Monday 25th July

A beautiful evening for a sail. A little blustery to start with, which encouraged jibs to be flown

but, on the long run from "up there somewhere beyond Brownsea" back to NC12 most opted to

change to genoas in the fading breeze. Our foredeck crew completed this task brilliantly in a very 

short space of time (yes the decision was a little late). However, the swapping sides of spinnaker 

sheets for the run from Ro-Ro was not quite so crisp !! We had a great fun evening without 

threatening the front four boats, Pheonix (who were very quick and took line honours), Madeleine, 

Flying Colours and Crackerjack, who seemed to leave a nice healthy gap between themselves and 

the chasers. Actually, we weren't that close to the second half of the fleet either !! 

However, it is all good experience.

William 

Series results:

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July	Points
										(1 discard)
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	10
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	2	15
4242	Pheonix	a	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	1	25
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	4	26
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	d	8	5	3	4	7	2	6	27
4235	Wijit	o	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	8	30
4266	Flying Colours	n	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	3	34
4239	Zaphod	e	5	7	4	6	9	8	7	37
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	9	45
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	10	54
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	DNC 12	63

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 18th July

A beautiful summer's evening, at last!!! with just enough of a SE breeze to allow for a windward / leeward course with North Channel no. 2 being the windward mark and Stakes Race mark the leeward.

"Let's be maverick" we all agreed on Vinyl Solutions. "Everyone else will head over to the Brownsea shallows and beat up against the strengthening incoming tide. So let's try the North Channel and approach No2 buoy on starboard tack" So the idea was to short tack along the harbour's north shore up to Saltern's and then near Evening Hill. What we didn't allow for was that EVERYONE else had the same idea!!! so it all got rather congested.

Topper sailor Oscar volunteered to perform these tricky tacking manoeuvres and it wasn't his fault that we spend a few minutes prising a mooring buoy from around our rudder !! Needless to say we now trailed the fleet. All we could see was blue spinnakers starting the run so who was who ? Who knows ?

Madeleine, on the wrong side of the start line for the Race Officers' liking, and 5th around the windward mark, gybed into the main channel the quickest and found themselves heading the fleet by the finish. Jobs for the Buoys achieved their best result of the series, coming 2nd, keeping Jolly Roger viewing their transom.

Crackerjack move up into 4th place in the series. 

     

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	Points
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	10
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	22
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	a	8	5	3	4	7	2	29
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	34
4235	Wijit	d	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	34
4242	Pheonix	o	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	36
4239	Zaphod	n	5	7	4	6	9	8	39
4266	Flying Colours	e	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	43
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	46
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	56
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	63

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 11th July

Typically, as soon as the decision is made, you can guarantee that the wind will start to abate and everyone else will have a good race! Well that is how it seemed as I drove along the A35 back home on Monday evening. Vinyl Solutions' crew had been dispersed awaiting next week.

However, I understand that the remaining 10 J24's were greeted with 20+ knots of wind and most opted for their smaller headsails. With the wind in a westerly there was, apparently not too much of a beat, but some trimmers got a workout, nonetheless.

Apologies to Crackerjack in messing up their result on 27th June, now rectified.

William 
Summer Series results.....let's hope we get a summer before too long

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July		Points
4270	Jolly Roger	A	2	1	1	2	1				7
4265	Madeleine	B	1	2	RET 9	7	2				21
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	A	8	5	3	4	7				27
4235	Wijit	N	3	4	DNC 12	3	5				27
4239	Zaphod	D	5	7	4	6	9				31
4242	Pheonix	O	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3				29
4074	Crackerjack	N	7	DNC 12	2	5	4				30
5467	XP Rigging	E	10	6	5	8	8				37
4266	Flying Colours	D	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	6				39
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12				46
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10				51

William Lack

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

J24 Summer !!! 2016 Series Scores

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July		Points
4270	Jolly Roger	B	2	1	1	2					6
4265	Madeleine	A	1	2	RET 9	7					19
4263	Jobs for the Buoys		8	5	3	4					20
4235	Wijit	A	3	4	DNC 12	3					22
4239	Zaphod	D	5	7	4	6					22
4242	Hitch Hiker	N	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1					26
5467	XP Rigging	D	10	6	5	8					29
4266	Flying Colours	O	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12					33
4067	Vinyl Solutions	E	9	DNF 9	7	9					34
4074	Crackerjack	N	7	DNC 12	DNC 12	5					36
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11					41

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 4th July

Blustery, overcast, but a fun race in cool conditions. Duncan McCarthy joined us on board Vinyl Solutions to add a bit of class to the proceedings, whilst Ben Purrier took the helm. 

Despite a poor start, and only 4 on board, Jolly Roger proved their mettle to finish 2nd behind Hitchhiker who stormed away never to be caught. Andrew Hill's Wijit also had their problems with recalcitrant spinnaker sheets but recovered to an excellent 3rd. There were many place changes throughout the race as the fleet negotiated the strong incoming tide whilst paying particular attention to Stoney corner. Sadly Easy Tiger were unable to finish due to a wrapped spinnaker.

I made a note to myself at the end, to remain in the cockpit. The bruises will take a little while to disappear. 

Result:

1st 4242 Hitchhiker

2nd 4270  Jolly Roger

3rd 4235 Wijit

4th 4263  Jobs for the Buoys

5th 4074 Crackerjack

6th 4239 Zaphod

7th 4265 Madeleine

8th 5647 XP Rigging

9th 4067 Vinyl Solutions

DNF 4204  Easy Tiger 

 

William Lack  

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 26th June 2016

With a Westerly breeze and, initially, a slight incoming tide, a course was set to use Hamish as the windward mark and the Bar Buoy as a Leeward mark. After a long spinnaker run out of the harbour there ensued a battle to return against an ever increasing ebb tide and a decreasing breeze.

Unfortunately, Madeleine and Pheonix incorrectly negotiated the Northshore beacon and subsequently retired, Easy Tiger fell foul of the training bank and one or two others touched bottom in Shell Bay.

After our initial euphoria, on board Vinyl Solutions, of making a decent beat, a speedy spinnaker hoist, and an good run, we found ourselves on the wrong side of the incoming Condor ferry and tired ourselves out on the countless tacks, culminating of sitting and waiting for the Chain Ferry to leave Studland.

However, I was told we had scored a finish "on the water" so we accepted that (as, I believe, did Easy Tiger)

Congratulations to those who made the finish line at the Box.

I think this was the final positions, but PLEASE let me know if I am wrong.

1st 4270  Jolly Roger

2nd 4074  Crackerjack

3rd 4263  Jobs for the Buoys

4th 4239  Zaphod (without Skipper Phil)

5th 406  XP Rigging

6th 4222 Easy Tiger

7th 4067 Vinyl Solutions

Ret 4242  Pheonix

Ret  4265  Madeleine

 

William

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

J24 Racing Parkstone 13th June 2016

Congratulations to team Flying Colours on a triumphant Spring Series.

The Summer series started last Monday but was abandoned due to lack of wind and a strong tide.

However, this Monday a nice healthy SW breeze allowed all 10 J24s a decent beat up to Balls Lake and a downwind leg rounding Northshore Homes. Twice round was the order of the day.

Madeleine showed the way followed by Jolly Roger, (welcome back from your foreign travels). Wijit's crew got Andrew out of a sticky situation and claimed third spot. (Just shows the value of testing one's spinnaker before the race)!

And, whilst only four up, and sporting a jib rather than a genoa, we, on Vinyl Solutions, can claim not to have finished last (for a pleasant change), well done Eve, Jenna and Ben !! 

Parkstone Yacht Club J24 Monday Evening Spring Series 2016
		18th April	25th April	2nd May	9th May	16th May	23rd May		Points
									all 6 races to count
4266	Flying Colours	1	2	3	4	2	4		16		1st
4265	Madeleine	3	1	1	1	DNC 12	1		19		2nd
4235	Wijit	5	4	4	DNF 9	3	6		31		3rd
4074	Crackerjack	4	3	2	2	DNC 12	DNC 12		35		4th
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	6	5	5	5	4	RTD 10		35		5th
4239	Zaphod	7	DNF 8	6	3	5	5		34		6th
4067	Vinyl Solutions	8	6	7	6	8	7		42		7th
4242	Pheonix	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	1	2		51		8th
	XP Rigging	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNF 9	7	3		55		9th
4177	Chaotic	2	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12		62		10th
4222	Easy Tiger	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 10		64		11th
		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July
4265	Madeleine	A	1
4270	Jolly Roger	B	2
4235	Wijit	A	3
4242	Pheonix	N	4
4239	Zaphod	D	5
4266	Flying Colours	O	6
4074	Crackerjack	N	7
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	D	8
4067	Vinyl Solutions	E	9
5467	XP Rigging	D	10

William Lack

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Hi from Portland, Maine, USA

Hi from J24 fleet no. 43 in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine. USA

A short visit, for a family wedding, and a chance conversation over a beer one evening, culminated in an invitation to sail aboard J24 Bad Apple from Portland YC in Casco Bay, Maine last Wednesday evening.

                                                  

Team Bad Apple donned their layers of fleeces before we set off, for two short races just the other side of the island in view. Normally Bad Apple does well, in their fleet of 9 or 10 boats, but not on this occasion !! However, the cool box full of beers and sodas tucked under the companionway gave an indication as to the serious nature of the racing.  This, apparently, is their "chill out" evening to "de-stress" from a hard day's work. I must remember that next Monday. I hope the Nationals went well. Congratulations to Duncan and team Madeleine.

William