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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
J/92 JOUSTS Sydney Regatta
(Sydney, Australia- March 5-6)- Hot off the wires, we got a note
from Ray Entwistle from Sydney regards the recent success of the J/92s
JOUST sailing in the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta: "A delighted Nigel
Smyth and family, owners of JOUST, a J/92s sailing out of Middle Harbour
Yacht Club on Sydney Harbour, proved once again just how easy J/Boats
are to sail. Taking a break from full-on racing crew and regattas and
due to very little regular spinnaker racing over the last year, Nigel
entered JOUST in the PHS white sails fleet in the Audi Regatta over the
weekend of 5th - 6th March. Sailing with family (his wife, son, sister,
nephew) and a couple of friends, he won Class 2 of the PHS white sail
fleet. JOUST were first across the line in every race but under PHS
scored a 1st, 7th, 2nd and 3rd. They didn’t win the Audi car on Monday
but had a great weekend and JOUST performed perfectly in the weekend’s
varied conditions.