J/Teams Set for Swiftsure Cape Flattery Race

(Victoria, BC, Canada)- Fifty-eight yachts are entered in the Swiftsure International Yacht Race that will start on Saturday, May 23rd. The fleet will use either the PHRF or the ORC rating system for one of the four courses, ranging from 79 to 138 nm, that start and finish in Victoria, BC. Many J/Teams are participating in this famous offshore event in the Pacific Northwest- seventeen J/Boats entries of 58 boats is 30% of the fleet!

The Cape Flattery Race goes from the Clover Point start, leaves the mark at Neah Bay to port, and crosses the finish line across Victoria Harbor– 101.9 nautical miles.

Registered to sail the Cape Flattery Race are seven J/105s- Jean Pierre Boespflug’s ASTERIX, Nick Wilkerson’s MAZU, Stephen Summers’s PUFF, Dana Sibilla’s ESCAPE ARTIST, John Aitchison’s MOOSE UNKNOWN, Chris Phoenix’s JADED, and Mike Cain’s PANIC. Joining them are two J/109s (Jim Prentice’s DIVA and John Polglase’s DOUBLE TIME), three J/111s (Alex Smyth’s 65 RED ROSES II, Dallas Ross’s J’ARRIVE, and Steve Kirsch’s FLASH), four J/120s (James Hinz’s HINZITE, David Shepherdson’s MARGARET II, Jim Calnon’s PATHFINDER, and Mike Brown’s CHARLIE), and Chad Stenwick’s J/35 THE BOSS.

For more Swiftsure Race sailing information
https://www.swiftsure.org/