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15.12.0915th December

posted by Harry McGougan

15th Dec
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ECOVER'S ROUND THE ISLAND 21.06.10

Mike Golding and his crew racing the Ecover Extreme 40, took 4 hours, 38 minutes and 45 seconds to complete the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race on Saturday - crossing the finishing line at 09.48.45.

Ecover at the Needles Lighthouse during the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race  19th June 2010
Ecover at the Needles Lighthouse during the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 19th June 2010
Mark Lloyd / Lloyd Images
The two existing course record holders again triumphed today as IDEC, the multihull driven by Francis Joyon crossed the finish line at 09.34.05 - so her rounding was in 04.24.05 (her course record still stands at 3.08.29). Closely followed by the four Extreme 40s led by Oman Sail, The Wave Muscat 09.37.33, then Oman Sail Masirah 09.37.57, Team Metherell 09.44.10 and then Ecover at 09.48.45.

ICAP Leopard crossed 10.10.06 so her rounding was in 05.0.06, way outside her record of 3.53.05.

On Sunday morning Roger Thompson, UK Head of J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Mike Golding handed out the trophies to some very proud competitors including the winner of this year's Gold Roman Bowl - the top prize in the Race for the first overall on corrected time in IRC-rated classes, to Brian Appleyard and his crew on the Nordic Folkboat Nordic Bear.

JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race  19th June
JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 19th June
Mark Lloyd / Lloyd Images


For all the race results visit: http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk

For some snippets of onboard video taken during the Round the Island Race by Yachting World Journalist Toby Hodges visit : http://www.yachtingworld.com/news/473917/round-the-island-race-2010-in-video