J24 Spring Cup 2005 at Weymouth

Results and Report from Ben Williamson

Results and report from the recent J24 Spring Cup in Weymouth 3 RYYC boats in attendance.  

RSJ, Riot and Rumble have now all qualified for the World Championships in Weymouth in September

Series Place
Sail No Boat Sail No. Club. Helm.
Series Points
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
1
4
Stouche GBR4215 Royal Lymington Y.C. Mark Jardine
19
2
16
2
2
11
2
2
14
Rumble GBR4264 Royal Yorkshire YC Ben Williamson
25
6
7
3
5
6
5
3
11
Hedgehog GBR4177 Royal Lymington Chris McLaughlin
31
16
3
1
8
5
14
4
3
Roger rabbit GBR4223 Royal Cornwall Y.C. Gary Denning
37
13
11
11
1
1
RET24
5
48
Joskin 2 GBR4247 Castle Cove Sailing Club Bob Turner
37
5
4
20
6
2
20
6
9
Reloaded GBR4265    
37
9
17
4
19
4
3
7
24
Tiger GBR4170 Castle Cove Sailing Club Barry Grant
40
7
23
9
10
7
7
8
20
Jeeves GBR4260 Saltash Sailing Club Neil Trathen
43
1
19
8
13
3
18
9
16
Madeleine GBR4245 Parkstone Y.C. Duncan McCarthy
44
3
1
19
12
15
13
10
7
Peggy GBR4268 Warsash S.C. Jon Powell
44
11
5
6
14
14
8
11
17
Boomerang GBR4232 Island S.C. Jim Anderson
47
23
6
7
16
9
9
12
1
Hitchhiker GBR4242 Poole Y.C. David Ellis
48
8
13
18
7
16
4
13
12
RSJ GBR4222 Royal Yorkshire Y.C. Tony Edwards
51
21
12
17
3
18
1
14
15
Chaotic GBR4248 Parkstone Y.C. Nick Phillips
54
4
2
OCS24
15
22
11
15
13
Jooler GBR4219 Looe Sailing Club Robert Libby
56
10
15
14
9
8
RET24
16
34
Zaphod GBR4239 Parkstone Y.C. Philip Owen
57
17
21
5
4
19
12
17
18
Jacobite GBR4259 Castle Cove Sailing Club Mikle Street
63
12
22
15
11
10
15
18
25
Jonny Bravo GBR4115 Royal Cornwall Y.C. John Darbyshire
64
15
10
16
OCS24
17
6
19
8
Howden GBR4253 Royal Dart Y.C. Matthew Reed
66
19
9
10
OCS24
12
16
20
27
Juvenile Delinquent GBR4076 Sussex Y.C. Steve Vyse
80
18
14
12
17
21
19
21
19
Ju JU GBR4254 Salcome Y.C. Sue Proudfoot
83
22
20
OCS24
18
13
10
22
38
Jinseng GBR4261 Castle Cove Sailing Club Andy Gaunt
88
20
18
13
20
20
17
23
6
Riot GBR4237 Royal Yorkshire Y.C. Michael Wright
94
14
8
OCS24
DNS24
NYF24
NYF24
J24 Spring Cup
30 April- 2 May
The J24s got off to a slow start in their Spring Cup regatta, with similar conditions to last weekend preventing any racing on Saturday. This is a good warm up event for the J24's- an ideal opportunity for them to get used to the conditions in Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay as their Nationals and Worlds will also be sailed from WPNSA later in the year. Sailors from as far afield as Yorkshire, Sussex and Cornwall made the journey to Weymouth to take part in this three day event, with plenty of local competition from Castle Cove Sailing Club (Weymouth) and Parkstone (Poole).

Racing was also postponed on the Sunday, will an 8-10 knot breeze eventually kicking in at lunch time to lift the mist and enable the first race to get underway. The first race was held in the harbour due to poor visibility with Neil Trathen of Saltash Sailing Club leading the fleet, followed closely by Mark Jardine, Duncan McCarthy and Nick Phillips. Local boats Joskin 2 (Bob Turner) and Tiger (Barry Grant) sailed well to finish 4th and 6th respectively.

The second race saw Parkstone Yacht Clubs Duncan McCarthy and Nick Phillips battling out, McCarthy crossing the finish line first. Weymouth's Bob Turner had another consistent result finishing 4th. However, a 19th and OCS in the third race put McCarthy and Phillips down the leader board to 5th and 8th.

As always it is consistency that pays off, and a 6/7/3 for Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club's Ben Williamson left him in pole position overnight on 16 points. On equal points (20) behind that are two teams from Royal Lymington- Chris McLaughlin and Mark Jardine.

Monday- finally a day without any mist! The fleet launched early to a light 8 knot breeze, in order to make up for some of the racing they'd missed out on Saturday, with the first warning signal being brought forwarf to 09:00hrs. Ben Williamson continued his form with a fifth in the fourth race, but a second place for Mark Jardine leaves him only one point behind.

Good results in the fifth race from Chris McLaughlin (5), Mark Jardine (11) and Bob Turner (2) meant that it was all still to play for going into the final race. All three boats lead the rest of the fleet on 17 points, with Ben Williamson dropping to fourth, four points behind. However, it was Mark Jardine that came out on top in the end with a second place in the sixth and final race, putting him a comfortable six points ahead of Royal Yorkshire's Ben Williamson. Chris McLaughlin (Royal Lymington) finished in third place on 31. Local boats Joskin 2 (Bob Turner) and Tiger (Barry Grant) were not far behind finishing 5th and 7th respectively




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