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.

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

April News

J24 UK Nationals

Just a quick one to have a push for getting your entries in for the 2012 J24 UK Nationals, held from June 1-4th in Poole.

The early entry deadline falls on 28th April so after this time the entry fee will go from £55 to £80 for all teams.

For those boats from outside Poole who will require berthing and cranage the UK class association has arranged a £30 subsidy per boat for these costs (bringing it down from £120 to £90 per boat) - if you would like to take advantage of this please can you let me know your skipper, boat name and sail number that you will be using for the Nationals and when you are intending to confirm your entry (when you will send the entry form and fees to the organising committee) so I can add you to the list and ensure that we have the correct details for the class payment to be made. All the forms etc are on the event website (http://pooleregatta.co.uk/cms/?page_id=61)

Boats

If any of you can not make it to the Nationals / have a spare boat lurking in the shed and would like to give your boat a chance of competing anyway I have a very experienced U25 crew looking for a boat - so far we have managed to pair 2 boats with crews and as there is a fair bit of external interest in the class from potential new owners this may be a great way to showcase your vessel - please let me know if you can help.

Fowey & Plymouth

Hope that all of you are enjoying the start to season and good luck to those crews heading to Fowey this weekend - please don't forget it's Plymouth and the Spring Cup in a fortnight so now is the time to enter that event if you haven't already (http://www.rwyc.org/2012/04/05/j24-spring-cup/)

If anyone has any news they would like to get out to other class members / would like to match crews and boats or vice versa please let us know.

See you on the water

Rob

Rob Clark - JUJU - GBR 4254

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