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Canadian J24 Class President Dale Robertson recently made a splash (excuse the pun) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when he took advantage of a Hip Hop festival organized by the City of Halifax. "Live Art" is a component of the hip hop culture and the organizers were looking for a boat to paint. World renowned artist Aaron Li-Hill, from Toronto, was flown in for this event and Dale's boat became his canvas at the Nova Scotia Art Museum in September, and then the next day at the Halifax Commons. Thousands of people witnessed Aaron and local Halifax artist Christian Toth, also well known, turned the J24 into the remarkable artwork that can be seen in these photos. Dale then had Luke Porter, a local boat repair expert, paint a clear coat of urethane over the art to protect it. Dale's boat is now an attraction at Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, both on and off the water.
Here’s a view of the completely different – and equally cool – design on the other side, with SLAM crew (from left to right): Christian Toth, Aaron Li Hill, Dale Robertson, Billy Comer. Photos courtesy of Billy, and thanks to Greg B for the story.

Getting Closer to the World Championships

October 26, 2011

There are only three weeks left to the beginning of the 2011 J/24 World Championship that will take place from November 11th to 19th.
Tomorrow (Thursday 27th) is the last day to complete the entry form and pay the registration for this championship. We already have 59 registered boats from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Great Britain, Peru, Uruguay and the United States. You can see them in

http://www.j24worlds2011.org.ar/Popup.aspx?Id=1281

This competition will show the highest level of sailing in this class and we will receive the best sailors of the world, including Tim Healy (USA 5235), the last J/24 World champion and Mauricio Santa Cruz (BRA 37), who won this Championship three times (2006, 2007 and 2009).
As a final point, we would like to remind you that on November 5th and 6th there will be a Pre World Championship regatta, which will be very useful as training for the real competition. It’s free and open for everyone. If you want to participate, you just have to register at the Sailing Office of the Yacht Club Argentino.

Stuart's J24 Dinner, Poole 26th November

Hi all,

We are arranging a farewell & thank you dinner for Stuart Jardine who is stepping down from the role of class secretary / treasurer / legend after many years.

The plan is for an informal meal on the evening of Saturday 26th November at the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Sandbanks in Poole. J24 Class members, sailors and partners are all welcome to join in with this send off to Stuart.

The cost per head of the event will be finalised very shortly but will be in the region of about £30 a head (this will cover the venue hire and the meal). While this is being fully finalised, we need to establish how many people would like to attend in order to make the event viable. Please can you let me know if you intend to be there by replying to this email / message my inbox direct or respond to this post detailing how many people will be with you. Once we have numbers confirmed I will re contact with costings / payment details etc.

Hope to see as many of you there as possible!

http://www.rmyc.co.uk/

J24 Racing Calendar 2012

Qualification Deadline Extended for 2012 World Championship

October 19, 2011

At its recent meeting the IJCA World Council has voted to extend the deadline for qualification until March 31, 2012. This changes the previous deadline of December 31, 2011.
You may have heard the the 2012 World Championship will be an “open” event, but you still need to meet a few minimum requirements before your entry will be accepted.
Here is what you now need to do in order to enter the 2012 J/24 World Championship:
1. Be a fully paid member of the J/24 Class in 2011. Obviously, you will also need to be a paid class member in 2012 as well.
2. Helm a boat in at least one J/24 Class sanctioned district, regional, national or continental level event ending before March 31, 2012.
This allows for sailors to complete their required regatta participation at events such as the 2012 Midwinter Championship or the Regata Copa Mexico.
Please note that the requirement is to compete in a district or higher “level” regatta. This does not necessarily mean a district championship event. You do not need to be a member of the district, region or country in which you complete your qualification regatta.
Also note that entry to any J/24 World Championship is based on the helmsperson meeting the entry requirements. You cannot crew in a district or higher level event and expect to then helm a boat at the world championship.
More information about the 2012 World Championship can be found here: http://myyc.org/site/2012umgj24worlds/.
Regatta Organizers:
Kris-585.329.0500 klwerner@aol.com
Lambert-585.3301753 llai@rochester.rr.com

UK J24 Facebook Update

Some great pictures courtesy of Hovercam of the J24 Autumn cup taken from the air.

Ullman Sails Photo Gallery

http://ullmansails.smugmug.com/SporstboatsandKeelboats/j24/18993990_gH4twM#1475497107_tTPzwVK

• • Jim Griffiths More like Summer Cup on the med. What great pictures.
    

    October 12 at 6:36am ·
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    Nathan Batchelor Great event, you'd never guess it was October. I hope Argentina is that warm!!
    

    October 15 at 10:49pm

J/24 Autumn Cup at Royal Western Yacht Club

Held over the first weekend of October, which turned out to be the hottest, sunniest, all round best weekend October has ever produced, bringing out a seriously fine selection of sun hats.
With a warm 8 - 10 knots of breeze from the south west, Saturday’s racing got underway on time at noon. With four races of about one hour duration, each race provided a different winner. Hedgehog won race one starting the regatta with purpose, and JuJu won race two making the most of their new green rudder. Jiggy 2 won race three seeming to be loving their new boat and pink rudder, and were pointing like the bandits all weekend, and Jawbreaker won race four getting back down to business after a slow start to events.
On Sunday we had a forty minute potter about in the sun waiting for the breeze to fill in, which it eventually did with about 6 - 8 Knots from the south west. As with Saturday, the first race of the day, race five, went to the Hedgehogs. Race six was won by Madeline who put together a great days results and it was Jiggy 2 who rounded off the regatta with their second win in race seven.
Due to a spot of windward mark hide and seek in race three, it was decided that Duncan McCarthy (Madeline) and Darren Stansbury (Hedgehog) would share the Autumn Cup in equal first! With a well deserved Third for Paul and Shane on Jiggy 2.
Many thanks go to the RWYC`s Alan Nichols, James Bembridge, Claire Adams and of course the PRO Mike Pearson and his teams on the committee boat and mark boat. A fine job all round, thanks again.
Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	HEDGEHOG	Darren Stansbury	RWYC	1	3	RDG	4	1	4	-6	15
2	MADELINE	McCarthy / Phelps		-4	2	4	3	3	1	2	15
3	JIGGY2	Paul Williams		-12	4	1	2	5	5	1	18
4	JAWBREAKER	David Cooper	RWYC	-10	9	5	1	2	8	4	29
5	JU JU	Rob Clark	RWYC	3	1	-10	8	4	10	3	29
6	BOOMERANG	Jim Anderson	ISLAND S.C	2	7	6	-10	6	2	7	30
7	LEGAL ALIEN	Nick McDonald	RWYC	5	6	3	-12	12	3	8	37
8	JELI	Stig McDonald	RWYC	7	11	2	5	10	-12	9	44
9	ITALIAN JOB	John Gorman	RWYC	8	-10	9	9	7	6	5	44
10	HIJACK	Mark Lewers	RWYC	11	5	11	6	8	7	-12	48
11	SKILLED SERVICES	Adrain Bennett	RWYC	9	-12	7	7	9	9	10	51
12	JUST THE TONIC	Ed Warren	RWYC	6	8	8	-11	11	11	11	55
13	JETLAG	Robin Price	PYC	(DNF)	DNS	12	13	13	13	13	78