J24 Nationals – Day 3

Day 3 started with similar conditions to the last 2 days and race 7 saw a fine downwind tustle between Sean Wallis on Lunatic Asylum and Neville Wittey on Sailpac on the last leg – with Sean Wallis just taking the honours by centimetres.  Sean Kirkjian followed with third on Death Star.

Race 8 saw a slight wind increase and some boats changing down to jibs for the first upwind leg.  This time Sean Kirkjian finished first with a nice lead, after using his genoa for the whole race. Sailpac came in 2nd again, followed by Sean Wallis in third.

The top 3 boats all scored 4 points each today.  It appears that the championship is between Sean Kirkjian and Neville Wittey but we will see what day 4 brings.

Innaminka, steered by Robert Crawford , first time sailing on a J24 took 2 fourth places today and are running 4th overall after a consistently good week.

Overall standings after Day 3

1st – Death Star – Sean Kirkjian

2nd – Sailpac – Neville Wittey

3rd – Lunatic Asylum – Sean Wallis

Full race results are available at:

http://www.mhyc.com.au/files/results/2010/events/J24/series.htm