It only happens every other year and this July the Royal Cork Yacht Club will host Ireland’s most prestigious regatta. Cork Week has always attracted an international fleet and the 2012 edition of the race is no exception.
From Cape Town, South Africa Mike Bartholomew will be racing at Cork Week with his Mills 40, Tokoloshe. The sleek blue hull has been tremendously successful and was in fine form last year, winning the prestigious Britannia Cup at Cowes week. A previous winner of at the Scottish Series and RORC Easter Challenge, Tokoloshe has a fine racing pedigree and represented South Africa in the 2010 Rolex Commodores’ Cup.
Mike Bartholomew explains why he is returning to Cork Week having missed the …