Tactics & Boat Handling were Key to Success in RORC Spring Inshore Race
11th April 2021
Ed Bell s JPK 1180 Dawn Treader
Credit: Rick Tomlinson
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Spring Series continued on Saturday 10th of April with the second race of the series.
The RORC Race Team set an inshore race in the Solent, approximately 38 nautical miles for the IRC fleet, and 32 nautical miles for IRC Two Handed. A north-easterly wind of 10-13 knots provided sub-planing conditions. Tactics and boat handling were the keys to performance. Class winners were Ed Bell’s JPK 1180 Dawn Treader and James Harayda’s Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo.
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Easter Chocolates for Ino XXX & Aries as RORC 2021 Season Gets Underway on the Solent
4th April 2021
RORC Commodore James Neville, racing HH42 Ino XXX took line honours and the overall win after IRC time correction
Credit: Paul Wyeth
The Royal Ocean Racing Club 2021 season got underway on Easter Saturday with an inshore race in the Solent of approximately 38 nautical miles, the first of three races in the 2021 RORC Spring Series. The top three boats included the fastest and slowest rated boats under IRC as well as the top Two-Handed team. RORC Commodore James Neville, racing HH42 Ino XXX took line honours and the overall win after IRC time correction. Kelvin Rawlings racing Sun Fast 3300 Aries, Two-Handed with Stuart Childerley, was runner up by just six seconds on corrected time from Sam Laidlaw’s Quarter Tonner BLT. Ed Bell’s JPK 1180 Dawn Treader was just 44 seconds off the podium.