J/122 Wins Culebra Regatta

Jamie Dobbs and his new J/122 Lost Horizon II followed up their recent win at the St. Maarten Heineken regatta with another convincing win in the Racer-Cruiser class of the Culebra Heineken International Regatta in Culebra, PR. This is the second leg of the 2008 Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle (C.O.R.T.) and this year featured both round-the-buoy and round-the-island racing in a variety of conditions. J/100 Bad Girl, the Key West & US PHRF National Champion, also enjoyed a return to the award podium by placing third in class 1. results here (photo by Bob Grieser).

J/122 Video Reviews

As posted on the J-UK web site and on an earlier news item here on the J/122 site, below are fresh links to two online J/122 videos.

Sail.TV Video Review

Demo Sail the J/122

'Panacea' Wins Her First Two Races

The brand new J/122 Panacea, owned by John and Jill Patterson, turned heads and wowed the opposition on Sunday winning her first ever race, and her second race too. John Patterson, an experienced racing sailor helming his new boat, with an all new crew in her debut race, steered the J/122 to victory winning both races on the water and on corrected time.

Racing in the Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series, in the first race of the day Panacea beat the Corby 35 Njos into second place by 1 minute 20 seconds on corrected time and the Mills 36 Prime Suspect into third place, by over 4 minutes. Elsewhere in the eighteen boat class were, amongst others, two X-332s, a First 44.7, a HOD 35 and an Elan 34.

In the second race of the day Panacea (now really finding her stride) took the race from the Beneteau 44.7 Koko Kai beating her on corrected time by one minute 23 seconds. Kirsty & David Apthorp’s J/109 J-Dream (also new this season) finished in third place.

Conditions were relatively benign, with a south-westerly breeze of between ten and twelve knots, but Panacea’s first outing is none the less impressive!