Tim Healy wins the J24 East Coast Championship

by Tim Wilkes on 4 Nov 2010 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

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