Wasnt the three masted boat the Peter Blake one?
Nope. That looks like Vendredi 13, which wasn't in the race, probably just there to watch the start. She's 128' long. The longest boat in the race was Great Britain II at 77 ft.
Peter Blake was most definitely on Burton Cutter, as you can see in the on-board footage. He was one of the watch leaders. He really was a genuinely lovely bloke. I had the pleasure of enjoying a beer or two with him when I was working for Les Williams. His murder in Brazil was too awful.
Here's the crew list
Burton Cutter
David Alan Williams, Sid Berkeley, Peter Blake, Barry Buchanan, Marco Chiara, Andrew Culley, Chris Edwards, Bill Elgie, Colin Forbes, Tom W. Moore, Jacques Redon, Paul Rosser, Nick Rowe, Alan Smith, John Tanner, Ricardo Vilarosa, Leslie Williams
Oh, and I guess one could maybe call your Starlight 35 a Bowman, Howard. IIRC, Rival Bowman bought the Starlight 35 and 39 moulds when Sadler went tits up.
