Image: 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Race 4 Start line action. Chris Maas and Willy Clark battling at the pin end. Photo © Robert Muller

Image: "David Clark at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: Canoe Park at Richmond YC at the start of the 2014 Worlds. Photo: © Willian Gutoff

Image: "Colin Newman featured on the start line at the 2013 Europeans. Is that a great start for Hugh deLongh in 275, or is it a step too far? . Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"

Image: Simon Allen (GBR 278). I love the lighting in this one. 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

Image: "Contrast! A 3 Masted Schooner in the backgrouns as Frederik Steimann (GER68) blasts upwind at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"

Image: Mark Goodchild at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

Image: "Steve Fleming:GBR303:ICOD at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: "Emma GRIGULL at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: David Gilliland (USA 209) - Texas rodeo. 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

Image: Todd Twigg, Simon Allen at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller

Image: "Gareth Caldwell at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: "Michael Brigg sailing his 50 year old veteran (K102) alongside Peter Ullmans state of the art Maas design canoe (GER79) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

Image: Robin Wood at the 2014 Worlds. Flat is fast... © David Thompson

Image: "Klaus Ropke:GER39:ICOD at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: "Colin Brown (GBR341) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"

Image: "Geoffrey Carne:Jervis BaySC at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"

Image: Start Sequence Race 4 at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller