Thames tops in Racing Challenge

The Royal Thames YC led by Adam Gosling emerged overall winners of the Chubb Insurance International Team Racing Challenge on Dublin Bay yesterday after a gruelling 56-race series.

Decided on a tie-break with the New York Yacht Club, both sides had ten wins apiece and just three points in the overall scores decided the result.

A fleet of 26 Sigma 33 One-designs was used over the two days for the eight teams drawn from both sides of the Atlantic.