Top 17 race photos from the Loro Piana Caribbean Regatta & Rendezvous 2017

The A2 spinnaker on Danneskjöld blankets the cockpit of the 105-footer as the crew scrambles to take it down.

The 146-footer _Ganesha_strikes a reaching pose on an azure sea.

A Rebecca crewman is hoisted to the clew of the gennaker to change a sheet during the race around Virgin Gorda on day two of  the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous.

Ningaloo’s crew takes a wave over the bow as she rounds the top of Virgin Gorda.

Grande Orazio(right) tacks to cover _B5_on the crystal clear waters off Virgin Gorda.

Leopard 3’s bowman helps feed a roller-furling unit to the bowsprit as a wave takes aim to douse him.

In a key moment of their race, the afterguard of Ganesha watches P2 cross on starboard near the second passing of the Dog Islands.