dayboat racing in Cowes. In addition to a full programme of races every Saturday and Sunday in the season, they will also be competing soon in both Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week and the Metre Regatta.