J24 European Championship at the Royal Western Yacht Club

J24 European Championship at the Royal Western Yacht Club - Day 1

by Robin Price 15 Aug 2016 21:00 BST 13-19 August 2016

J/24 Europeans at Plymouth day 1 © Robin Price / www.rpsphotos.co.uk

The opening day of the J24 European Championship started in what only can be described as champagne sailing conditions in this year's host city, Plymouth.

The 37 boats were greeted by sunshine and the prospect of force 5 conditions for the day and were not disappointed during the three races held today south on Plymouth breakwater.

Unusually, for the highly competitive J24 fleet all three races got underway safely with no sign of a black flag being raised. Race Officer, David Lovegrove, said: "I was very pleased with the behavior of the fleet today, those who chose to head back to the breakwater gained best from the tide and the wind shifts".

The top three are subject to protest are Phoenix GBR 4242, Cocoon GBR 4269 and Vitesse GBR 5467.

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Phoenix said of the first day of racing, "It's has been a fantastic day, great breeze and excellent courses set by Race Officer, David Lovegrove, and his team. The competition is exceedingly close with every place hard fought, we can't wait for more of the same tomorrow. Up and down the fleet the racing was close and every good tack and mark rounding made a difference."

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The results at the end of the day show that the fleet is closely matched, its competitive racing at its best! Results after three races can be found on The Royal Western Yacht Club later tonight.

Back on shore tonight's entertainment is hosted by the German Fleet and thanks to them for their hospitality on a balmy evening to end Day 1 in style.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Name	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	GBR 4242	Hitch Hiker	Andy Taylor	Parkstone	3	5	3	11
2	GBR 4269	Cacoon	Nick McDonald	RWYC	9	1	2	12
3	GER 5467	Vitesse	Manfred Konig	HSC	2	3	12	17
4	JPN 5449	Gekko	Tokuma Takesue	Japan Sailing Federation	5	8	7	20
5	IRL680	Kilcullen	Cillian Dickson	Howth	16	7	1	24
6	GER 5330	Luv	Tom Stryi	Svaoe	11	4	10	25
7	GER 5316	Hungriger Wolf	Maz Augustin	Svaoe	7	12	8	27
8	SWE 982	Another Cacoon	Martin Frid	MSS	12	11	5	28
9	GER 5386	Tinto	Till Pomarius	Svaoe	15	9	6	30
10	GBR 4260	Jeli	Stig McDonald	RWYC	10	10	16	36
11	FRA 4934	Jaguar	Aorelian Garcia	YCCA	13	15	9	37
12	GBR 4206	Jam Too	Austen Davies	Bude	6	27	10%	41
13	GER 5475	JJone	Daniel Frost	JSC	8	2	OCS	48
14	GBR 4245	Unity Lets	Matt Conyers	RWYC	18	6	24	48
15	GBR 4270	Jolly Roger	Roger Morris	Parkstone	4	10%	22	49
16	GER 5381	Sullberg	Stefan Karsunke	Blankeneser	1	13	OCS	52
17	GER 5313	Juelssand	Ann‑kathrin Frank	Svaoe	20	21	11	52
18	GER 5269	Pfau	Lars Haager	Asvik	19	16	19	54
19	GBR 4271	Jawbreaker	David Cooper	Saltash	17	18	21	56
20	GBR 4266	Flying Colours	William Pollock	Parkstone	14	10%	13	63
21	NED 36	Jool	Dirk Olyslagers	WV De Maaskant	26	30%	14	65
22	GBR 4100	Midnight Express	Samuel Marshall	Saltash	23	20	23	66
23	GER 5266		Lynn Wolgast	Muhlenberger	29	23	17	69
24	ITA 371	J OC	Fabio Apollonio	STDV	25	17	27	69
25	GER 1185	Glen	Janne Schleifer	Blankeneser Segel	22	31	18	71
26	GBR 4251	Italian Job	John Gorman	RYA	28	29	10%	76
27	GBR 4241	Jineration X	Steve Wassell	TMSC	21	22	OCS	81
28	GBR 4035	Jiffy	David Moore	Saltash	32	24	28	84
29	GBR 4213	Hijinks	Mark Lewers	RWYC	24	DSQ	25	87
30	GBR 4103	JoJo	James Torr	Saltash	27	30	31	88
31	GBR 4254	JuJu	Quinton Hall	East Dorset	30	33	26	89
32	GBR 4268	Jiggy	Mike Mackie	Royal Dart	31	10%	29	89
33	IRL 4115	Johnny Bravo	Alex Shackleton	Howth	34	28	32	94
34	FRA 4032	J'adore	Erwan Richard	Loguivy Canot	33	OCS	10%	95
35	GBR 4026	Just the Tonic	Chris Randall	Saltash	36	26	33	95
36	GBR 4153	Jam	Ben Maddaford	Saltash	35	34	30	99
37	GBR 779	XP Rigging	Jacob Bennett	Parkstone	37	35	34	106