English weather looks different. Just in time for the start of the 100 Guinea Cup regatta in a clockwise direction around the Isle of White, the clouds that have been clinging to the south of Great Britain for weeks are clearing and making way for the sun.
On board the rustic spectator boat "Solent Rose", the excitement of the colourful crowd of guests grows by the minute as the bulbous displacer approaches the starting line off Cowes. The race follows the course of the historic America's Cup of 1851, when a foreign yacht was allowed to take part in the 100 Guinea Cup regatta for the first time.
This race, which the Americans contested on the big-class schooner "America" and won after an unexpected choice of course and strategy, went down in the history books and heralded the hunt for what is now the oldest sporting trophy in the world, the America's Cup. A chase that represents a considerable investment of time, money and energy for all participating nations. And it still is today.
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