(London, England/ San Diego, CA)- Be sure to wander down to the London show January 7-16th
and see the new J/111 along with her fast IRC sistership, the J/97-
the new "Terminator" in European IRC sailing events. As part of it's
debut in Europe, the J/111 ARABELLA experienced a fast launch in
challenging weather in order to prepare for her maiden voyage a few
weeks ago. Remember? Snow. England. Trains. The M1 and M25
gridlock. It was miraculous that ARABELLA sailed at all in the last
weekend of the Hamble Winter Series race. Nevertheless, a few kindred
spirits and hardy souls persevered to get her rolling. Kudos to the
team. And, on hand to witness and video the proceedings on and off the
water was Richard Langdon, a renowned British yachting photographer.
Recently, he published a nice video on the J/111 in conjunction with YACHTING MONTHLY magazine, check it out here on Vimeo.For those of you in the Americas who wish to escape some unseasonably cool weather and want to get a close look at the J/111 that has been creating a lot of buzz in SoCal, be sure to check out the San Diego Sailboat Show January 27-30th-- schedules and links for both events are below.