Over 60 yachts make up the impressive fleet combining racing thoroughbreds, extraordinary prototypes, flying machines and the latest new additions...

Photos by Christophe Jouanay

The seventh edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth is underway, with racing taking place around the French island of Saint-Barthélemy and the various smaller islands and rock outcroppings that surround it.

Plenty of recognizable names are taking part, including 100-foot speed machine Comanche and the mighty multihull Phaedo3.

The new 100-foot technological wonder Galateia is racing; along with an excellent gathering of three Volvo boats (Brunel, SFS and Ambersail, with Bouwe Bekking, Lionel Pean and Linas Ivanauskas in charge, respectively); two Maxi 72s (Dieter Schoen’s Momo and George Sakellaris’s Proteus); the 94′ Windfall(Tim Goodbody); 92-foot La Bête (Yves Montanari); and 82′ Highland Fling XI(Irvine Laidlaw).

Take a look at these images by photographer Christophe Jouanay to get a taste of the action…

 

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