(Sydney,
Australia)- The Australian J/122 JACKPOT continues to lead Sydney’s
Short Ocean Pointscore Series amongst a seriously big boat Division 1
Fleet. A David amongst Goliaths. Seems to be the J/122 story. In the
Chicago-Mac Race, both J/122s reported sailing past Santa Cruz 70s in
3-5 knot winds while using their Code Zeros. Then, in long beats to
windward, while many modern 50 footers with table-tennis wide transoms
are struggling in 4-8 foot chop where "square waves" are common (e.g.
not a wave) and most boats simply stop, the J/122 simply behaves like
the notorious Energizer Bunny and just keeps on knifing through the
maelstrom known as "hell" at a ferocious pace."In a dying ESE breeze and a very lumpy seaway it was always going to be a big boat race today", said Ray Entwistle, skipper of JACKPOT. Furthermore, he said "The J/122 finished second on IRC to the Swan 60 helmed by a ringer-of-a-skipper, the world famous Gordon Maguire from the motherland known as England. The only other 2 boats that finished ahead of us on the water were also much bigger. However, when we looked back and saw what we had beaten on the water its still incredibly impressive. JACKPOT is a standard alloy-rigged J/122 with some cruising options added, so when you see boats like DK 46s, DK 42s, Ben. 44.7s, X-442’s, King 40s, Cookson 12s, stripped out Ker 11.3 behind us on the water its hard not to fully appreciate just how good the J/122 is. Her performance across the full spectrum of wind and sea conditions is outstanding. For the last 2 seasons the boat has never been out of the top three and continues to consistently impress." What are you waiting for? Style, comfort, speed, trophy winner anywhere you go. A boat the entire family can enjoy. Shorthanded. Fully-crewed. Read some more news about what makes the J/122 a special boat for those who love its multiple-personalities. For more J/122 Sailing News and Information.