Overall winner of the 2026 RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race under IRC, claiming the historic King Edward VII Challenge Cup, was the French J/133 Sun Hill IV, skippered by François Charles.
Line Honours went to Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace.
Second overall was James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas, which also won IRC Zero. Completing the overall IRC podium was Rob Craigie’s Sun Fast 3600 Bellino. Racing double-handed with RORC Commodore Deb Fish, Bellino was one of the standout performances of the race.
In addition to placing third overall under IRC, Bellino won IRC Three and took victory in IRC Two-Handed, the opening race of the 2026 IRC Two-Handed National Championship.
Nick Martin’s Sun Fast 3600 Diablo, racing with Joe Slipper, was second. Roeland Franssens and Martijn Graafmans, racing the JPK 10.30 Il Corvo, completed the podium in third.
In the multihull fleet, Line Honours went to Christophe Bogrand’s Sterec Ultime, while the multihull winner after MOCRA time correction was Didier Bouillard’s Dazcat 1295 Minor Swing. Nicolas Lemarchand’s Lift scow bow Weeecycling won the Class40 division.
In IRC One, François Charles’ Sun Hill IV won the class. Maxime de Mareuil’s Orange Mecanix 2 was second, with Jacques Pelletier’s L’Ange de Milon third.
In IRC Two, RORC Vice Commodore Derek Shakespeare’s J/122 Bulldog, skippered by Alastair Walton, won the class. Jean-Charles Scale and Laurent Corazza’s Farr Breton was second, with Corentin Lognoné’s Nutmeg Solidaires en Peloton completing the IRC Two podium.
In IRC Three, Bellino won the class. Laurent Charmy’s Raging-Bee 2 SL Energies was second, with Nick Martin’s Diablo completing the IRC Three podium.
In IRC Four, Cédric Milnaire’s J/92 Tous A Bord won the class. Romain Gibon and Jean-André Hebel’s Abracadabra² Support the Don Bosco Foundation was second, with Chris Choules and Nancy Gould’s With Alacrity completing the IRC Four podium.
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