Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The RORC Annual Prize Giving dinner was held at the incredible Royal Banqueting House in London for the third year – a truly spectacular venue with more than your average amount of WOW factor!
After a champagne reception, we were ushered into the main dining room where you can’t help but pause to look up and admire the last remaining ceiling painted by Ruben, where scenes from the reign of James I watch over the proceedings.
Famous as the execution site of King Charles I in 1649, on Saturday night many of the famous faces from sailing were present including Niklas Zennstrom who later collects the RORC ‘Yacht of The Year’ for ‘Ran’ after a very successful racing season.
As coffee is served the awards presentations begin and one of the first up is Philippe Falle receiving a RORC medallion for 3rd place in IRC Class 2 on behalf of Sailing Logic’s ‘Quokka’.
Soon after, Sailing Logic’s ‘Visit Malta Puma’ is awarded the David Fayle Memorial Trophy for the best Sailing School Yacht in IRC overall. We’re incredibly proud that this is the seventh consecutive year we have won this trophy and it’s a fantastic testimony to our unique ethos and approach.
Unfortunately her skipper Tim Thubron is unable to attend as he is dedicated to racing in the Hamble Winter Series early the following morning (in which he is currently leading IRC1!).
As Allie is presented the fantastic trophy, by the Commodore of RORC Andrew McIrvine, the Race Director, Ian Loffhagen declared a special note of recognition to Allie, for her dedication, such a positive contribution to sailing and having welcomed so many newcomers to the sport of offshore racing over the past seven years. As one of Sailing Logic’s stated aims – it is great to have the RORC publicly congratulate us on it!
After presentations are over, the dance-floor opens and the celebrations begin. From here on, the rest of the evening becomes somewhat blurred....
