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V Racing Wins on First Outing
Our WallyCento ‘V’ won the combined Performance and Cruising Class Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta in the stunning surroundings of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, rewarding the new owners first opportunity to sail his new yacht with a remarkable result. Ben Bartlett, the owner's representative on V: “We’ve had a fantastic week with excellent weather conditions, our main focus was on building a new team and looking ahead to the next events this year. The win was an unexpected bonus.”
Led by North Sails President Ken Read the team worked together to get the best from the stylish 100’er. Pierluigi De Felice, trimmer on V explained: ”We were able to push the boat to its best, the performance is impressive, especially on reaches, we are all very satisfied, especially the owner as this is his first regatta.”
Cape 31 UK Nationals Draws International Fleet
The 2023 Cape 31 UK National Championships hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club attracted 26 Cape 31’s from around the world for seven races over three days in the stunning waters of Christchurch Bay. On day one the Race Team led by Peter Saxton ran three action-packed races with gusts up to 22 knots making for a perfect playground for the Capes. The first race of the event was taken by Nick Phillip’s Chaotic, with the next two being picked up by Jubilee. The day was won by the Bartholomew’s Tokoloshe with a fairly consistent 6, 3, 3.
Day Two featured two races, one with a moderate breeze from the southeast won by Jubilee and a second in light conditions from the south won by Gelert. On Day Three it all came down to the last race for the regatta title. Although Tokoloshe scored their first bullet of the season in the last race, Jubilee sealed the National Championship win by two points.
Tony Dickin, owner of Jubilee, said, “Very nerve-wracking last race, Tokoloshe had a flyer leaving us to make sure we finished within 8 points of them. We were worried off the line but it came good for us, and we got into the top 8/9 at the top mark.” Tokoloshe took second overall and Sandy Askew’s Flying Jenny from the USA continued their consistent performance to hold onto third.
Landmark 43 White Shadow Wins ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2023
After 290 miles of racing off Denmark in challenging stop-start conditions the champions have been crowned in the ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2023, hosted by Helsingør Sejlklub. Leading the fleet around the course throughout the race was Karl and Maren Book from Norway, racing our Landmark 43 design White Shadow in their first doublehanded long distance race.
Their elapsed time of just under 51 hours was fast enough to yield a corrected time victory of 6 hours over the reigning ORC DH Class A World Champions. “It was a long race,” said Karl Book, “with some frustrating periods of stops and starts, but everyone had this too. In the beginning the race was fantastic, but the first night was quite tough. In the end, it was about keeping the focus and I think we achieved this.”
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