This post features another superb set of photographs by Guy Gurney, this time of the legendary Australian yacht Police Car, a Dubois 42-footer, while she was competing in the Two Ton Cup held in Poole on 24-28th July 1979. The photos, which show off Police Car's striking hull graphics to great effect, were taken on the second and windiest day of the Two Ton Cup, which she won, but later suffered a controversial protest by the Argentinian yacht Sur. The series was otherwise a generally light-air affair that was not Police Car's forte and she finished in fourth place overall, behind the French yacht Gitana VII (Frers), Sur (Frers) and Great Britain's Winsome Gold (Dubois).
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| Police Car sails downwind during the 1979 Two Ton Cup (photo Guy Gurney) |
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| Police Car sails downwind during the 1979 Two Ton Cup (photo Guy Gurney) |
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| Police Car sails downwind during the 1979 Two Ton Cup (photo Guy Gurney) |
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| Police Car sails downwind during the 1979 Two Ton Cup (photo Guy Gurney) |
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| Police Car sails downwind during the 1979 Two Ton Cup (photo Guy Gurney) |
The Two Ton Cup was held just prior to that year's Admiral's Cup where Police Car revelled in the fresher breezes of that series and formed an integral part of the Australian team's victory (alongside Impetuous and Ragamuffin).
For more about the history of Police Car (and her current whereabouts) see this earlier article here.
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