Simon Grain

Nationals Day Two

Th1e racing gets tighter with Dave Suda and Ben Lamb equal on 10 points. Monday’s racing will produce a winner but it is going right down to the wire.

2012 J24 Australian Championships

Hosted By Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated:  3/11/2012  4:16:20 PM

Series Results [J24 OD ] for Division 4 up to Race 8 (Drops = 2)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 1.0S 6 FUN 2 BEN LAMB MYC 10.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 [7.0] 1.0 1.0 1.0 [6.0]
2 12 PACEMAKER DAVID SUDA SYC 10.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 [10.0] [8.0] 1.0
3 14 SDM ADAM EVANS SYC 17.0 1.0 [6.0] 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 [4.0] 3.0
4 13 SAILPAC SEAN KIRKJIAN CYCA 18.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 [4.0] 2.0 [6.0] 2.0
5 5 CONVICTS REVENGE STEPHEN GIRDIS CYCA 27.0 6.0 4.0 [10.0] [9.0] 5.0 6.0 2.0 4.0
6 2 BRUSCHETTA VI HUGO OTTAWAY SYC 32.0 [8.0] 5.0 5.0 5.0 [12.0] 5.0 7.0 5.0
7 9 JUMPIN JACK FLASH DOUG WATSON CYCSA 39.0 7.0 9.0 6.0 1.0 6.0 [11.0] 10.0 [10.0]
8 10 KICKING BOTTOM RON THOMPSON SYC 45.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 [10.0] [11.0] 7.0 5.0 8.0
9 7 HYPERACTIVE KIRSTY HARRIS SYC 47.0 5.0 12.0 12.0 [16.0S] 8.0 [13.0] 3.0 7.0
10 3 BY THE LEE BRENDAN LEE SYC 53.0 11.0 7.0 9.0 11.0 7.0 8.0 [15.0] [12.0]
11 4 CODE VIOLATION PETER STEVENS PASC 54.0 10.0 10.0 13.0 [14.0] 9.0 3.0 9.0 [14.0]
12 11 MAKE MY JAY SIMON GRAIN SYC 57.0 13.0 [14.0] 7.0 8.0 [14.0] 9.0 11.0 9.0
13 16 VERTIGO JAMIE GOODE CYCSA 65.0 12.0 [15.0] [15.0] 6.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 11.0
14 8 GOOD COMPANY ROBIN TOWNSEND CYCSA 74.0 14.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 [15.0] [15.0] 13.0 13.0
15 15 SUCH IS LIFE DAVE NICOLSON CYCSA 79.0 [15.0] 13.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 12.0 14.0 [15.0]
(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

2012 J24 Australian Championships

Day one of the 2012 National Titles in being held at the CYCSA in Adelaide has been a bonanza for Ben Lamb and Artur Crothers sailing Fun 2. Sean Kirkjian also from NSW is lying second with Adam Evans from Victoria in third.

In glorious sunshine and shirts and short weather with a calm 8 knots building to a 15 knot sea breeze the 15 boat fleet enjoyed superb sailing conditions.

Dave Suda in his new-ish Italian boat cleared out in the first race to win by nearly half a leg ad must have been feeling pretty good, but by tthe end of the day with two OCS calls was back down the results. Hugo Ottaway is also having an average series so far and dropped one of his crew over the side in the last race to add a less than perfect touch. However the Italian boats seem to have good speed as shown by both Dave and Ben.

Back in the pack, chomping on the heels of the winners, is a very close group of very good sailors. The racing is extremely tight and one small mistake takes you to the back of the pack very quickly.

Four races were sailed today and another four are planned for tomorrow with two on Monday. Winds are expected to be the same tomorrow with lighter winds on Monday.

Here are todays results.

2012 J24 Australian Championships

Hosted By Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated:  10/03/2012  3:40:34 PM

Series Results [J24 OD ] for Division 4 up to Race 4
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   6 FUN 2 BEN LAMB PASC 9.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0
2 2.0S 13 SAILPAC SEAN KIRKJIAN CYCA 14.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 2.0
3   14 SDM ADAM EVANS SYC 14.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0
4   5 CONVICTS REVENGE STEPHEN GIRDIS CYCA 17.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 4.0
5   12 PACEMAKER DAVID SUDA SYC 21.0 2.0 10.0 8.0 1.0
6   2 BRUSCHETTA VI HUGO OTTAWAY SYC 29.0 12.0 5.0 7.0 5.0
7 3.0S 7 HYPERACTIVE KIRSTY HARRIS SYC 31.0 8.0 13.0 3.0 7.0
8   10 KICKING BOTTOM RON THOMPSON SYC 31.0 11.0 7.0 5.0 8.0
9   4 CODE VIOLATION PETER STEVENS PASC 35.0 9.0 3.0 9.0 14.0
10   9 JUMPIN JACK FLASH DOUG WATSON CYCSA 37.0 6.0 11.0 10.0 10.0
11   3 BY THE LEE BRENDAN LEE SYC 42.0 7.0 8.0 15.0 12.0
12   11 MAKE MY JAY SIMON GRAIN SYC 43.0 14.0 9.0 11.0 9.0
13   16 VERTIGO JAMIE GOODE CYCSA 47.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 11.0
14   15 SUCH IS LIFE DAVE NICOLSON CYCSA 54.0 13.0 12.0 14.0 15.0
15   8 GOOD COMPANY ROBIN TOWNSEND CYCSA 56.0 15.0 15.0 13.0 13.0

Crew available for the Nationals

For anyone looking for an extra crew member for the Nationals in Adelaide, there is a current J24 member there looking for a spot. Crew weight is 80kg.

If you are interested call the SA Pres Dave Nicholson on 0412 760 526

2012 Nationals Clothing

2012 Nationals Regatta Clothing

This year the Regatta clothing options are a long sleeve unisex polo, a shortsleeve mens and a short sleeve ladies polo.

To assist with ordering from the supplier, these tops will be available only by prior online ordering.

TO SELECT YOUR CORRECT SIZE AND ORDER YOUR REGATTA CLOTHING – GO TO THE 2012 NATIONALS REGATTA PAGE IN THE MENU ABOVE

ORDERS CLOSE 27 FEBRUARY, SO ORDER NOW IF YOU WANT A REGATTA TOP

New Inventory Form now online

We now have a new style Excel spreadsheet you can use to work out and print out your Required and Optional Inventory form.

Note that you must carry a filled out copy of this form or the original hand filled version on your boat whilst racing.

This form is good as it automatically calculates your weights for you, then you can simply print it out.

To find the form go to About J24 in the drop down menu above and select “Measurement & Equipment Inventory Certificates”

Meaning of life thought for the day

For many years the world’s greatest have pondered the meaning of life, scientists, religious leaders, poets laureate, historians, politicians and sports people have all thought deeply to come up with the answer – 42

Recently a group of some of the worlds best brains have come up with the reason this ’42’ thing hasn’t worked across the board for all people in all situations and can’t be the complete answer. They have realised that the number is actually the wrong way round.

The real answer is    ’24’    and you all know what that means when you put a J in front of it.

Stuart Jardine Visits

Stuart Jardine

Victoria was graced by the opportunity to meet Stuart Jardine and his wife Mary Ann who made the time to catch up with our National measurer Pete Stevens, Victorian measurer Mark Haughton, Assistant measurer Doug McGregor and several members of the J24 fleet at Sandringham.

Stuart is based in the U.K. and is a member of the International J 24 technical committee along with Pete Stevens. His experiences in Europe, as well and the America’s over the past 30 years has given him a wealth of knowledge regarding the boats and he spoke of his vision regarding future and the where the class is going in the next 10 years and beyond. During his brief meeting, he was able to instruct our new measurers in the latest methods of measuring a J.

Stuart, was impressed by the national data base which has been correlated by the states and processed by Pete Stevens. With changes in the boats and new technology the class will be able to keep abreast of the best ways to make our measurement process fair and quick.

A strong measurement process is one of the fundamental stones that make the J24 Class such a great boat to race.

It’s not easy being a measurer, as I know having been involved at the highest level since 1988 and we should support the system that maintains our status as a prestige Class. To win a J24 National Title is one of the highest achievements in sailing, both here and abroad.

Lets help in maintaining our investment and encourage and support our measurers who currently are working towards a updated list of measured boats.

Yours, Hugo. N. Ottaway, past Victorian measurer.

Simon’s Note:   Stuart was doing the Geelong Regatta prior to taking a holiday in New Zealand where Mary Ann has family. Happily, Pete Stevens organised him to stay with us and he told us many stories of his time in J24’s, he is truely an amazing man. He also informed us that he is apparently the oldest man to sail a foiling moth achieved when he was 78 years old !

For more information on Stuart, see this article on the international site  http://www.j24class.org/uncategorized/international-j24-class-honors-stuart-jardine/

Tent City Moves On

Boat people going north

A small group of hardy J24 sailors made the annual sailing and party pilgrimage to Geelong this year. The weather was sunny and hot and with a great range of breezes to suit and gave us some great close racing.

This year we did the passage race on the Thursday, 3 windward / leewards on the Friday and a short round the sticks race on Saturday, Sunday was light wind and blazing hot, more than that it was time to go home after the race and you guessed it, the wind was on the nose back to Sandy, so we skipped the last race in favour of the tow we organised from one of the Sandy patrol boats and we all bought blue tarps to keep the sun off.

So perhaps the most unusual regatta picture is of 3 of the 4 boat tent city towing back to Sandy.

The series was won by Make My Jay, from Kicking Bottom, Hyperactive and Sanguine. Full results are at http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2012/fos/j24/SGrp31.htm

'Where Legends Begin'

You’ll remember the last few years we have run our J24 promotion and events under the banner of ‘Where Legends Begin’.

For anyone that didn’t get the message loud and clear during that time – here is an excerpt from the current J Boats Newsletter with coverage on the Key West Regatta – Day Four

“Amongst the J sailors, champions and alumni in other racing divisions, it’s pretty clear they’re having a dominating impact on both IRC Divisions and other one-design divisions.  Top amongst them is long-time J/80 sailor Ben Schwartz, now leading the notoriously pro-heavy M32 Class with his boat PISCES over such notables as John Kilroy on SAMBA PA TI.  Sailing with him is America’s Cup veteran and J/24 World Champion Ed Baird calling tactics and Quantum professional and J/24 Champion Scott Nixon trimming the jib and spinnaker. “You have to give Ed and Scott a lot of credit for getting our boat up to speed,” said Ben. “I’m fortunate to have a great crew, the guys never stopped working and we were able to change gears pretty well.”

POWERPLAY lived up to its name by making a strong move in IRC 2/ TP52 class with a strong line of 1-3-4 on Tuesday and a 2-6.5-3 today. Owner Peter Cunningham, a resident of Georgetown in the Cayman Islands and a champion J/22 sailor locally, has a nice mix of amateur and professional crew with tactician Tony Rey from Newport (yet another top J/24 sailor).  “We’ve only had the boat for six months and we’ve made a lot of modifications during that time,” Cunningham said. “We’re pretty happy with our performance so far. We’re sailing fairly well and having a lot of fun.”

QUANTUM RACING, skippered by former J/24 and J/44 owner Doug DeVos, continues to set the pace in the 52-foot class and leads PowerPlay by 14 points. Terry Hutchinson, helmsman for the Swedish syndicate Artemis Racing that is Challenge of Record for the America’s Cup and a J/24 World Champion, has made strong tactical calls in leading Quantum to the top of the leader board.”

Yes, that’s 5 J24 Sailors in 3 paras about other classes.

So sail like a legend today – you might be one tomorrow !

Content courtesy of J Boats

2012 Nationals

Remember the warm sunny days in South Australia?

The J24 Nationals are now just under 60 days away and are going to be held at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, 9 – 12 March 2012.

This is the time to get your planning into gear for those things like trailers, boat maintenance and crew, accommodation, re-read the rules etc

The Committee in SA has been working hard to get the Regatta planning done and that includes a revised Notice of Race

The revised NOR for the 2012 Nationals in South Australia next March is now available on the Regatta Page

Also on the Regatta Page for the Nationals is more information to help you get there, stay there and many other things you may need to know.

The Regatta Page will be continually updated and more information added, so be sure to visit the page regularly.