(Newport, RI)- Yes, Canadian J/24 sailors are doing it again! Well, if John Whynacht's crew on the J/24 STICKY FINGERS
from Halifax, Nova Scotia surprised everyone the week before by winning
the J/24 Downeast Regatta in Portland, Maine (see photo here), then Terry McLaughlin's come-from-behind victory
celebration may have surprised no one after they rattled off five
bullets in a row to again win the New York YC Invitational Cup this past
week. Interestingly, the skipper/tactician combination on John Hele's Swan 42 DARING are both
veteran
J/24 sailors (McLaughlin skippered while Hele was tactician) and, in
fact, McLaughlin is a current J/105 owner sailing quite actively in
Toronto and on Lake Ontario this summer. McLaughlin's J/105 won
their first offshore event this year, the 76 nm overnight race called
the Susan Hood Trophy Race held on Memorial Day/ bank holiday weekend
and hosted by Port Credit YC. McLaughlin and co-owner Rod Wilmer on the J/105 MANDATE from Royal Canadian YC
in Toronto won their division with a finishing time of 0:12:35:29 over
30 minutes ahead of the next J/105-- making them this year's Susan Hood
Trophy Race Cup Overall Winners! Good practice for the New York YC
Invitational Cup Regatta, eh? Gotta stay cool for 76nm straight at 98%
of target boatspeed!
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