J/111s & J/109s enjoy excellent racing at RORC Vice Admiral's Cup

J/109 start line - RORC Vice Admirals Cup © Paul Wyeth / RORC

The Royal Ocean Racing Club's Solent racing season came to a conclusion with the Vice Admiral's Cup with two days of windward-leeward and tight round-the-can races.

High pressure dominated the weather conditions, with early autumn sunshine providing brilliant sunshine. On Both days the racing schedule was delayed allowing a sea breeze to fill and it was worth the wait. Five superb races were run for all classes in up to 15 knots of wind.

J/109 Class

It was Stephen Davis' JEROBOAM that found their fifth gear and scored four race wins to win the class by three points from Rob Cotterill's MOJO RISIN. Chris Burleigh's JYBE TALKIN was third.

Jitterbug leads McFly in the J/111 Class - RORC Vice Admirals Cup - photo © Paul Wyeth / RORC

J/111 Class

The J/111 one-design class went right to the wire. Cornel Riklin's JITTERBUG was the winner by a single point from Tony & Sally Mack's McFLY. Louise Makin and Chris Jones' JOURNEYMAKER II was third.

Thank you to all the Race Team for organizing a great regatta," commented Cornel Riklin on JITTERBUG. "We had some incredibly close racing with a couple of races decided by one or two seconds and the whole class finishing within a minute or two."

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