Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Roller Coaster Sailing for Warsash Leaders

J/80 one-design sailboats- sailing around mark in England (Hamble, So'ton, England)-  The J/109s saw a dramatic flip-flop, roller-coaster ride going on in their standings after the previous weekend.  Now leading are Mike & Sarah Wallis on JAHMALI with a 2-2.  Second is David Mcleman's OFFBEAT with a 4-1, third is Paul Griffiths on the J/109 JAGERBOMB with a 1-5, fourth Owain Franks & Jean Lockett on JYNNAN TONNYX with a 5-6 and fifth is David & Mary McGough's JUST SO with a 12-3.  Tumbling down the standings was Roger Phillips on DESIGNSTAR 2 with a 3-14 for sixth at this time.

The J/Sprit class is proving to be quite competitive.  Nevertheless, while the J/92 J'RONIMO (John Taylor and David Greenhalgh) now has two firsts to count for a good lead, the next four positions are all in a horse race. Andy Howe's J/92s BLACKJACK is in 2nd with a 3-3, Nick & Adam Munday's J/92 INDULJENCE is in third with a 5-2 and John Cooper and Ian Townend’s J/92 JAMMIN is in 4th with a 2-6.

Like their counterparts in the J/109 class, the J/80s saw a significant jumble in their standings with four counting for the series by now. Leading the J/80s is Ian Atkins sailing BOATS.COM with a 2-7-2-1.  Second now is Rob Lark's J2X with a 6-3-1-3 scoreline.  Early leader SLIGHTLY STEAMY sailed by Nick and Annie Haigh now lie third with a 1-5-8-7 tally, leading by virtue of a tie-breaker over Jon Powell's BETTY with a 5-6-4-6.  Fifth is Stewart Hawthorn's J'AI DEUX AMOURS.

After two weekends of racing, the Black Group IRC 1 Class only have two races due to the unusual conditions.  Currently, Ivan Trotman's J/122 JOLOU is surviving with a 5-7 to remain in contention in 4th overall.  Just behind are David & Kirsty Apthorp's J/111 J-DREAM with an 8-5 in 4th place.  And, fifth is Ken Lowes' J/122 GHOST in 5th overall with an 8-8.  Tough class!  For more Warsash Spring Series sailing results.