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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
J/109 Wins Boat of the Year
(Raleigh, NC)- Tinka Albert from Raleigh reports the exciting news
that the J/109 AFTER THOUGHT, owned and sailed by Craig and Suzy Wright
of Raleigh, NC, won the North Carolina Offshore Boat of the Year Award
in the Spinnaker Division. The BOTY Spinnaker division award is
calculated on a boat’s finishing positions in six area regattas plus
their overall result in the annual Winter Series. It is AFTER THOUGHT's
second BOTY win, they also won in 2007. It's quite an achievement and
saw them perform well in a wide variety of conditions, particularly
offshore in some demanding weather, proving again the strength of the
J/109 to be a solid, all-around racer-cruiser for family teams! For more J/109 sailboat information.