Perfect conditions for J24 Short Course Championships

by Simon Grain on 21 Jun 2017 The June long weekend saw the running of the Cronulla Sailing Club J24 Short Course Regatta in cold though fine (almost) conditions with wind ranging from 18-3 kts over the two days of sailing.

Competitors arrived from as far afield as Sandringham Yacht Club, the southern home of J24 yacht racing in Australia, with one boat Jet (Simon Grain) and another crew lead by ‘Mr J24’ Hugo Ottaway, both J24 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 J24 crews to the Cronulla family. Sailmates (Steve Arnold) competed in their first regatta after purchasing their J24 locally, also Boudicca (John Zagame) an off shore crew member and now a proud J24 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 Ottaway again proved too good on scratch scoring a consistent 12 with many bullets and second places. Second for the regatta was Vertigo (Clinton Hood), the current South Australian J24 State Champion, with 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.

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	Crew.	From	Sers Score
1		AUS5400	Bruschetta IV	Hugo Ottaway			SYC	12
2		AUS4436	Vertigo	Clinton Hood			CSC	21
3	1.0S	AUS1636	Renaissance	Stephen Wright			CSC	22
4		AUS4792	Jet	Simon Grain			SYC	22
5		AUS4433	Stockcar	David McKay			CSC	23
6		AUS5058	Wildfire	Janette Syme			MYC	37
7		AUS1317	MCKAY MARINE	Julie Castle			CSC	53
8		AUS1309	ONLY A JOURNEY	Max Sellers			CSC	54
9		AUS1635	Seas the J	Jared Macquart			CSC	60
10		AUS4430	PINOT	Barry Ryan			CSC	62
11		AUS135	Boudicca	John Zagame	Josh Feldmann	Jacob Broom	CSC	74
12		AUS1646	SLIPPERY FISH	Michael Reynolds			CSC	82
13		AUS1642	JARGON	Tony Landers			CSC	85
14		AUS950	Pandamonium	Wes Batty			CSC	95
15		AUS95	Sailmates	Steve Arnold			CSC	97
16		AUS4439	Jagged Edge	Greg Paterson			CYCA	121