Parkstone J24s Mon 23rd May

Parkstone Yacht Club J24 Monday Evening Spring Series 2016
		18th April	25th April	2nd May	9th May	16th May	23rd May
4266	Flying Colours	1	2	3	4	2	4	16
4265	Madeleine	3	1	1	1	DNC 12	1	19
4235	Wijit	5	4	4	DNF 9	3	6	31
4239	Zaphod	7	DNF 8	6	3	5	5	34
4074	Crackerjack	4	3	2	2	DNC 12	DNC 12	35
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	6	5	5	5	4	RTD 10	35
4067	Vinyl Solutions	8	6	7	6	8	7	42
4242	Pheonix	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	1	2	51
	XP Rigging	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNF 9	7	3	55
4177	Chaotic	2	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	62
4222	Easy Tiger	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 10	64
Monday 23rd May  Parkstone YC
A beautiful evening with first and outgoing then a speedy incoming tide coupled with a typical unsteady WNW breeze
kept the J24 fleet on their toes throughout the race.
Place changes were the norm rather than the exception and most boats seemed to have their moment of glory at the
head of the fleet (well not everyone !!)
Congratulations to the girls and boys onboard XP Rigging, a Westerly built J24, who achieved an excellent 3rd.
William

Monday 16th May

Parkstone Yacht Club J24 Monday Evening Spring Series 2016
		18th April	25th April	2nd May	9th May	16th May
4265	Madeleine	3	1	1	1	DNC 12	18
4266	Flying Colours	1	2	3	4	2	12
4074	Crackerjack	4	3	2	2	DNC 12	23
4235	Wijit	5	4	4	DNF 9	3	23
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	6	5	5	5	4	25
4239	Zaphod	7	DNF 8	6	3	5	29
4067	Vinyl Solutions	8	6	7	6	8	35
4177	Chaotic	2	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	50
??	XP Rigging	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNF 9	6	51
4242	Pheonix	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	1	49
??	Easy Tiger	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	7	55

 

Two new entrants were welcomed to the J24 fleet on Monday. Pheonix, skippered by new class captain

Andy, proved their mettle, straight from the start they visited the Brownsea shore, picked up the renowned

Lift around the island and was first around the Chris Somner windward mark. Easy Tiger, with Jim and Toby

Martin on board, did the opposite, going right at the start and vastly overstood the mark.

As the wind shifted from SW to WNW the beat disappeared as did place changes. Nonetheless it was a very

Pleasant evening on the water.

 

William Lack

 

Tel 0782 552 8413

Email William.lack@hotmail.co.uk

 

Registered in England No. 1004420 Musto Ltd, Unit 4 Juniper West, Fenton Way, Laindon, Essex SS15 6SJ

J24s Parkstone Mon 9th May.

The story of the week goes to a recalcitrant Tactick compass which threw itself overboard from Jobs for the Buoys last Monday and was found enjoying a sunbathe on Sandbanks beach just 24hrs later. Duly returned to its owners, dusted down, fitted with a safety line, it took its pride of place for Monday's race.

However, it would have served its owners much better had it been an echo sounder, as team JftBs joined Wijit and new arrivals (welcome to the "boys" J24) XP Rigging on the mud, in a fierce outgoing tide, only minutes after rounding the windward mark in second place.

Meanwhile crew Madeleine woke up only one minute before the start to realise this was supposed to be a sailing, rather than a bare pole drifting, race, whilst we, on board Vinyl Solutions, had just prised ourselves off another sandbank to start a little later than desired !! All good professional stuff in the Parkstone J24 fleet !!

Sometimes it works in your favour to watch mistakes being made at the top of the fleet, and Madeleine took over first place which she never relinquished, and we overtook two stranded vessels.

Crackerjack continues to impress, taking another second place, and Zaphod, despite also finding the ground, finished a very creditable third. Obviously Phil's crew prefer the more gentler kind of sailing rather than the "survival" stuff of the last few weeks!

William

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

J24 Mon 9th May

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk