Wildcard J70 racing team from Cork led by William Twomey (bow), along with Harry Durcan (helm), Richie Harrington (tactics) and Gratton Roberts (trimming) got their J70 World Championship 2022 campaign underway with a successful Act1 of the Monaco sports-boat winter series over the past few days.
After a successful European championship last September in Denmark when the team was helmed by 17-year-old Harry Twomey and contained Rio Olympian Finn Lynch on tactics along with William Twomey, Sally O' Flynn and Harry Durcan.
"The Irish J/70 World Championship 2022 campaign is underway"
Wind conditions varied over the three days with a mixture of heavy and light winds. The sole Irish team finished off with a commanding bullet in the final race to wrap up the 1st Corinthian team overall in the 40 boat fleet that contained Olympic gold medalists and Americas Cup sailors.
The series continues next month and continues onwards in February, and cumulates with the Monaco Primo cup in March.
The Cork-based team say they are looking forward to joining the Italian circuit for spring/summer for the final run into the Europeans in France this coming September and the World championship in Monaco in 10 months time.