Yacht left high and dry in boat race

This yacht was literally left high and dry after its skipper attempted to perform a daring overtaking manoeuvre in choppy seas during a gruelling race.

Instead of making up vital ground against 19 rival boats, the Jersey-registered Knight Star found itself perched precariously on a rock. The boat's skipper, Arthur Manning, admitted that there had been an 'embarrassing misjudgement'.



A member of the crew of Le Galat, one of the French vessels involved in the rescue, said: "We got the two Englishmen aboard and out of harm's way, but could do nothing for the yacht as it rose higher and higher into the sky.

"The boat wasn't badly damaged and the two crew members were uninjured, although I do think their pride might have taken a bit of a battering."