Maxi Worlds 1990

This post features another great selection of photographs by Sharon Green (Ultimate Sailing) of the action during the second stage of the 1990 Maxi Worlds, held in Maimi in late October 1990. The photos feature the increasingly dominant Matador 2 (launched in the previous spring and which would go on to win the 1990 Worlds overall following the third stage of the series in St Thomas), Longobarda, Passage (the ex-Windward Passage 2) and Vanitas (the ex-Il Moro di Venezia III).

Vanitas ahead of Longobarda, Matador 2 and Passage

Vanitas leads Longobarda, Matador 2 and Passage 

Matador 2 - the longest and heaviest Maxi in the fleet

Vanitas leads Passage (left) and Longobarda (right)

Longobarda, suffered from breakages on the first day of racing, including blowing out her mainsail clew

Passage

Matador 2

Longobarda

Vanitas

Matador 2 chases Longobarda and Vanitas around a gybe mark

Big boats, big gear and big crews - Vanitas seen here running ahead of Longobarda and Matador 2

Matador 2 on a downwind run with Longobarda just behind

Vanitas leads Passage on a reaching leg