The JP Morgan Round the Island was another massive event for 2009 with over 1700 entries and a sunny day.  Although not much breeze and many entries finding their record this year was for their longest ever RTI, it was a great day out.  And with over 50 Elans taking part there were some fantastic Elan results too.

The Elan fleet won four classes; Elan 410, Premier Flair won class 1A, Panache, Elan 333, won class 3A, Shooting Star, Elan 295 won Class 3B and Elan 333, Melody, won 5A.  Premier Flair came highest in group with a 6th place. Shooting Star achieved the best overall result at 18th while Panache came 21st – out of over 1700 that isn’t bad!

It is fantastic to see so many Elans taking part with the fleet growing year by year.  Entered this year were 15 Elan 333s, 10 Elan 40s, and 6 Elan 410s amongst the other newer and older models.  The newest boats taking part were the Elan 380s Dezzeo who came 14th in class and 40th in group and Brio with 28th in class and 60th overall, results to be proud of.  Four cruising, Elan Impression 434s took part, and it would be great to see even more Elans, both performance and cruisers entering next year.  Talks are in place to run an Elan Cup for the highest placed Elan in the race too, another reason to enter what can only be classed as one spectacular event – hopefully next year we might get a little more breeze on the North side.

Premier Yacht Sales has some fantastic offers available right now on current Elan models and will be launching the all new Elan 310 at Southampton International Boat Show.  For further information on our current stock and models or the new Elan 310 please contact Tony Jones on 01489 884075 or elan@premieryachtsales.co.uk or click www.premieryachtsales.co.uk.