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J/70 World Championships – Catapult into the lead on Day 1

Joel Ronning of the USA, on Catapult, leads the Open Class on the first day of the Darwin Escapes J/70 World Championship

J/70 Worlds first time in the UK

Monday will see the start of racing at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club

Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat are J/70 UK National Champions

Paul Ward’s Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat is the 2019 J/70 UK National Champion.

J/70 UK Nationals in Torbados on Sea

Calascione and Ripard’s Calypso was the top performing boat on the first day of the J/70 UK National Championship

Darkwood Triumph in RORC Channel Race

Surprise overall winner of the RORC Channel Race, from a fleet including professional racing teams, was J/121 Darkwood owned by Irishman Michael O’Donnell

Just So wins the RORC Morgan Cup

William McGoughand and Christian Jeffrey, racing J/109 Just So in IRC Two Handed, won the 2019 Morgan Cup Race, winning overall

Fast 40+ Race Circuit Round 2 – Final day to Girls on Film

Peter Morton’s Girls on Film lead his team back to their home port, winning the final FAST40+ race in just over two hours of high speed racing

Fast 40+ Race Circuit Round 2 – Day 2

Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán was yet again a dominant force, scoring three more race wins to win the regatta with a race to spare

Fast 40+ Thrills and Spills on Day One

Niklas Zennstrom’s Swedish flagged Rán took three race wins to stamp their authority on the first day of Round 2 of the Fast 40+ Class Race Circuit

Scarlet Oyster wins RORC De Guingand Bowl

Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster, sailed by Ross Applebey (GBR), scored the best corrected time under IRC to win the RORC De Guingand Bowl

RORC De Guingand Bowl – Feisty Conditions Predicted

This Saturday sees the start of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s De Guingand Bowl, the sixth race of the 2019 RORC Season’s Points Championship.

J/70 Southern Area Championship

J/70 Southern Area Championship – Ian Wilson and Marshall King’s Soak Racing scored all podium finishes to take the title