The secret of good navigation is to steer around the rocks, a lesson learnt this year by some of the 1000 competitors in Sweden's Tjörn Runt. The event is the annual long distance sailing competition that takes place around the island of Tjörn . Looking suspiciously like one of our favourite anchorages in West Cork, (but something like this would never happen in Calves Week) these clips are not for squeamish boat owners. Our favourite is the diving bowman. Click the play button below:
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