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Sail-World.com : Tim Healy wins the J24 East Coast Championship

Tim Healy wins the J24 East Coast Championship

Tim Wilkes

After three days of picture perfect Fall conditions, consistency proved to be the winning formula at the Hillman Capital Management J24 East Coast Championship hosted by the Severn Sailing Association and the Eastport Yacht Club of Annapolis.

While many of the J24 class's best participated and sailed well, only one team managed to make every race count, never posting a double digit finish and cumulatively winning the regatta with a 26 point cushion. Impressive for an eight race regatta with no 'throw-outs'. Fresh off his first World Championship title in Malmo, Sweden, Tim Healy of Newport, RI is on a roll as he and his team of Gordon Borges (bow), Ben McAndrew (mast), Geoff Becker (tactics), and Paul Abdullah (trimmer) took the East Coast title. National champion, Will Welles took the second place spot and Fraito Lugo from Puerto Rico finished third.

Entries came from as far away as Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Canada. Many teams from all over the East coast participated along with four teams from the Rochester Yacht Club, host to the 2012 J24 World Championship in Rochester, New York.

Results for the East Coasts can be found at http://www.severnsailing.org/results/2010/1031j24.shtml

and photos can be seen at http://www.timwilkes.com/searchlinksJ24EC10.html

The 35 boat J24 fleet starts in front of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and a looming Navy battleship and submarine. - J24 East Coast Championship - Tim Wilkes

Tim Healy of Newport, RI looking to break speed records on the J24! - J24 East Coast Championship - Tim Wilkes

Tim Healy, East Coast and World Champion, is greeted by a wall of port layline boats while setting his kite. - J24 East Coast Championship - Tim Wilkes

Mark Hillman, veteran J24 sailor from Annapolis who's company Hillman Capital Management has sponsored the East Coasts for as long as I can remember, handles the big breeze and turbulent Chesapeake with control and poise. - J24 East Coast Championship - Tim Wilkes

by Tim Wilkes

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3:25 AM Thu 4 Nov 2010 GMT

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