The last time the RC35s raced in Belfast Lough was in the 2022 Bangor Town Regatta. And so successful was the class that it can look forward to a stand-alone event in June this season.
Hosted by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Bangor on the south side of the Lough, the five-race, two-day event will be held on Saturday and Sunday 24th and 25th of June. The event organiser is Rory Flannigan.
As this fixture is part of the Celtic Cup, it is expected that many of the RC35 racing fraternity who have frequented Belfast Lough in recent years will return to compete in the event.
Belfast Lough's Archambault A35 Final Call II, skippered by John Minnis, was the winner of the 2022 Celtic Cup Photo: Afloat
Certainly, Stuart Cranston will bring his Ker 35 Hijacker from Strangford Lough Yacht Club to join the winner of the 2022 Celtic Cup, the local Final Call II, John Minnis’s Archambault A35. Both look forward to taking on the cream of the class, many of whom they hope will make the trip from the RC35 strongholds in the Irish Sea. Final Call II won its class at the 2022 Wave Regatta in Howth and will be keen to make up for the gear failure forced retirement from last year’s Bangor Town Regatta.
The Notice of Race and Entry forms will appear in February.
