(Cowes, IOW, England)- The IRC 2 Class in the Aberdeen Asset Management
Cowes Race Week is shaping up to be a showcase event for the both the
J/111s and the J/122s. Tough as nails racing. Brutal, bashing,
crashing beats to windward followed by outrageous, screaming planes back
and forth across the Solent at extreme speeds in the high teens, lows
20s for miles at a time. Not your "father's Cadillac" as they say in
America. The J/111s are simply putting on a show in the extraordinary
conditions facing Cowes Week sailors this week, with winds in the 15-30
knot category, needless to say you simply can't wipe the grin off the
J/111 sailors-- having waaaayy too much of a good time.
Read more below in the J/Community section of the J/111 JENGA's account of what it's like to sail in epic, nuking wind conditions on the Solent.
