{"id":19124,"date":"2023-04-19T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=19124"},"modified":"2023-05-03T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:49:39","slug":"rorc-easter-challenge-a-hopping-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/rorc-easter-challenge-a-hopping-success\/","title":{"rendered":"RORC Easter Challenge- A Hopping Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Cowes<\/a>, Isle of Wight,\u00a0England<\/a>)- The\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Easter Challenge, supported by North Sails, featured seven races over three days, with the IRC Class winners announced at the\u00a0Cowes<\/a>\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Clubhouse on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n Thirty-nine teams racing 24 different designs under the IRC Rating Rule entered the\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Easter Challenge. As well as world-class race management, all of the competitors were offered complimentary on-the-water coaching and after-racing video debriefs. Honing the techniques and skills to kick start their 2023 season is the ultimate aim of the\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0training regatta that has been run for nearly 30 years. The\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Coaching Team led by Mason King was out in force, backed up by drone video from the North Sails coach boat.<\/p>\n \u201cWe set out to allow teams to take advantage of the coaching on offer to reach their goals and have fun while they were achieving it,\u201d commented Mason King. \u201cThe\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Race Team laid on excellent racing and the Clubhouse was well attended for the debriefs. Above all, we have had great feedback from the sailors that this has been an extremely useful regatta for their season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n RORC<\/a>\u00a0Treasurer, Derek Shakespeare, racing his\u00a0J\/122<\/a>\u00a0BULLDOG, was third in IRC Two. \u201cBulldog will be racing in the Rolex\u00a0Fastnet<\/a>\u00a0Race this summer and our first offshore race will be the Cervantes Trophy Race at the end of April,\u201d commented Shakespeare, who will also be defending BULLDOG’s win as\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Offshore Points Series IRC One champion for 2022. \u201cThe\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Easter Challenge serves as a good test for our boat handling and also our equipment for the offshore season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n In IRC Four, J\/Boats claimed all three podium positions for the regatta. John Smart\u2019s\u00a0J\/109<\/a>\u00a0JUKEBOX, a former\u00a0J\/109<\/a>\u00a0National Champion won the class. Rob Cotterill\u2019s\u00a0J\/109<\/a>\u00a0MOJO RISIN\u2019 scored three race wins to finish second in class and Ross Bowdler\u2019s J\/80 JUSTIFY was third.<\/p>\n The\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Cowes<\/a>\u00a0Clubhouse was packed with sailors for the Prize Giving.\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Commodore James Neville presented IRC Class winners with engraved\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0decanters and performed the customary Easter Egg toss!<\/p>\n RORC<\/a>\u00a0Racing Manager Steve Cole summed up the\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0Easter Challenge, \u201cthe Club is really pleased with the regatta! The coaches and North Sails did a really great job and we were lucky to have excellent weather to give the boats fantastic racing. It looked like people were learning; we could see the improvements across the board. I hope we have helped all of the teams, but especially those in IRC Three and Four; this was part of the mission for this regatta. They are the backbone of the\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0and helping them is good for the\u00a0RORC<\/a>\u00a0in the long run.\u201d\u00a0 For\u00a0more RORC Easter Challenge sailing information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Cowes, Isle of Wight,\u00a0England)- The\u00a0RORC\u00a0Easter Challenge, supported by North Sails, featured seven races over three days, with the IRC Class winners announced at the\u00a0Cowes\u00a0RORC\u00a0Clubhouse on Easter Sunday. RORC\u00a0Treasurer, Derek Shakespeare, racing his\u00a0J\/122\u00a0BULLDOG, was third in IRC Two. \u201cBulldog will be racing in the Rolex\u00a0Fastnet\u00a0Race this summer and our first offshore race will be the Cervantes Trophy Race at the end of April,\u201d commented Shakespeare, who will also be defending BULLDOG’s win as\u00a0RORC\u00a0Offshore Points Series IRC One champion for 2022. \u201cThe\u00a0RORC\u00a0Easter Challenge serves as a good test for our boat handling and also our equipment for the offshore season ahead.\u201d The\u00a0RORC\u00a0Cowes\u00a0Clubhouse was packed with sailors for the Prize Giving.\u00a0RORC\u00a0Commodore James Neville presented IRC Class winners with engraved\u00a0RORC\u00a0decanters and performed the customary Easter Egg toss!<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThirty-nine teams racing 24 different designs under the IRC Rating Rule entered the\u00a0RORC\u00a0Easter Challenge. As well as world-class race management, all of the competitors were offered complimentary on-the-water coaching and after-racing video debriefs. Honing the techniques and skills to kick start their 2023 season is the ultimate aim of the\u00a0RORC\u00a0training regatta that has been run for nearly 30 years. The\u00a0RORC\u00a0Coaching Team led by Mason King was out in force, backed up by drone video from the North Sails coach boat.
\n\u201cWe set out to allow teams to take advantage of the coaching on offer to reach their goals and have fun while they were achieving it,\u201d commented Mason King. \u201cThe\u00a0RORC\u00a0Race Team laid on excellent racing and the Clubhouse was well attended for the debriefs. Above all, we have had great feedback from the sailors that this has been an extremely useful regatta for their season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn IRC Four, J\/Boats claimed all three podium positions for the regatta. John Smart\u2019s\u00a0J\/109\u00a0JUKEBOX, a former\u00a0J\/109\u00a0National Champion won the class. Rob Cotterill\u2019s\u00a0J\/109\u00a0MOJO RISIN\u2019 scored three race wins to finish second in class and Ross Bowdler\u2019s J\/80 JUSTIFY was third.<\/p>\n
\nRORC\u00a0Racing Manager Steve Cole summed up the\u00a0RORC\u00a0Easter Challenge, \u201cthe Club is really pleased with the regatta! The coaches and North Sails did a really great job and we were lucky to have excellent weather to give the boats fantastic racing. It looked like people were learning; we could see the improvements across the board. I hope we have helped all of the teams, but especially those in IRC Three and Four; this was part of the mission for this regatta. They are the backbone of the\u00a0RORC\u00a0and helping them is good for the\u00a0RORC\u00a0in the long run.\u201d\u00a0 For\u00a0more RORC Easter Challenge sailing information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jboats_news_reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n