Top J/Boat Team Wins Balthazar of Champagne!(Marblehead, MA)- Registration is open for the biennial Marblehead to Halifax Ocean race that starts off Marblehead Neck on July 9th. The 363-nautical mile Marblehead to Halifax is one of the oldest races on the eastern seaboard, beginning in 1905. It's co-sponsored by the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax.
The race has been a popular one for J/sailors across the northeastern seaboard, with class and overall wins taken by J/Teams over the course of time- J/35s, J/40s, J/44s, J/120s, J/111s all have garnered silverware in this famous race.
What
is the latest, exciting news!? Jennie Aspinall, Vice Commodore of the
Boston Yacht Club and Chair of the 2017 event, has a challenge for
J/Boat sailors, “We are looking forward to a full fleet of competitors
at the starting line in July. If there are eighteen (18) or more
J/Teams sailing in this year’s race, we will offer the winning J/Team a
Balthazar of champagne (worth 16 bottles), plus second place a
Salmanazar (worth 12 bottles) and third place a Methuselah (8 bottles
worth)!” Time to get motivated to win a prize that not even any
America’s Cup winners enjoyed in their last champagne bath in San
Francisco!! Just one of those bottles can start a party! For more Marblehead Halifax Race registration and sailing information
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