News - 2014

09:00 Friday 11 Jul 2014 CWLAberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week as a Qualifying Event for the 2015 EFG Pan American Sport Boat Championship

Last year’s winner, Jon Powell, in action at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week.

Cowes Week Limited is delighted to announce that Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week will once again be a qualifying event for Sportsboats interested in participating in the EFG Pan American Sport Boat Championship in 2015 which will be held in March in Miami.

The EFG Championship event in Miami brings together international Sportsboat sailors for a week of racing on Biscayne Bay during Bacardi Miami Sailing week. 2015 is the sixth anniversary of the EFG Pan American Championship, which has grown from an American continental competition to a truly international competition with feeder events in three continents.

Any team that participates in the qualifying round in the Sportsboat class this August in Cowes is eligible to race in the final event in Miami. The winning team (with amateur driver) at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week will be offered the free use of a brand new charter Viper 640 with sails at the final event in Miami.

In 2013, the winner of the Sportsboat class at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week was Jon Powell. Powell picked up his brand new loaned Viper in Miami in March and, after acquainting his crew with the boat at the preceding EFG Winter Cup regatta, pulled-off a podium finish in fifth position in the Pan American Championship against some of the world’s best sport boat sailors. Powell and his crew enjoyed the enthusiastic hospitality at the Coral Reef Yacht Club and had a brilliant vacation. Commenting on his time at the EFG Pan American Sport Boat Championship, Powell said: “It was a wonderful experience, amazing sailing conditions, great hospitality, and a free Bacardi bar every night. Plus, the Viper 640 is a fantastic boat to sail and race. I would recommend the trip to anyone”.

There are already 17 eligible boats within the Sportsboat class signed up to race in Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week (2-9 August). Anyone interested in taking part can enter here. For more information, contact the Regatta Centre on 01983 295744.