Amazing photography - you are making me want to sail so bad :) I could watch these pictures for hours.

Great shots! At same time, I'm happy I just have a 37-footer to maintain...

Please tell us more what is it in particular that makes that yacht "one of the most interesting" and "fascinating"? Where is the difference?

Looks very scary, I can not believe you make such sharp pictures when the boat is moving so heavily.

Amazing, fantastic pictures... I am so envious. Can't wait to see the tribe pictures, gunboats are my all time fantasy. Great work, Cheers Matt

uau!!! great sailing day indeed!

Amazing

Wow what a beautiful see.

I like the deck layout on Sojana, especially that coachroof, not like the others, and I think that makes her interesting. Your thoughts anyone?

As usual, excellent photography from the two Taru & Alux, can't stop coming back here as it is just top notch.

What's so special about this yacht?

It's a US$80,000/week rental is all. And everything that comes with that.

http://www.fastcruising.com/index.htm

Beautiful photos !!!

Taru, those are some amazing pictures! Also kind of impressed you got some good shots going 20+ knots with that kind of heel no less!

Glad you and Alex had a good time!

wow, that looks like an amazing experience, and great photography to capture the feeling of it all!

lmaof.

How did the orange hair disaster go over upon arrival and now in the thick of things, amonst the rich and famous and beautiful people?

Did you cringe?

Did you expect such a monumentous party and high falutin crowd, and activities, and right then and there you're looking at your worst (not in my mind), but in the midst of hair change-over and surround by rough and tough rugged sailors and pimps and hoes, and the best looking out of them all, you, stuck with orange hair!

:-)

Kinda like looking your best and fittest at a wedding or a function and you wake up with a zit on your nose..

Great photos!
What a ride that must have been!
So jealous

What I found particularly interesting with Sojana was her crew, the energy and spirit of all people onboard- very different to other race boats I visited. The deck layout and the boat interior was refreshing and different.

This boat was not chartered or rented during this sailing week, it was the owner himself who raced it with his own crew and the history of races done with this boat and her owner are impressive as well.

How did I deal with my hair disaster you ask? I hate to tell you but I have been around "the rich and famous" as you call it, for many years of my life and what I learnt is that they are not much different from anyone else, except for the digits on their bank account perhaps - so no, it wasn't at all stressful for me to show up with my "hair disaster". I think I have came long enough to not care about such things in an unhealthy way. The health of my hair is a tad bit more important than the look of it.

A few people have asked what is so special about this boat. Here is the answer:

Antigua Sailing Week 2011 results:

1st in class 2: Sojana
1st in classes 1-5: Sojana
Best boat over 60 feet: Sojana
Best British boat: Sojana
Overall winner (Lord Nelson Trophy): Sojana