O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors Autumn 2009 IRC 0/1 Restricted Several different types of X-Yachts in Ireland have achieved high race results in this regatta held by the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Please click the link below for full results of the series. http://rcyc.ie/Results/2009/autumn/ofe/irc1ros.html More impressive X-34 results...Colin Byrne, X-34#1 owner, has achieved more impressive results, this time in the Saturday Series for Dublin Bay Sailing Club. Colin's comments on the race; "We were first overall on both IRC and Echo for the second series in Dublin Bay which consisted of 10 races with two discards. You will see that in IRC, for the 8 races, we averaged just a little over second place in each race which is not bad considering the competition which included J109s, A35s, an X37 and one or two other types of boats. It is also interesting to note that despite having a rating lower than the other boats (i.e. the other boats have a higher rating, and therefore faster on the water and able to get clear air, etc.) we still managed to come out on top!" Please click PDF below for results.
X-34 Triumph in IrelandColin Byrne, owner of X-34#1 Xtravagance, has achieved 2nd place overall on both IRC and ECHO in the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Cruiser Challenge. Most of the boats in the class were either A35s, J109s or Corby 33s. The only boat that beat Colin and his crew was a Corby 33 with 3 professionals onboard. Please click on the link below to view a PDF of race results.
X-37 Wins Felixstowe Regatta Ian Kirkpatrick, recent owner of X-37 'Fatjax' has won the Felixstowe Regatta, finishing first overall in IRC. To see race results please visit; http://www.felixstoweregatta.co.uk/pages/results/IRCOverall_IRCOverall.htm Or to read the Yachts and Yachting article for this please visit;
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=147649 A brilliant result for X-35 in RTIR Tim Harrington, X-35 class captain and owner of X-35 ‘Vortex’ achieved an admirable result in this year’s RTI race. ‘Vortex’ finished 1st in both its group and class (IRC 1C) and came away with 82nd in the overall race; impressive considering the finish number was 1567! Racing success for X-41 Patrick Baune, owner of X-41 Magic Mix (Named PHARO whilst racing) has gained with his crew a 2nd position in the RORC 2009 Morgan Cup Race, Class 0. The race commenced 26/06/09. For the results table please go to; http://www.rorc.org/raceresults/2009/morgancuprace/ms0006.html
Yet another win for ‘SX Girl’ John White, owner of X-37 ‘SX Girl’ has achieved a 1st in his class in the 2009 JOG Offshore Championship to Le Havre. To see race results please go to; http://www.jog.org.uk/resultsarticle.aspx?page=S633735057999687500&ArchiveID=10&CategoryID=2&ItemID=60&src= A successful summer weekend for X-41 racing in Ireland Cathal Drohan, owner of X-41 "Legally Brunette" has proved that the racing success for X-Yachts this year stretches further than the British Coast. Cathal, a proud Irish X-Yacht Owner won 1st place in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race starting Saturday 6th June. RIOW Solo 2009 – X-37 shines again!John White, owner of X-37 managed to succeed yet again, gaining 2nd place in the IRC Class 2 of the RIOW Solo 2009. This achievement follows his win in the race last year – impressive results for solo sailing 2 years in a row! Last year's event report by John is featured in our news section.Boat Name | Skipper | CLASS 1 | IRC | O/A | Anticipation | Peter Newlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | SX Girl | Noj White | 2 | 2 | 3 | Jbellino | Rob Craigie | 4 | 16 | 7 | Bellerophon Of Wight | Barrie Harding | 6 | 10 | 16 | Ding Dong | Chris Rustom | 3 | 12 | 5 | Oojah | Peter Tanner | 5 | 5 | 13 | Fantasea | Tony Rowe | 7 | 18 | 17 |
Successful Easter weekend of racing for UK X-Yacht Owners Red Funnel Easter Challenge Tim and Sophie Harrington’s X 35, Vortex revelled in the light conditions and ended the day in pole position having pushed Toe in the Water, skippered by Paul Anderson, into second place overall. "It is great to come out at Easter when the Solent isn’t too busy. This regatta allows us to put the crew and the boat together after the long lay off. The race management has been excellent and this is a great start to our season" commented Tim Harrington after today’s racing. IRC Class 1, Top 3; Sail No | Boat | Type of Boat | Owner | Handicap | Series Points | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | GBR9735T | Vortex | X 35 | Tim Harrington | 1.051 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | GBR7207T | Playing Around | First 40.7 | Peter Robson | 1.059 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | GBR1429L | Toe in the Water | Archambault A40 RC | Toe in the Water | 1.093 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Another success in the Red Funnel Easter Challenge saw Dominic Chappell and his X-41, ‘Maverick 3’, obtain a joint 3rd position in IRC Class 0. IRC Class 0, Top 3; Sail No | Boat | Type of Boat | Owner | Handicap | Series Points | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | GBR5940R | Tokoloshe | King 40 | Michael Bartholomew | 1.116 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | GBR5433R | Jammy Dodger | J 133 | Neil Martin | 1.112 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | NED8012 | Foxy | M.A.T.12 | Jan-Willem Jannink | 1.136 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | GBR86R | Maverick 3 | X 41 | Dominic Chappell | 1.115 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
JOG Offshore Championship 2009 John White, owner of X-37 ‘SX Girl,’ has been awarded 1st position in the JOG Offshore Championship 2009; Cowes to Cherbourg. After sailing just double handed in the Class 3 race, he achieved 3rd position on the way to Cherbourg and managed to battle into the lead on the race back, to land 1st position overall. A successful weekend for this X-37, proudly showing the boat’s potential in offshore racing. JOG Offshore Championship Class 3, Top 3; Series Place | Sail No | Boat | Points | 1 | GBR9837T | S X Girl | 1142 | 2 | GBR626 | Old Mother Gun | 841 | 3 | GBR8407R | Encore | 665 |
All in all, a good weekend’s racing this Easter, seeing pleasing results from a range of X-Yachts. The X-35 and X-41 from the Xracing range performed very well, and yet again the X-37 proved herself as a very capable dual purpose cruiser/racer from the Xperformance range. Successful series for X-37 in JOG races... John White, owner of X-37 'SX Girl' has been competing over the last months in the JOG races, finishing second overall. To see the race results please follow this link; http://www.jog.org.uk/cumulativearticle.aspx?page=S633737472139218750&ArchiveID=10&CategoryID=19&ItemID=111&src= | 
