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Sailing Instructions for the 2013 Gosford Classic Regatta have now been finalised.

Sailing Instructions Gosford 2013

Remember all J24 Members are invited to join us for drinks at the Crowne Plaza in Terrigal on Sat 5 October 2013 from 6.30-7.30.

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J24 Gosford Classic  Regatta

Notice of Race

Amendment # 1

Dated 27/09/2013

7.4 Is to be deleted.

Remember its less that 2 weeks to the annual J24 Gosford Classic Regatta on the long weekend in October .

Please get your entries in soon and we also welcome early membership renewals to avoid queues at Gosford.

If anyone is short of crew, please let us know and we will see what we can do to help you.  Please call Paula on 0404 539176 if you have any questions

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The 2013 AGM for the NSW J24 Association will be held on Friday 22 November 2013 at 5.30pm at Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club in Point Piper.

We are on the trail of something big at Sandy. With the approaching summer season rapidly coming at us here in Melbourne, we believe testing with the new J24 foiler has been going on over the winter. The skipper is reported as saying that they have been able to get the boat foiling once they get surfing on a wave and can sometimes keep it on the foils long enough to get onto the next wave and doing that they have been able to actually skip forward overtaking the wave crests. ‘The AC is safe for the moment’ is the joke going about down on the hardstand but there are some very serious faces around this project where the foils remain covered away in a padlocked cover to keep prying eyes out (shades of Ben Lexcen). The skipper went on to say that “where we have made real gains though, is reaching, traditionally the J has been a very poor reaching boat due to it’s short waterline length, now we are blasting along like a skiff”. Apparently the lead in the keel keeps the boat much steadier than a foiling moth or Laser when it is up on the foils. The normal righting moment of the lead keel would tend to confirm this. Tests continue on foiling upwind which although reported has not been verified by anyone reliable yet. The only picture released so far is a rather poor quality shot showing the boat up on its foils whilst surfing a wave off Sandringham YC. We note that the name has been airbrushed off the hull to mask that actual test boat and the sail number has been blocked out. More when we can break through the sercurity surrounding this amazing breakthrough.

A very close competion so far between defending champion Mauricio Santa Cruz from Brazil, a model of consistency with four top three finishes, leads the fleet overall but the crew from Rio is being pressed all the way by former World Champion Tim Healy of the USA who is only two points adrift. He in turn has only two points to spare over Britain’s Ian Southworth.

Click here for links to the competition pictures and results

Go to the Howth yacht club site here

The annual J24 Gosford Classic Regatta is fast approaching on the long weekend in October – Entries are open and we also welcome early membership renewals to avoid queues at Gosford.

Please call Paula on 0404 539176 if you have any questions.

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I have had a number of people ask me about servicing winches and I am aware that many people don’t do this regularly and have no idea how to do it. It isn’t hard, it doesn’t need to be messy, but you do need to be careful how you do it. I am going to give a servicing demo on Jet at SYC on the 8th September at 2.30pm for any J owners and sailors that want to see how to do it. If you want to come shoot me an email to let me know.

simon@smarketing.com.au

0413 870 046