“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Ainslie Proves Too Versatile At J22 Worlds

By Richard Crockett

Here’s some final info on the J22 Worlds in Table Bay in 1997 when Ian Ainslie won the event along with Rick Mayhew and Gary Sindler as his crew.

This Was in A Fleet of 52 Yachts.

The Mercury newspaper said this: “South African Olympic skipper Ian Ainslie on Orion has won the J22 Yachting World Championship with a huge lead after eight radically diverse races where wind conditions ranged from furious 29-knot south easterlies to dying south westerlies.

Included today are the full reports from both SAILING Magazine and SA Yachting magazine.

READ THE NEWSPAPER REPORT HERE:  1997 03 31 – mercury –

READ THE SAILING MAGAZINE REPORT HERE:  Pages from 1997 05 – SAILING Magazine – OCR

READ THE SA YACHTING MAGAZINE REPORT HERE:  Pages from 1997 05 – SA Yachting – 0OCR