Monday 17th April.
1st race of the Spring series saw six J24s take to the start line but only two managed to finish due to the ever decreasing wind.
1st 4270 Jolly Roger
2nd 4074 Crackerjack
DNF 4263 Jobs for the Buoys
DNF 4266 Flying Colours
DNF 5647 XP Rigging
Monday 24th April.
I have it on good authority that it was only blowing 10 knots when we put it up, but closer to 20 knots when we took it down, 30 seconds, and a spectacular broach, later! Perhaps it was a bit enthusiastic flying a spinnaker with only three of us on board, but I blame the skipper, and so did our 13 year old helm!! Plenty of place changes and buoy roundings sorted the ones who could perform good sail handling, from the rest.
Crackerjack came back from a poor start to finish a creditable second behind Wijit who led from start to finish.
1st 4235 Wijit
2nd 4074 Crackerjack
3rd 4270 Jolly Roger
4th 4266 Flying Colours
5th 5647 XP Rigging
6th 4263 Jobs for the Buoys
7th 4239 ex Zaphod
8th 4067 Vinyl Solutions
Monday 1st May.
"That was AWESOME", the words of the other responsible adult on board, not mine. But at long last we managed to finish with boats behind us! There was not much sail handling required, although some boats carried spinnakers from Hutchins back to Channel marker 30. It was a reach followed by a reach followed by a close reach to the finish. But we came third out of six starters so did we care that there was no tacking and no gybing?
1st 4239 ex Zaphod (I shall find out her name soon)
2nd 4266 Flying Colours
3rd 4067 Vinyl Solutions
4th 5647 XP Rigging
5th 4270 Jolly Roger
6th 4263 Jobs for the Buoys
Therefore series so far:
1st 4270 Jolly Roger 9 points
2nd 4266 Flying Colours 12
3rd 4074 Crackerjack 13
4th 5647 XP Rigging 15
5th 4239 ex Zaphod 17
6th 4263 Jobs for the Buoys 18
7th 4235 Wijit 19
8th 4067 Vinyl Solutions 20
William
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