Sunday, June 7, 2015

Cronulla J/24 Short Course Regatta Preview

J/24s sailing off Sydney, Australia (Sydney, Australia)- The Macquart Marine Cronulla J/24 Short Course Regatta is on for the 6-8 June 2015 (Queens Birthday long weekend).  This was a brilliantly run and enjoyable regatta last year and Cronulla Sailing Club are planning to get 20 boats this year so come and enjoy the hospitality and ocean sailing at Cronulla!  With over sixteen entries to date, it’s going to be a fun and incredibly competitive event consider that more than the usual suspects and ex-convicts are all showing up!

Amongst those “in the know”, it would appear that Ladbroke’s Betting Parlour in downtown Sydney would give about even odds that Hugo Ottaway’s BRUSCHETTA VI crew of “non-posers” will be amongst the leaders.  One might also lay close to even odds that even Simon Grain’s rabid mob aboard KAOTIC will have more than their fair share of fun in social festivities and might even acquit themselves on the water.  It remains to be seen if Jared Macquart’s MACQUART MARINE crew are up to the task of giving these two boats a run for the money; the same could be said for Julie McKay’s McKAY MARINE team.  One hopes to see Lia Darby’s STARPAC make a go of it and perhaps finish “in the chocolates”!  The ticker tape and time will tell on this group of social media darlings soon!  To see photos from last year, check them out here.   For more J/24 Sydney Short Course Regatta sailing information