…you Winsome!
Reading stories like this (as few and far between as they may be) delight us! One look at Winsome, this S&S 41, and it is obvious that it is well-sailed, and check out those yellow sails!
Harry Heijst’s S&S 41 Winsome won the 2026 RORC De Guingand Bowl Race on IRC Overall after time correction. Ben Owens JPK 1010 Leonard, racing double handed with Luke Lawrence took second place, 13 minutes 29 seconds behind on corrected time, with Mark Brown’s JPK 1010 Jetpack completing the overall podium, a further 5 minutes 56 seconds back.
“It all went so well, we did not make a mistake the whole race,” enthused Harry Heijst. “On a boat like Winsome, if you get it wrong, it is a long time before you are back up to speed, so the crew work was really important. We had two people on board over 80, and they were steering like tigers for nearly the entire race. There were a couple of things we did very well, including a double gybe just before a buoy, a tack change for the bigger breeze; all the sail handling worked very well. We have done these manoeuvres for many years, and if you prepare properly, you do not lose a second.” Read the full story here. And click on the pic to expand – photo thanks to Rick Tomlinson – and check out the gallery here.
