Category Archives: Half Ton Classics Cup 2016
Fast Lines Half Ton Classics Cup: Sensational and smart
Half Ton sailors love variety. In Thursday’s exciting Long Distance Round the Cans, the last two Windward Leeward and Round the Can races had to determine the thrilling struggle between the four dominating Irish Halftonners and the attacking French and … Continue reading
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Fast Lines Half Ton Cup: it takes two to tango
Exactly at the scheduled time, the RORC’s race committee fired the gun for the fifth series of the Fast Lines Half Ton Cup in Cowes. The weather conditions remained undefined, with light winds and thunderstorm threats. And quite some current … Continue reading
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Fast Lines Half Ton Classics Cup: when Cowes weather returns, the Jedi returns too
Third day Fast Lines Half Ton Classics Cup, and finally enough wind from midday on to sail three series. Two Windward-Leeward courses and a ’round the cans’. Look who’s here The Swuzzlebubbleteam of David and James Dwyer has clearly found … Continue reading
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The Fast Lines Half Ton Classics Cup 22: King One (IRL) sets the tone at the first race
Even the Valhalla of sailing does not escape the gigantic windless heat bubble that overwhelms western Europe. Nevertheless, the RORC competition organization managed to put in an exciting windward leeward series on the first day of the Fast Lines Half … Continue reading
The Fast Lines Half Ton Classics Cup 22: countdown with numbers after the comma
With exactly twenty announced – and the rumors of even more unannounced – participants in this event, there are many other reasons to look forward to next weekend. The Half Ton Class is very happy to be back in Cowes, … Continue reading
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FAST LINES BELGIUM JOINS HALF TON CLASSICS CUP 2022 AS MAIN SPONSOR
On Monday 15th August, which is exactly 51 days from today, the 12th Half Ton Classics Cup will start on the Solent, organized by RORC Cowes and the Half Ton Class Europe (HTCE). Today, the Half Ton Class Europe is … Continue reading
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Register, register & register
The latest newsletter from the Half Ton Class Europe has just been released. It is specially intended to those amongst you that are planning to take part in the 2022 Half Ton Classics Cup: we need you to register! Also, … Continue reading
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The Countdown has begun
On Monday 15th August, which is exactly 159 days from today, the 12th Half Ton Classics Cup will start on the Solent, somewhere on Hills Head Plateau we guess, just off Cowes. We will all have been waiting nearly 3 … Continue reading
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Final Report – Checkmate XV Makes It A Victory Double
With a convincing win in the final spectacular race run in glorious sunshine and big seas off Nieuwpoort, Checkmate XV (1985 Humphreys) and her crew of owner David Cullen, Darragh O’Connor, Nin O’Leary, Jonathan Sargent, Aidan Beggan, Niki Potterton and … Continue reading
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