Congratulations to all of the Grand Soleil owners who successfully completed the 2010 Round the Island Race, which took place on Saturday. By my count there were 16 Grand Soleils racing around the Isle of Wight; a fantastic turn-out and credit to you, our owners. Thank-you.

Class IRC 1A was won by Willem Wester and his crew on the Grand Soleil 43 Antilope and in Class IRC2A the top slot was secured by Michael Ronson, Robin Dollar and team with their Grand Soleil 37 Grand Slam. These are awesome results.

Anyone who has ever done the Round the Island will know what a tricky race it is in which to perform well. These two Class wins for Grand Soleil is testament to the tactical skill, navigational expertise and boat-handling ability of these two teams. It is also a fine reflection of the fact that not only do these beautiful boats look great, but that they are also extremely quick too!

From the smallest Grand Soleils on the race-track, the GS343s, Gazelle and Breakthrough, (owned by Minka Armitage and Martin Hawkes respectively)  to the largest on the course,  David Allen’s GS56 called Petit Lune,  well done to you all. There isn’t room to mention each of you by name here, but we would love to meet you all at our Grand Soleil Rendevous in Yarmouth which takes place on 24th of July. Please just contact Key Yachting for more information.