(Melbourne, Australia)- The June long weekend saw the running of the
Cronulla Sailing Club J/24 Short Course Regatta in cold though fine
(almost) conditions with wind ranging from 18-30 kts over the 2 days of
sailing.Competitors arrived from as far afield as Sandringham Yacht Club, the southern home of J/24 yacht racing in Australia, with one boat JET (Simon Grain) and another crew lead by ‘Mr J24’ Hugo Ottaway, both J/24 supporters of the Cronulla event for many years, also WILDFIRE (Janette Syme) and Marc Van Dinther (PINOT) made the journey from the Harbour and Botany Bay, to sail in the challenging inshore conditions of Bate Bay, Cronulla.
Our
focus this year was to welcome new J/24 crews to the Cronulla family.
SAILMATES (Steve Arnold) competed in their first regatta after
purchasing their J/24 locally, also BOUDICCA (John Zagame) an offshore
crewmember and now a proud J/24 owner, enthusiastically listening and
improving as the weekend progressed. Wes Batty, another local from
Cronulla bringing out PANDAMONIUM, the ever-popular mooring minder to
race and be involved again.So, to the results! Hugo “Mr J/24” Ottaway, again, proved too good on scratch scoring just 12 pts with many bullets and second places. Second for the regatta was VERTIGO (Clinton Hood), the current South Australian J/24 State Champion. Third on the podium was RENAISSANCE (Stephen Wright), the current Jubilee Champion and Cronulla campaigner.
Performance Handicap saw VERTIGO pop up one place to first, STOCKCAR with the forever young David Mckay in second and RENAISSANCE in third place.
The Cronulla Sailing Club would like to thank all our the events supporters: Wet Tech Rigging, Macquart Marine, Aussea Sailing School, Spot-A-Yacht Photography, Newton Real Estate, Short Marine, CJ Construction, Cronulla Marina and Ryan Short Marine Services for your ongoing support to this grass roots event. Hope to see you all again at Cronulla next June for the Mid-Winter Championships. For more CSC WET-TECH J/24 Short Course Regatta sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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