(Cowes, Isle of Wight, England)- This weekend, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) will be hosting its annual Vice Admirals Cup regatta on the capricious Solent Water. With start/ finish lines using the Royal Yacht Squadron’s famous cannons on the waterfront, the fleet of Performance 40s, J/109s, and J/111s will be sent around a variety of the famous yellow ball-shaped marks all over the Solent going east to west.
Performance 40 Division
Racing in this fleet will be two of the protagonists who battled all summer long in the RORC’s Season Point Series. Those teams are Derek Shakespeare’s J/122 BULLDOG and Michael O’Donnell and his Irish team aboard the J/121 DARKWOOD.
J/111 Class
As the first J/111 fleet to be formed in 2010 around the world, the British teams on the Solent have enjoyed spirited one-design racing for 14 years! Many of the teams racing in this weekend’s Vice Admirals Cup regatta have been veterans of those years since the beginning! Those teams include Louise Makin & Chris Jones’s JOURNEYMAKER II, Tony Mack’s McFLY, and Cornel Riklin’s JITTERBUG. Joining them after sailing their J/109s and J/88s will be Paul Griffiths’s JAGERBOMB, Paul Lewis’s JOLENE, and Dirk van Beek’s SABRIEL!
J/109 Class
Though only three teams have signed up for the J/109 class, there will surely be hot, competition amongst the three veteran teams that have all won their share of events over time. Those teams include Chris Burleigh’s JYBE TALKIN, Neal Piper’s MOJO RISIN, and Stephen Davis’s JEROBOAM. For more RORC Vice Admirals Cup sailing information.
