The J24 was designed in 1977 and was soon established as the world's most popular keelboat, which it has remained ever since. The class is established in nearly 40 countries with well over 100 active fleets. This 24' keelboat is normally sailed with 5 crew but can be sailed with 4 or 6 as long as the total crew weight is under the class 400kg limit.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

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:

PosBoat NameHelmClubR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
1HEDGEHOGDarren StansburyRWYC13RDG414-615
2MADELINEMcCarthy / Phelps -424331215
3JIGGY2Paul Williams -1241255118
4JAWBREAKERDavid CooperRWYC-1095128429
5JU JURob ClarkRWYC31-108410329
6BOOMERANGJim AndersonISLAND S.C276-1062730
7LEGAL ALIENNick McDonaldRWYC563-12123837
8JELIStig McDonaldRWYC7112510-12944
9ITALIAN JOBJohn GormanRWYC8-109976544
10HIJACKMark LewersRWYC11511687-1248
11SKILLED SERVICESAdrain BennettRWYC9-1277991051
12JUST THE TONICEd WarrenRWYC688-1111111155
13JETLAGRobin PricePYC(DNF)DNS121313131378

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