Scuttlebutt Photos:

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2004

September 8-11: San Francisco, CA (event website).

Photos From Wednesday, September 8th (Day One, Races 1-2):

Start of second race on Day one of racing. Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex.

In second place overall after two races on Day 1, Mean Machine (bow #27), owned by Peter De Ridder of Monaco. Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex.

In third place overall after two races on Day 1, Barking Mad (bow #21), owned by Jim Richardson of Boston, MA. Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex.

Farr 40 fleet sailing downwind during Day one. Photo by Daniel Forster/Rolex.

Takahasi Okura's Sled (Tokyo, Japan), running downwind in the waves of the Berkeley Circle. Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex.

Leader after two races on Day 1, Norwegian Steam, owned by Eivind Astrup of Oslo, Norway. Photo by Daniel Forster/Rolex.

Norwegian Steam rolls through Day one on top. Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex.