J Class Valsheda

Solent Action – J Class – Americas Cup – Regattas

ByKirsten Hunter
J Class Ranger J Class Ranger & Me! Modern Racing next to J Class
J Class Valsheda J Class Valsheda & Me! Modern - Flying Moth

Just incredible.  I saw all these yachts in the Solent in just 2 days.  How yachts have changed.  The Classic stunning sleek J Class yachts 70 years old.  Then the new racing yachts and then the tiny  flying moth.  In the same week I did see the Americas Cup yachts racing but didn’t get any pictures.  Great privilege to see such a range.  In particular getting so close to the J Class Yachts.  They gleam and are so majestic.  I was on a Beneteau Oceanis and then a Beneteau 40.7.

Similar Posts

Sun to Gales on Solent

Sun to Gales on Solent

ByfreshSPRING

3 very different days – plenty of wind and sun for a Stag group sailing to Yarmouth for lunch with fun matched racing in the afternoon. (After the strenuous day, will they have lasted the pace for night clubbing in the evening?). Following day gales kept us in the marina but fortunately it was only…

Sark Channel Islands

Channel Islands

ByKirsten Hunter

Sailed to Channel Islands with a family in July.  A very pleasant afternoon on a mooring buoy in Sark. We spent a couple of evenings in Victoria marina, St Peter Port close to the sill.  It was interesting to watch the tide rise and fall over it – easy to know when we could leave….

July Sailing – Olympic Torch, RTI, J Class Regatta and more

July Sailing – Olympic Torch, RTI, J Class Regatta and more

ByfreshSPRING

What an incredible month! Round the Island Race was brilliant – challenging and such fun.  Great group of guys.  Managed to get a spiral fracture in my little finger but it was all worth it! Sailed with more stag groups, several lovely families and finally saw the J Class Regatta – quite breathtaking and another…

Week in the Solent

ByKirsten Hunter

All in one week on the Solent.  Classic Power Boat Race to Torquay – niosy but exciting! Previously we saw a Russian tall ship arriving on Trinity House Pontoon in Cowes – quite odd to see fenders and engine but essential of course!  Before that the Cowes Brass band marching and before that the cricketers…