John Treanor's brand new J112e from the National Yacht Club made a perfect debut when she won her class at the UK's Key Yachting J-Cup Regatta at the Royal Southern Yacht Club on the Hamble river on Sunday.
Treanor won, having launched 'Valentina' for the first time the previous Tuesday evening. He measured her in on Wednesday, with the crew only having a one-hour practice on the Solent before Thursday's first race.
After eight races sailed in the black fleet, the Irish yacht won by one point from Mike Wallis's bigger J/122, Jahmali.
The win is also a boost for the Irish marine trade. Mark Mansfield, who sailed on Valentina as a tactician, supplied the boat as the J-boat Irish agent, and Maurice O'Connell of North Sails Ireland provided Valentina's sail wardrobe.
In what marks a start of a hectic few months, the Valentina crew will now race in this week's Sovereigns Cup, July's Dun Laoghaire Regatta and the J Cup Ireland at the end of August and the ICRA National Championships in early September as well as some ISORA and DBSC fixtures where the new marque will race in Class Zero.
The J/112e has proven itself an exceptional IRC and ORC performer, having won the IRC and ORC Worlds and Europeans on more than one occasion.
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