Event: America’s Cup J Class Regatta
Entrants: 7
Coarse: WL
Wind: Light
Tracking – Replay: TracTrac AC 35 J Class Regatta
Photo Credit: J Class – Studio Borlenghi
Lionheart Crew Wins America’s Cup J Class Regatta
J Class Association – Emerging in second place from a dramatic, high stakes final race which was laden with tension until the final run to the finish on a tight, compact race course off Bermuda’s Saint Georges, Lionheart clinched the first ever America’s Cup J Class Regatta.
Carrying a one point lead and with the regatta title in their grasp, they started flat footed off the line, looking to have done all they could to hand the regatta win to title rivals Hanuman. But the Lionheart crew stuck to their task in the fickle, shifty breeze to climb back into contention at the last turn.
When Hanuman were dramatically….read more
