
(Cowes, England)- The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, Isle of Wight, will be hosting the 2017 J/70
U.K. Nationals in their amazingly fabulous facilities this coming
weekend. For many of the crews that are participating in this year’s
event, it is a warm-up to both the upcoming Cowes Week in August as well
as the J/70 World Championship that is taking place at YC Costa
Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy in mid-September.
An all-star line-up of U.K. teams is participating in this year’s
regatta. The top crews include Patrick Liardet’s COSMIC, Paul Ward’s
EAT SLEEP J REPEAT, the duo of Calascione/ Ripard on HARLEQUIN, David
McLeman’s OFFBEAT, Jeremy Thorp’s PHAN, Ian Wilson’s SOAK RACING, an
Jack Davies’ youth Under-25 team on YETI. For
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