Having come so close to overall victory in 2018, Chris Power Smith revealed the depth of his ambition when the Royal St. George skipper of J122 'Aurelia' became the Round Ireland Yacht Race's 50th entry at the weekend.
Power Smith who posted third overall in the 2018 race and is a consistent top ISORA performer will be back on the Wicklow line on August 22nd for the 700-mile race and will be a force to be reckoned with in the international fleet.
Aurelia, a name that translates from Latin as 'The Golden One', is the only J122 in the 2020 Round Ireland fleet so far.
A keen J Boat exponent, Aurelia is Power Smith's sixth J Boat. The self-taught Dun Laoghaire Harbour skipper has also previously raced a J24 and then through, a J92, J92S, two J109s, Jetstream and the very successfully campaigned Rollercoaster in which we won two Dublin Bay Championships. Hew spoke previously about his sailing to Afloat here.