After a successful event in Trapani, current leaders of the RC44 Championship Tour Team Aqua are taking on an entirely different challenge, competing one of the worlds largest yacht races!

On 1st June 2013, Team Aqua will be taking part in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.  The 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight starting and finishing in Cowes, will see Team Aqua RC44 line up with 1458 other boats, racing against competitors from all walks of life, from world-renowned sailors to families and first time racers.

The Team are no strangers to the event, having finished second in their class on their Extreme 40 in 2009, the Team Aqua RC44 will be on the first start at 0500 along with Alex Thomson’s IMOCA Open 60 Hugo Boss and current record holders ICAP Leopard who set the time of 3hrs 53mins 05secs in 2008.

Cameron Appleton explained “Chris and the team are really pleased to be back in the UK. Team Aqua will start with the group of fastest boats, and therefore cross the start line at 5:00 AM! There will be approximately 55 boats in this group, including Leopard and some big Swans. It should be fun!”

Competitors have come from all over the UK, other parts of Europe and as far away as the USA to compete in the 50 nautical mile course round the Isle of Wight. Starting on the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, the fleet will race west to The Needles, round St Catherine's Point and Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line in Cowes.