J24 European Championship at the Royal Western Yacht Club

J24 European Championship at the Royal Western Yacht Club - Day 2

by Rob Clark 16 Aug 2016 20:19 BST 13-19 August 2016

J/24 Europeans at Plymouth day 2 © Robin Price / www.rpsphotos.co.uk

Another fantastic day of racing was enjoyed by the J/24 fleet on day 2 of the European championships hosted by Royal Westen Yacht Club in Plymouth. As the wind had dropped slightly the majority of the fleet opted for genoas from race one, deciding to remain powered up in the lulls and endure the gusts.

Lessons were clearly learned from day one, compacting the already tight fleet and making tactical decisions and crew work vital for success. The day's winners were the German team, Sullberg, whose results of 1,2,2,5 brought them to the front of the fleet and recovered from the disappointment of an OCS yesterday.

The Sullberg team commented, "We are very happy to be here and have such great conditions, the racing couldn't have been better. It is a very tight fleet and we are really happy with our results so far, we hope we can keep it up but it is still a long way to go."

Team Jool from Holland said "4 weeks ago we decided to join the Europeans fleet, assembled a team and started training and dieting! Now we are here in Plymouth and enjoying the beautiful views, perfect sailing conditions and good organisation. We are unbelievably proud to get a third place result today."

J/24 Europeans at Plymouth day 2 - photo © Robin Price / www.rpsphotos.co.uk

With 7 races in the bag, a top three of Sullberg, JJone and Phoenix, and with lighter winds forecast for tomorrow the eventual winners of the European championships will certainly have proved to be the quickest boat across the wind range.

Results after Day 2:

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points
1	GER 5381	Sullberg	Stefan Karsunke	Blankeneser	1	13	(OCS)	5	2	1	2	24
2	GER 5475	JJone	Daniel Frost	JSC	8	2	(OCS)	7	6	3	1	27
3	GBR 4242	Hitch Hiker	Andy Taylor	Parkstone	3	5	3	‑9	3	8	7	29
4	JPN 5449	Gekko	Tokuma Takesue	Japan Sailing Federation	5	8	7	6	1	4	‑14	31
5	GER 5316	Hungriger Wolf	Maz Augustin	Svaoe	7	‑12	8	10%	5	5	6	39
6	IRL680	Kilcullen	Cillian Dickson	Howth	‑16	7	1	11	4	6	12	41
7	GBR 4206	Jam Too	Austen Davies	Bude	6	‑27	10%	3	16	7	4	44
8	GER 5467	Vitesse	Manfred Konig	HSC	2	3	12	‑26	14	9	13	53
9	GER 5386	Tinto	Till Pomarius	Svaoe	‑15	9	6	8	10	11	10	54
10	GBR 4269	Cacoon	Nick McDonald	RWYC	9	1	2	‑20	7	20	16	55
11	FRA 4934	Jaguar	Aorelian Garcia	YCCA	13	15	9	‑19	9	2	8	56
12	GER 5330	Luv	Tom Stryi	Svaoe	11	4	10	1	‑18	16	15	57
13	GBR 4245	Unity Lets	Matt Conyers	RWYC	18	6	‑24	2	15	19	11	71
14	SWE 982	Another Cacoon	Martin Frid	MSS	12	11	5	‑24	19	12	19	78
15	GBR 4270	Jolly Roger	Roger Morris	Parkstone	4	10%	22	(24/SCP20%)	8	14	18	89
16	GER 5313	Juelssand	Ann‑kathrin Frank	Svaoe	20	21	11	(34/SCP20%)	10%	10	9	92
17	NED 36	Jool	Dirk Olyslagers	WV De Maaskant	‑26	30%	14	21	11	10%	3	93
18	GBR 4266	Flying Colours	William Pollock	Parkstone	14	(36/SCP10%)	13	18	21	10%	5	93
19	GBR 4260	Jeli	Stig McDonald	RWYC	10	10	16	16	27	‑32	20	99
20	GBR 4271	Jawbreaker	David Cooper	Saltash	17	18	21	15	13	17	(30/SCP10%)	101
21	GER 5269	Pfau	Lars Haager	Asvik	19	16	19	12	‑26	24	17	107
22	GBR 4213	Hijinks	Mark Lewers	RWYC	24	(DSQ)	25	13	20	13	23	118
23	ITA 371	J OC	Fabio Apollonio	STDV	25	17	27	10	22	27	‑29	128
24	GBR 4241	Jineration X	Steve Wassell	TMSC	21	22	(OCS)	22	23	21	24	133
25	GER 5266		Lynn Wolgast	Muhlenberger	29	23	17	31	12	28	‑32	140
26	GER 1185	Glen	Janne Schleifer	Blankeneser Segel	22	‑31	18	29	24	29	22	144
27	GBR 4251	Italian Job	John Gorman	RYA	28	‑29	10%	25	29	22	21	144
28	GBR 4035	Jiffy	David Moore	Saltash	32	24	28	14	‑33	26	27	151
29	GBR 4268	Jiggy	Mike Mackie	Royal Dart	31	10%	29	23	25	25	‑34	162
30	GBR 4100	Midnight Express	Samuel Marshall	Saltash	23	20	23	32	(38/SCP30%)	30	35	163
31	GBR 4026	Just the Tonic	Chris Randall	Saltash	‑36	26	33	34	28	23	36	180
32	GBR 4103	JoJo	James Torr	Saltash	27	30	31	‑35	30	31	31	180
33	GBR 4254	JuJu	Quinton Hall	East Dorset	30	33	26	30	36	(38/SCP30%)	30	185
34	IRL 4115	Johnny Bravo	Alex Shackleton	Howth	34	28	32	‑37	31	36	28	189
35	FRA 4032	J'adore	Erwan Richard	Loguivy Canot	33	(OCS)	10%	28	34	37	20%	194
36	GBR 4153	Jam	Ben Maddaford	Saltash	35	34	30	36	35	(38/SCP30%)	25	195
37	GBR 779	XP Rigging	Jacob Bennett	Parkstone	‑37	35	34	33	32	35	37	206