{"id":22223,"date":"2023-08-14T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=22223"},"modified":"2023-08-27T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T18:01:32","slug":"another-glorious-cowes-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/another-glorious-cowes-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Glorious\u00a0Cowes\u00a0Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Cowes<\/a>, Isle of Wight,\u00a0England<\/a>)- The 2023 edition of\u00a0Cowes<\/a>\u00a0Week was a rather subdued affair after it follows the largest, nastiest, 50th Rolex\u00a0Fastnet<\/a>\u00a0Race ever. After such a grueling event, the entry list was already “light” and with many boats suffering equipment casualties, the entry list simply diminished further for the eponymous week-long event off\u00a0Cowes<\/a>, Isle of Wight. Nevertheless, the sailors enjoyed the usual 5+ days of challenging racing on the capricious\u00a0Solent<\/a>\u00a0waters. And, as has been the tradition since the early 1990s, J\/Teams faired very well in all of their divisions, collecting a significant amount of silverware for their hard-won efforts.<\/p>\n In the IRC 2 Division, David Franks’s\u00a0J\/112e<\/a>\u00a0LEON was in full-on battle with Adam Gosling’s YES. After posting a 2-2-3-1-1 tally for 9 pts, they still ended up taking the silver medal!\u00a0<\/p>\n The IRC 3 Division had five J\/109s sailing. Not surprisingly, John Smart’s JUKEBOX dominated the class with a 2-2-1-1-1 tally for 7 pts total! Nick Burns’s\u00a0J\/109<\/a>\u00a0WITCHCRAFT took 4th, while the top\u00a0J\/99<\/a>\u00a0was Brian Denney & Hannah Le Prevost’s JALAPENO 3 in fifth place.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the\u00a0J\/109<\/a>\u00a0Division, Smart’s JUKEBOX won, followed by Burns’s WITCHCRAFT in second and Rosie Berry’s JENIE in third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n IRC 4 Division again saw David Greenhalgh’s family on their\u00a0J\/92<\/a>\u00a0GERONIMO hop onto the podium, taking the bronze medal. \u00a0Ross Bowdler’s J\/80 JUSTIFY took 6th and Bob & Jon Baker’s\u00a0J\/97<\/a>\u00a0JAYWALKER ended up 7th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n J\/70<\/a>\u00a0Class<\/strong> J\/70<\/a>\u00a0Overall Series<\/strong> J\/70<\/a>\u00a0Short Series<\/strong> (Cowes, Isle of Wight,\u00a0England)- The 2023 edition of\u00a0Cowes\u00a0Week was a rather subdued affair after it follows the largest, nastiest, 50th Rolex\u00a0Fastnet\u00a0Race ever. After such a grueling event, the entry list was already “light” and with many boats suffering equipment casualties, the entry list simply diminished further for the eponymous week-long event off\u00a0Cowes, Isle of Wight. Nevertheless, the sailors enjoyed the usual 5+ days of challenging racing on the capricious\u00a0Solent\u00a0waters. And, as has been the tradition since the early 1990s, J\/Teams faired very well in all of their divisions, collecting a significant amount of silverware for their hard-won efforts.<\/p>\n In the IRC 2 Division, David Franks’s\u00a0J\/112e\u00a0LEON was in full-on battle with Adam Gosling’s YES. After posting a 2-2-3-1-1 tally for 9 pts, they still ended up taking the silver medal!\u00a0<\/p>\n The IRC 3 Division had five J\/109s sailing. Not surprisingly, John Smart’s JUKEBOX dominated the class with a 2-2-1-1-1 tally for 7 pts total! Nick Burns’s\u00a0J\/109\u00a0WITCHCRAFT took 4th, while the top\u00a0J\/99\u00a0was Brian Denney & Hannah Le Prevost’s JALAPENO 3 in fifth place.\u00a0 J\/70\u00a0ClassWith thirty entries, the\u00a0J\/70\u00a0one-design class again had one of the most competitive and dynamic fleets at\u00a0Cowes\u00a0Week. The teams have a choice to sail the “short series” for three days, or the overall series for the entire week.\u00a0<\/p>\n J\/70\u00a0Overall SeriesWinning was William Edwards & Ian Dobson’s SARDONYX XI with 23 pts. They were followed by John Greenland’s WOOF in second, and Tim Simpson & Ole Bettum’s DADS’N’LADS in third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n J\/70\u00a0Short SeriesWinning the seven-race short series was past\u00a0J\/70\u00a0World Champion Paul Ward’s EAT SLEEP J REPEAT team with a blistering record of three 1sts, three 2nds, and a 3rd for 9 pts. Sailing almost as consistently was Martin Dent’s JELVIS crew with two 1sts, three 2nds, and 8-5 for 13 pts. A distant third was the duo on SARDONYX XI- William Edwards & Ian Dobson- with 22 pts total.\u00a0 \u00a0For\u00a0more Cowes Week sailing information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22225,"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-22223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jboats_news_reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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With thirty entries, the\u00a0J\/70<\/a>\u00a0one-design class again had one of the most competitive and dynamic fleets at\u00a0Cowes<\/a>\u00a0Week. The teams have a choice to sail the “short series” for three days, or the overall series for the entire week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Winning was William Edwards & Ian Dobson’s SARDONYX XI with 23 pts. They were followed by John Greenland’s WOOF in second, and Tim Simpson & Ole Bettum’s DADS’N’LADS in third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Winning the seven-race short series was past\u00a0J\/70<\/a>\u00a0World Champion Paul Ward’s EAT SLEEP J REPEAT team with a blistering record of three 1sts, three 2nds, and a 3rd for 9 pts. Sailing almost as consistently was Martin Dent’s JELVIS crew with two 1sts, three 2nds, and 8-5 for 13 pts. A distant third was the duo on SARDONYX XI- William Edwards & Ian Dobson- with 22 pts total.\u00a0 \u00a0For\u00a0more Cowes Week sailing information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nIn the\u00a0J\/109\u00a0Division, Smart’s JUKEBOX won, followed by Burns’s WITCHCRAFT in second and Rosie Berry’s JENIE in third place.\u00a0
\nIRC 4 Division again saw David Greenhalgh’s family on their\u00a0J\/92\u00a0GERONIMO hop onto the podium, taking the bronze medal. \u00a0Ross Bowdler’s J\/80 JUSTIFY took 6th and Bob & Jon Baker’s\u00a0J\/97\u00a0JAYWALKER ended up 7th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n