Sailing Magazine
by Richard Crockett
By 2001 South Africa had hosted its second J22 World Championship and third major international regatta for the J 22 Class.
With 9 South Africans in the top ten, and a lone Hollander being 10th, there was criticism due to the very low international entry.
Roy Dunster wrote this: “Although the event has come in for some flack for a low international entry, some South African teams even opting to stay away because of that, it was a fantastic regatta and well worth the effort. The standard of sailing at the front of the fleet was also exceptionally high and one would think that they would have done as well even in a more international fleet.”
The ultimate winner was Ian Ainslie who had Greg Davis and Charles Nanking as his crew, followed by Mark Sadler, Michael Giles, Dave Hudson and Lance Burger making the top five.
READ MORE HERE: 2001 07 – SAILING Magazine – OCR
