J/Teams Ready for RORC De Guingand Bowl Race

(Cowes, Isle of Wight, England)- The RORC De Guingand Bowl Race marks the seventh race in the 2026 RORC Season’s Points Championship— the world’s largest offshore racing series. The De Guingand Bowl Race is also the third race of the RORC Cowes Offshore Series, which counts the best five results from seven races, all starting from Cowes, IOW.

The De Guingand Bowl Race starts and finishes in the Solent, giving the RORC race team full flexibility to design a course that is both tactically challenging and strategically demanding. With no fixed route, the course is set the day before the start, allowing it to respond directly to the forecast and deliver the most dynamic racing possible. Many of the same crews that just completed the Myth of Malham Race are participating.

IRC 1 Division
Nick and Jacquetta Edmonds’ J/45 STICKLEBACK is racking up the miles ahead of the Round Britain & Ireland Race in which they have entered. This race serves as yet another critical “training mission” for their team as they prepare for their “monster round island” race!

IRC 2 Division
In this fleet, RORC Vice Commodore Derek Shakespeare returns with his J/122 BULLDOG after achieving second overall in the Myth of Malham Race. The IRC 2 Class for the De Guingand Bowl Race has a tight rating band under IRC.

IRC 3 Division
As the largest and most competitive fleet in the race with nineteen boats, Harry Tilling and James Allison sailing the J/112E THINKING SPACE will have their hands full dealing with a large group of JPK -designed boats. THINKING SPACE is also entered in the IRC Doublehanded Division of fifteen boats.

IRC 4 Division
IRC Four forms the most diverse fleet, bringing together a mix of classic and modern designs, notably from the ancient S&S 41 WINSOME (about 100 years old) to Rob Cotterill’s J/109 MOJO RISIN’, third overall and class winner at the Myth of Malham Race.

For more RORC de Guingand Bowl Race sailing information
http://www.rorc.org