J/24 Europeans at the Royal Irish Yacht Club Overall

by Mark Jardine 31 Aug 2002 12:46 BST

Photo © Mark Jardine

The final day of the Alfa Romeo J/24 European Championships saw strong winds sweep across Dublin Bay with some vicious squalls. Two races were scheduled and started at the first attempt. Overall leader Albert Kooijman and his Dutch team on ‘Just for Fun’ had a comfortable lead going into the last two races, but the battle for 2nd and 3rd was far closer with only 4 points separating the third positioned boat from sixth.

Most boats decided to use their jibs in the strong winds at the start, but in the lulls the conditions were marginal and those with genoas gained. Leif Tom Loose and his German team on ‘Rotoman’ reveled in the conditions posting a 1st and a 3rd on the day moving them up to second overall. ‘Just for Fun’ did enough in the first race of the day to win the Championships with a race to spare. It was not a good day for the Italian team on ‘J di F’ when they tore their kite in the second race, pushing them from 2nd to 3rd overall.

British teams took the next four spots with David Ellis’ ‘Hitch-hiker’ just holding off the Jardine’s in ‘Stouche’ and Mark Penford’s ‘Wijit’ dropping to sixth due a torn kite in the first race of the day which forced them to sail with the genoa goose-winged on the downwind legs for the final race.

Top Irish boat were Barry O’Neill and his team on ‘Jazz’ who came in 8th.

Overall Results: (9 races, 1 discard)

Pos	Bow No	Sail No	Boat Name	Name	Surname	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	51	5270	Just 4 Fun	Albert	Kooijman	1	1	6	1	1	16	3	2	1	16
2	16	5266	Rotoman	Leif	Tom Loose	3	4	9	7	6	3	13	1	3	36
3	50	233	J di F	Guardia Di	Finanza	10	11	1	2	5	2	2	8	7	37
4	6	4242	The Hitch Hickers guide to the Galaxy	David	Ellis	5	6	2	3	10	11	7	9	4	46
5	7	4215	Stouche	Stuart	Jardine	2	3	4	14	3	29	10	5	6	47
6	1	4035	Wijit	Mark	Penfold	4	8	5	8	14	4	4	11	12	56
7	4	4247	Headcase	Bob	Turner	12	7	dsq	9	4	8	6	6	11	63
8	31	465	Jazz	Barry	O'Neill	14	14	35	18	8	10	12	20	8.5	104.5
9	33	4794	Hard on Port	Desmond	Fortune	17	45	dsq	11	7	1	8	3	26	118
10	42	4162	Cries of Passion	Bryan	Maguire	6	18	15	24	12	9	20	22	29	126
11	14	4253	Crew Clothing	James	Griffith	23	9	28	15	17	7	26	10	20	127
12	45	680	Kilcullen	Enda	O'Coinean	22	41	7	16	24	6	11	23	18	127
13	17	5281	United 5	Jan	Kaehler	ocs	15	34	4	26	12	21	7	15	134
14	10	4232	Boomerang	Jim	Anderson	30	10	20	22	9	36	16	19	10	136
15	12	4199	Jungle	Richard	Wharram	15	23	13	48	21	20	30	12	5	139
16	8	4213	Wave Warrior	Angus	Mcphie	7	5	dsq	20	58	21	18	13	2	144
17	18	5210	Jackpott	Andreas	Lindlahr	8	19	17	27	15	30	44	18	14	148
18	2	4243	Fruitcake	Rory	Barnes	25	25	14	36	30	26	17	4	8.5	149.5
19	39	4533	Crazyhorse	Frank	Heath	27	17	11	25	23	17	36	21	34	175
20	15	4403	New Generation	Frank	Meinberg	28	34	18	19	29	39	15	14	19	176
21	49	194	Korus	Carmelo	Savastano	dsq	2	3	6	2	DSQ	1	DNS	DNS	176
22	32	4231	JOG	Joey	Kelly	19	13	26	35	39	5	38	27	16	179
23	27	4188	Virjin on the Ridiculous	Diarmuid	O'Donovan	11	27	19	5	35	31	32	33	24	182
24	36	1812	Jeckyll	Catherine	Cusack	OCS	12	10	42	rtd	15	5	17	30	183
25	21	751	Hellenic Police	Hellenic	Police	18	49	23	45	25	33	14	15	13	186
26	11	4497	St. James	Peter	Woolf	32	21	12	10	33	14	33	31	DNS	186
27	37	4241	Jawesome	Mervyn	Dyke	26	32	25	32	18	27	9	30	31	198
28	22	191	Jay Kay	Tim	Sheard	24	rtd	22	21	34	25	27	26	25	204
29	19	4785	No name supplied	Stephen	Mais	35	20	30	41	13	32	29	25	22	206
30	23	397	Jana	Mark	McCormick	31	29	27	33.5	19	42	24	16	27	206.5
31	47	4628	Bad	Jerry	Dowling	16	28	32	50	28	23	35	40	17	219
32	52	4237	Riot	Mike	Kaye	20	26	8	29	16	19	OCS	DSQ	DNS	222
33	9	4236	Owens SJ	Owen	Kerr	34	37	37	13	27	22	22	43	DNS	235
34	38	448	Taz	Anthony	Magliocco	36	38	16	12	36	13	OCS	34	RTD	237
35	5	4231	Coup D'Etat	John	Allen	13	30	dsq	23	11	18	OCS	RTD	DNS	251
36	44	4015	Jeriatrix	Michael	Clarke	38	22	31	31	20	44	37	38	35	252
37	3	4194	Jeepers	R.	Jarratt	41	31	dsq	30	31	34	28	24	33	252
38	34	4047	End'Over	Stephen	Bradshaw	37	47	dsq	17	38	46	19	29	23	256
39	28	144	Nivola	Joy	Callender	9	16	21	47	32	38	45	RTD	DNS	260
40	41	428	Jacquerie	Gerry	Jones	21	40	dsq	44	22	40	31	37	39	274
41	13	4056	Jiberish	Terry	Tinn	ocs	24	38	49	42	24	25	35	40	277
42	25	4249	JAB	James	Byrne	29	42	24	33.5	DSQ	43	40	28	42	281.5
43	35	4249	Jasper	John	Mulholland	40	36	29	39	44	35	23	45	36	282
44	46	4009	Luder Too	Robin	Eagleson	39	44	36	28	41	28	41	39	37	289
45	26	1810	Aquadizziac	Conor	O'Leary	45	50	33	37	45	45	34	32	28	299
46	43	727	Carrabeg	Raymond	Deasy	33	33	dsq	26	37	37	46	RTD	43	305
47	20	4839	Planlos	Martin	Maschnitza	44	35	39	38	46	48	47	36	21	306
48	29	4094	Just a Minute	Gerry	McKenny	47	48	41	40	43	47	39	42	43	342
49	24	739	Jet	Tim	Rippley	43	46	40	51	47	49	42	44	32	343
50	30	4155	Jurassic	Rob	Henshall	42	39	dsq	46	40	41	43	RTD	DNS	355
51	40	4179	Hi-Jinx	Michael	O'Farrell	46	43	dsq	43	48	RTD	RTD	41	38	363