JOG 2015 Season Entry Open

by Fiona Cloke & Peter Cover 9 Feb 2015 16:39 GMT 9 February 2015

Only 8 weeks until the first JOG race of 2015! Entry now open.

JOG open their 2015 race season with a dash across the Channel to Cherbourg on Good Friday, 3rd April. Open to fully crewed or double-handed entries in IRC Classes 3, 4, 5 & 6 it's the perfect way to blow away the winter lay-up cobwebs and get the sailing season underway.

Class bands (based on IRC rating) have been adjusted slightly for 2015 and are as follows:

• Class 3: 1.040 -1.200
• Class 4: 0.990-1.039
• Class 5: 0.935 -0.989
• Class 6: 0.934 (no lower limit)

JOG are running a full race programme of 16 races in 2015 split across inshore/coastal passage races & longer offshore / cross-Channel races. In addition to the usual south coast and Channel ports, a new destination is on the calendar in the offshore programme. The North Sails Dielette race via the Casquets, (approx 102 miles), will start late afternoon on Bank Holiday Friday May 22nd – it promises to be a tactically interesting race with a very pleasant port to explore on arrival too.

All races are open to non-members and members alike, so come along, compete in the inshore or offshore race series or just pick and choose... it's up to you. With inshore race fees starting from as little as £22 for Class 6 members on some inshore races, JOG provides a highly approachable way to start racing if you haven't before. There's always plenty of helpful advice & tips available from experienced skippers and crews in the bar after a race. (Note race entry costs 50% more for non-members, but with annual racing membership costing as little as £35, membership pays for itself in very few races).

Entry Forms, full race programme & crew available/boats looking for crew information all now available online at www.jog.org.uk