Henley - On - Todd
The Grand final of the Henley On Todd is the great sea battle. It's a fun thing to watch, but my camera got coated by floating flour!
 010299henleyontodd41.jpg 230.27 Kb 524 x 480 Vikings "kidnapping a wench". Though she kinda looks like she's crying, she's actually laughing. The vikings created havok in the crowd for quite a while, though one got "beat up" by an overenthusiastic youngster of 4 or 5. |
 010299henleyontodd44.jpg 170.31 Kb 640 x 264 The kids actually won this one |
 010299henleyontodd45.jpg 278.35 Kb 640 x 426 Another 'sea battle'. Note that the second guy in on the Netfinity boat appears to be in trouble... |
 010299henleyontodd48.jpg 192.20 Kb 640 x 270 The America's cup final. Even though the Americans won, the Australians won. The Australians "always win", even if they lose, as they did this year. |
 010299henleyontodd50.jpg 199.79 Kb 640 x 332 The crew of the Artlunga taking the victory round after "winning" the Australia's Cup. |
 010299henleyontodd51.jpg 267.55 Kb 640 x 426 Pretty big crowd. |
 010299henleyontodd63.jpg 176.08 Kb 640 x 324 Early on in the big final - the sea battle. Three boats (powered by big trucks) and their crews duke it out with water cannons and flouer bombs and other weapons I can only guess at. It all makes a real big mess though! |
 010299henleyontodd64.jpg 164.94 Kb 640 x 364 The Nauteus and the Viking ship |
 010299henleyontodd65.jpg 181.68 Kb 640 x 316 The Viking ship and the Defender |
 010299henleyontodd66.jpg 164.19 Kb 640 x 294 All three ships having at it. |
 010299henleyontodd69.jpg 224.21 Kb 628 x 480 The Defender gets sandwiched between the other two ships. |
 010299henleyontodd71.jpg 225.39 Kb 640 x 400 The vikings and the pirates |
 010299henleyontodd73.jpg 183.35 Kb 640 x 294 The battle seems to be winding down slightly as the three ships run out of ammunition. |
 010299henleyontodd74.jpg 253.62 Kb 548 x 480 The Nauteus, looking battered - note the hull damage to the front of the ship where the Defender rammed her, and some sails where they took damage (and damaged) low hanging tree branches. The Vikings were declared the winners again this year. |
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