J/80 World Championship at the Royal Southern Yacht Club

J/80 World Championship at the Royal Southern Yacht Club - Overall

by Louay Habib 14 Jul 2017 21:28 BST 8-14 July 2017

Rayco Tabares (ESP) is the 2017 J/80 World Champion, retaining the title for the third consecutive year, Racing Hotel Princesa Yaiza, with a crew of: Alejandro Bethencourt Fuentes, Afredo Gonzalez, Hector Gonzalez, and Laiyin Francisca Ley Torres Jorge.

Rayco Tabares has now won the J/80 World Championship four times! The Spanish team from Lanzarote, Canary Islands, led the regatta from the first day to the last, but did survive a jitter on the penultimate day. On the last day of racing, the team scored two second place finishes to clinch the world title. A northerly breeze ranging from 10-18 knots, with shifts both to the west and the east, provided yet another testing race course in the Central Solent. All fourteen scheduled races were completed, much to the satisfaction of the competitors, which roundly showed their approval for a World Championship that was extremely well run.

"It has been amazing." commented Rayco. "This is the fourth J/80 World Title for us, and we are really, really happy. I want to emphasis the incredible work done by the organization of this J/80 Worlds. On the water it has been perfect with a great team running the races, and ashore the Royal Southern has been looking after all of us in a great way - Perfect organization".

"I am really proud of my team. We are colleagues, we are friends, and we are a family. The team had worked brilliantly, leading to winning the Worlds. Except for yesterday, when we raced in a conservative mode, we have raced as normal, and the results have been great. The race area is quite complex due to the currents, but I have felt really comfortable with the medium to strong winds; it´s quite similar to the average wind speed we sail in Lanzarote."

The crew of 'Hotel Princesa Yaiza' win the J/80 World Championship at the Royal Southern - photo © Paul Wyeth / RSrnYC

Eric Brezellec (FRA) was runner up for the second year in a row. The team from Northern Brittany, racing Courrier Junior, scored seven podium finishes, but it was not enough to win a highly competitive regatta. Simon Moriceau (FRA), racing ArMen Habitat, won both of today's races to finish the championship in third position. The team from Nantes had scored five podium finishes, including three race wins, to take third by just two points, from Jose Maria Van Der Ploeg (ESP), racing VSA Comunicacion.

Javier Chacártegui Cirerol (ESP), racing HM Hotels, was the top Corinthian Boat. Runner up for the Corinthian Class was Pepequin Orbaneja (ESP), racing Cenyt Hospital Marbella Team, and third was Luc Nadal (FRA) racing Gan'Ja.

Top Lady helm was Elodie Bonafous (FRA), racing J'aime voile baie de Morlaix, with an all girls team. Luke Patience, racing Ryoko Meka, was the top British boat. Patrick O Neill, racing Mojo was the top Irish entry and Peter Paul de Vries, racing Led 2 Lease, was the top boat from the Netherlands.

Royal Southern Yacht Club Commodore, Karen Henderson-Williams, and Regatta Director Jane Windsor, officiated at the J/80 Worlds Prize Giving Ceremony, sponsored by Raymarine, who provided a wealth of top marine electronics for the winners. Harken and Baltic Lifejackets provided even more prizes.

For more information visit www.facebook.com/J80Worlds2017 or www.royal-southern.co.uk

Day 5 of the J/80 World Championship at the Royal Southern - photo © Paul Wyeth / RSrnYC

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Owner/Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1	ESP 783	Hotel Princesa Yaiza	Rayco Tabares	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	8	4	1	16	18	2	2	43
2	FRA 1420	Courrier Junior	Brezellec Eric	10	7	7	OCS	4	3	3	1	1	7	1	2	3	12	61
3	FRA 1302	ArMen Habitat	Moriceau Simon	11	6	8	3	1	7	13	4	7	22	9	3	1	1	74
4	ESP 1513	VSA Comunicacion	Jose Maria Van Der Ploeg	3	42	5	2	5	10	10	2	8	4	11	1	12	3	76
5	ESP 1116	HM Hotels (Corinthian)	Javier Chacártegui Cirerol	8	2	3	12	10	2	8	13	2	10	20	9	4	4	87
6	GBR 948	Ryoko Meka	Luke Patience	5	3	2	5	15	5	1	9	DSQ	18	7	6	7	29	112
7	ESP 1158	Cenyt Hospital Marbella Team (Corinthian)	Pepequin Orbaneja	7	17	6	9	7	4	26	16	5	11	13	8	5	7	115
8	GBR 1363	Betty	Jonathan Powell	4	20	17	8	11	15	25	7	6	2	3	4	14	22	133
9	FRA 691	Gan'Ja (Corinthian)	Luc Nadal	17	8	10	4	3	13	15	3	3	14	18	17	13	DSQ	138
10	GBR 1530	MockingJay	Chris Body	12	9	29	16	29	8	9	12	13	5	2	19	18	8	160
11	FRA 1289	Dunkerque Voile ‑ White Sails (Corinthian)	Rémy Hurdiel	16	24	11	13	17	17	5	6	14	13	5	27	19	6	166
12	FRA 956	APCC Equipe Jeune (Corinthian)	Bertheau Simon	15	5	4	6	6	14	7	5	24	25	34	15	20	31	177
13	IRL 1551	Mojo	Patrick O Neill	14	15	19	10	12	24	6	18	17	15	21	10	16	9	182
14	GBR 1411	No Regrets (Corinthian)	Chris & Hannah Neve	43	10	DSQ	14	19	6	12	11	12	12	19	23	8	5	194
15	GBR 1360	J.A.T.	Kevin Sproul / Phil Taylor	1	4	18	24	13	19	24	19	21	17	30	13	6	17	196
16	FRA 1082	Yacht Concept ‑ CNP (Corinthian)	Rétho Rémi	34	OCS	21	26	21	11	17	14	11	3	4	5	9	23	199
17	GBR 1410	MegStar	James Harrison	23	13	36	18	18	21	4	21	19	9	12	14	29	13	214
18	FRA 639	Ecole Navale (Corinthian)	Patrick Bot	6	16	13	7	14	34	16	26	18	27	6	33	17	15	214
19	GBR 1414	Slightly Steamy	Nick Haigh	13	11	25	15	9	20	32	23	20	16	8	21	15	20	216
20	FRA 1497	Vitel Sailing Team ‑ CDV 22	Capucine VITEL	18	DSQ	9	40	DNC	12	11	15	9	21	31	7	10	18	250
21	GBR 725	Purple Haze	Shane Armitage / Oliver Dunford	9	14	23	29	24	30	20	29	15	20	24	26	11	10	254
22	FRA 420	J'aime voile baie de Morlaix (Corinthian)	Bonafous Elodie	30	21	27	42	41	16	14	22	23	8	14	16	22	11	265
23	NED 838	Led 2 Lease (Corinthian)	Peter Paul de Vries	22	36	12	22	8	27	22	34	16	6	28	37	23	27	283
24	FRA 1455	J‑Traffic	Launay Thomas	20	12	20	21	32	9	UFD	33	34	34	17	30	41	14	317
25	GBR 1305	Jester (Corinthian)	Mike Lewis	19	18	32	11	22	28	18	32	27	24	29	41	36	21	317
26	FRA 693	NUMERO J	Herve Delaroux	24	OCS	26	27	16	22	29	10	25	31	22	34	31	24	321
27	GBR 743	Swallow	Gordon Craigen	33	27	15	19	35	25	19	37	14	23	26	28	32	25	321
28	GBR 1262	Boysterous (Corinthian)	Angus Gray‑Stephens	32	25	14	41	31	23	33	20	30	19	15	22	27	35	326
29	GBR 1532	Checkmate	Ray Mitchell	21	38	30	23	20	29	37	17	28	26	27	24	21	33	336
30	FRA 793	E.Leclerc Tourlaville (Corinthian)	Pierrick Letouzé	26	19	33	20	26	32	23	30	26	28	43	25	24	37	349
31	GBR 511	Emoji (Corinthian)	David Hollingsworth	25	29	28	17	23	35	21	38	22	33	32	29	33	30	357
32	GBR 553	Seafire (Corinthian)	Anabelle Body	29	23	31	25	27	26	35	40	35	32	44	11	28	19	361
33	FRA 651	Startijenn	Claire Montécot	28	22	24	DNF	DNC	38	36	24	39	35	10	DSQ	26	16	396
34	GBR 1055	UKSA 3 (Corinthian)	Felix Trattner	41	31	16	31	33	37	27	35	32	37	42	DSQ	30	36	428
35	NED 841	BabyJ (Corinthian)	Paul Kersten	27	26	22	30	28	31	DNC	28	43	39	37	38	40	39	428
36	GBR 165	Aqua J	Terence O'Neill	35	33	38	28	34	33	31	42	29	29	36	35	44	34	437
37	GBR 901	Wildcat III	Andy Ash‑Vie	31	28	39	32	39	42	39	41	31	36	33	39	25	32	445
38	NED 112	Acutronic / J‑String	Edwin Spaans	DNS	DNC	35	37	25	18	UFD	31	36	40	35	32	37	26	450
39	GBR 479	Joie de Vivre	Adam James	45	35	45	38	DNF	41	28	27	37	38	23	31	35	28	451
40	GBR 891	Harley Quinn (Corinthian)	Nigel Skudder	39	37	34	35	37	43	30	25	40	44	41	20	34	40	455
41	GBR 694	NOW4	Rory Cheetham	36	40	37	33	38	36	38	36	44	46	40	12	38	38	466
42	GBR 433	The J Team	Richard White	37	39	41	34	36	44	34	39	33	30	39	36	43	45	485
43	AUS 1927	Will o' the Wisp VI (Corinthian)	Keith Cockburn	42	30	44	39	42	39	42	45	45	43	25	43	39	44	517
44	GBR 751	J‑Wife	Simon Watson	44	34	42	36	40	40	41	47	38	42	38	40	45	46	526
45	GBR 1339	Joyeuse (Corinthian)	Chris Eccles	38	32	40	44	30	45	43	43	42	41	46	44	46	43	531
46	GBR 605	Jambiya (Corinthian)	Vincent Lattimore	40	41	43	43	43	46	44	46	41	47	45	42	42	42	558
47	GBR 565	Ninja	Nicholas Allen	DNC	DNC	46	45	DNC	47	40	44	46	45	DNC	DNC	47	41	597
48	GBR 1529	Emoji	Jim White	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	637