Pwllheli boats complete the RORC Caribbean 600

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Published: 01 March 2026

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Congratulation's to the crew and skipper's of Jackknife, Mojito and Faenol, completing the Caribbean 600 race, starting and finishing in Antigua, with Mojito on the class 2 podium. Enjoy the rum!

Mojito skippers and crew on the podium , flying the club flag.

Jackknife and Faenol now move to St Maarten for the Heineken Regatta

Jackknife mooring after the race

Faenol in the Caribbean

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Commodore's Newsletter February 2026

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Published: 13 February 2026

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Dear members and friends,

Well, I would have liked to have wished you all a warm welcome to February, but it is in fact still quite cold! But nonetheless, the snowdrops are peeping out in quite a lot of places and that can only mean one thing……it’s time to get boats ready for and start planning the season!

In fact, some of our race fleet have already sneaked ahead of us to the warmer weather in the Caribbean, and I’m excited to say, we have three boats representing us in various different events to and over in the Caribbean, culminating in what will hopefully be a successful RORC Caribbean 600.

Andrew & Sam Hall and the Jackknife crew have had a busy start to the year with an excellent result in the RORC Transatlantic race in January, finishing a fantastic 1st in class and 3rd overall. Well done Team Jackknife! We were all glued to our YB apps and the local TV coverage, all the time and are very proud and pleased for you!

Faenol, having headed to the Caribbean in late 2025, got a bit of early Caribbean practice in The Round Barbados race, part of Barbados Sailing Week, and are now in Antigua awaiting the arrival of the rest of the fleet.

And Mojito departed early January, from Southampton, Antigua bound, by ship, followed this week by Team Mojito….hoping to be ready for Antigua race week to precede the RORC Caribbean 600.

The very best of luck to all the skippers and crews, we will be following your every tack! Sail hard, sail fast but most of all sail safe!

Back here in the UK, it’s great to see the boatyards springing to life with work parties, familiar faces appearing in the bar at weekends, and of course the six nations is being shown on the big screen! It’s a great time to remember that your membership needs renewing, as the membership uplifts for bar cards have now been turned off for those who haven’t renewed.

Please also remember to pay for any storage compound fees, as we have now started disposing of some of the older boats that haven’t been paid for…for a considerable time! Also, after the storms of the past couple of years, we are now requiring that dinghies left in there for any length of time, are left without rigs up, as these are more prone to being blown over and damaging other boats.

Calendars are still plentiful for collection and can be collected at Plas Heli, by arrangement, or we can arrange for them to be collected at some of the boatyards and marine traders.

Finally, a reminder of our AGM and our first social of the year, CHPSC Fitting Out Supper, on the 28th March. Last years was a lovely evening and a great opportunity to see and catch up with old and new faces after a long winter….hope to see you there!

Preview - Nelsons Cup Series 2026 Antigua

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Published: 12 February 2026

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Preview of the RORC Nelson's Cup - Antigua - follow the links for all the news . Best wishes to the Skippers and crews of  Jackknife, Mojito and Faenol flying the flag for Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club

Afloat: Sam & Andrew Hall of Pwllheli are “Sailors of the Month (Ocean Racing)” for January

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Published: 03 February 2026

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Son Sam and father Andrew Hall of Pwllheli won the ISORA 2025 Championship at the final hurdle in September with their Lombard 46 Pata Negra. But for the RORC East-West Transatlantic Race 2026, they put their hopes on their attractive vintage J/125 down-wind sled Jackknife, perhaps reckoning it was a case of horses for courses in hopefully brisk Trade Winds from aft of the beam. Whatever the reason, it paid off, as Jackknife in Antigua was twice on the podium, as Class Winner and Third Overall.

Read the article in Afloat.ie here

RORC Transatlantic Race. Jackknife on the Podium

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Published: 23 January 2026

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Jackknife has completed the RORC Transatlantic Race in 11 days, 13hrs, 6 mins, 22 sec having raced for 3,022 miles.

🏆1st in Class
🏆 3rd Overall

Congratulatoions to the team:

Andrew and Sam Hall, Thomas Tudor, Nick Butterworth, and Chris Jones from Pwllheli Sailing Club joined by Mark Bolger (Cork) and Fabio  Galea (Malta). 

Jackknife Prepared for the Transatlantic Race

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Published: 10 January 2026

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Pwllheli based Jackknife will start the 3,000 miles RORC Transatlantic race on Sunday 11th January at 12.30hrs. 

 Andrew and Sam Hall, Thomas Tudor, Nick Butterworth, and Chris Jones from Pwllheli Sailing Club are joined by Mark Bolger (Cork) and Fabio  Galea (Malta). We wish them fair winds and a safe, fast race.

The race can be followed on the YB Tracker - use this link - 

https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/tracking

The race starts from Lanzarote's capital Arrecife. All boats must round a turning mark off Puerto Calero before heading into the Atlantic Ocean and westwards then to  Antigua.

The fleet is composed of cutting-edge monohulls, high-performance multihulls, performance cruisers and smaller offshore racers. Crew representing 19 nations from around the world will be racing with a wide range of goals, targets and ambitions. 

I am sure that many of us will be following their every move  with great interest.

 The Jackknife team relaxing at the GalaDinner before the big adventure.