Folkboat claims Gold Roman Bowl

Third victory for Madelaine in the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race

The Island Sailing Club, organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, was packed to the rafters with happy Race competitors this morning as they celebrated individual and team successes at the Prizegiving for the 83rd edition of this annual one-day nautical extravaganza.

The Commodore of the ISC, John Dudley, was joined on stage by Sir Ben Ainslie, Richard Chambers, CMO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Corrie McQueen, Events & Sponsorship, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Chris Thomas, Sailing Secretary, ISC, who galloped through the proceedings in under an hour.

After the Commodore welcomed the VIPs and the assembled gathering, he ran through some of the more interesting Race facts and stats, including that there were 715 finishers and 791 retirees; always regrettable to have more retirees than finishers but a very positive response from the majority of competitors nonetheless.

The slowest elapsed time for a line honours boat ever recorded in the Race's history was 08.51.37 achieved by Team Richard Mille on their GC32 foiling catamaran...and Dudley enjoyed pointing out that Sir Ben had done it on his AC45 in 02.52.15 last year.

Also applauded was the winner of the Tenacity Trophy, awarded annually to the skipper of the last boat home. This year it fell to Stuart Whitmore to win the applause. He crossed the finish line on his Sigma 33, Sixes and Sevens, (IRC3) at 21.51.35, having started his race at 0730 - that's 14hrs, 21mins 35secs later.

The Gold Roman Bowl was awarded to the Folkboat Madelaine, skippered by Edward Donald, who hasn't quite achieved the record four wins of the Gold Roman Bowl by Edward Heath, but he's nearly there, having won it individually three times and the Donald family has collected this famous trophy four times.

The Island Sailing Club is grateful for the continued support of the Race Title Sponsor, J.P. Morgan Asset Management whose CMO drew the loudest applause when he referred to the ten years of title sponsorship of this amazing Race and importantly announced an extension of this up to and including 2016. The ISC also wishes to thank its Race Partners Dream Yacht Charter, Haven Knox-Johnston, Henri Lloyd, Nautica Watches, Old Pulteney, Raymarine, Red Funnel, Volvo Car UK.

Everyone looks forward to welcoming back the competitors, families and friends, on Saturday, 27th June 2015.