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J/109 E-<strong>News</strong><br />
<strong>May</strong> 2008<br />
In This Issue<br />
UK Nationals Sets Record<br />
Sunny Seattle NOOD<br />
Upcoming Regattas<br />
AYC Spring Series<br />
San Francisco J/Fest<br />
Sprit Fest<br />
Summer Rendezvous<br />
J/Cup 2008<br />
North Americans 2008<br />
J-Cup sets Record<br />
CONGRATULATIONS to the UK fleet who showed up in force<br />
at last week's J-Cup (Hamble, England) and set a new world<br />
record for J/109 regatta attendance (32 boats). Doesn't that<br />
sound like a challenge to fleets on the US side of the pond?<br />
And if you haven't already done so, please pay your 2008<br />
dues.<br />
American YC Spring Series<br />
1. RELENTLESS Al Minella 10<br />
2. MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN Adrain Begley 13<br />
3. STRIDER Andrew Berdon 13<br />
4. STORM Rick Lyall 20<br />
5. 5CENT Nickel Van Reesema 42<br />
6. SWEET CAROLINE Greg Von Der Ahe 44<br />
7. MELODY Alan Tannous 45<br />
2008 UK Nationals at J-Cup<br />
Top: JEEZ LOUISE, owned by Jamie Arnell, challenged<br />
Saturday's temps with bright uniforms. Bottom: kites gleam<br />
downwind under brighter skies. Photos courtesy of Eddie<br />
<strong>May</strong>s<br />
75 boats in five classes competed at the J-Cup 2008,<br />
hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble,<br />
England. But the highlight was surely the 32 boat fleet<br />
of J/109s racing for their UK National Championship.<br />
This was, to date, the largest gathering of J/109s<br />
anywhere in the world.<br />
For the team on board JOHNNY BLUE II, the long walk up to the podium had a familiar feel to it.<br />
Having won the event in 2007 in a borrowed boat, they were defending their title this year, and<br />
the very fact that this team put together such consistent programmes makes their achievement<br />
all the more poignant.<br />
The Dubarry Boot for Outstanding Achievement went to Simon 'Sling' Ling and the RAF's RED<br />
ARROW. These guys cannot possibly sail together, with the same team, every single week<br />
because their work commitments within the RAF would never allow it. They have worked hard to<br />
get to know the boat whenever the opportunity arises and the fact that this team, skippered by<br />
Sling, finished fourth in the J/109 UK National Championship made them the obvious choice for<br />
this award.
Jonas Grander was awarded the North Sails Boat of the Day prize for scoring a bullet in his first<br />
regatta in his new boat.<br />
The J-Cup itself, the trophy from which this event takes its name, is awarded each year by the<br />
team at J-UK. It does not necessarily go to the boat with the lowest points score. This year the<br />
J-Cup was presented to Michael Ewart-Smith and Ben Richards on ZELDA. These two<br />
gentlemen have been absolutely instrumental in driving and protecting the development of the<br />
J/109 UK One-Design Class. The fact that there were 32 boats racing one-design at this event,<br />
the largest fleet of J/109s anywhere in the world, ever, is testament to this fact.<br />
1st JOHNNY BLUE II Bruce Jubb 15.0<br />
2nd ZELDA Ben Richards Royal Southern Yacht<br />
Club 23.0<br />
3rd SHIVA Matthew Boyle Royal Southern Yacht<br />
Club 28.0<br />
4th RED ARROW RAFSA RAFSA 37.0<br />
5th J-DREAM Kirsty Apthorp RORC 44.0<br />
6th JUMPING JELLYFISH David Richards RAFYC<br />
62.0<br />
7th JAHMALI Mike Wallis Royal Southampton<br />
65.0<br />
8th OFFBEAT David McLeman Royal Southampton 66.0<br />
9th JOUSTER Adam Wright Papercourt SC 77.0<br />
10th FIRESTORM Jon Perry & Simon Murphy RAFYC 80.0<br />
11th TIGH SOLUIS II Dr Ken Grant Holy Loch 84.0<br />
12th ARIA Luca Rubinelle RORC 87.0<br />
13th OUTRAJEOUS Richard & Valerie Griffith JOG 96.0<br />
14th MOJITO Gary & Sasha Fry RORC 96.0<br />
15th J2EAU Steve & Jody Maine 106.0<br />
16th JEEZ-LOUISE Jamie Arnell Brighton Marina YC 118.0<br />
17th HIGH TENSION Andrew Given KYC 120.0<br />
18th JUMUNU Elliot Wishlade Royal Temple Yacht Club 123.0<br />
19th DESIGNSTAR 2 Roger Phillips Hill Head Sailing Club 129.0<br />
20th JOYRIDE Michael Jones 133.0<br />
21st BASIC INSTINCT J. Hearth Starcross Yacht Club 143.0<br />
22nd JURA Kevin Moll 148.0<br />
23rd BETH Guy Knight Itchenor Sailing Club 148.0<br />
24th JUNO Tony Dawson Island Sailing Club 151.0<br />
25th BATFISH II Bill Blain Royal Southern Yacht Club 153.0<br />
26th JEBOCH David Carter Brighton Marina YC 187.0<br />
27th MAJADOR Jonas Grander Royal Swedish Sailing Society 188.0<br />
28th AUDAJIOUS David Jobson HRSC 188.0<br />
29th JANGADA TOO R Palmer RLymYC 190.0<br />
30th YEOMAN OF WIGHT Max Kenna Island Charters 193.0<br />
31st STALKER Steven Tapper Parkstone Yacht Club 199.0<br />
32nd ME JULIE Dominic Monkhouse 204.0<br />
Seattle NOOD Provides Variety of Conditions<br />
Sunshine and a variety of wind conditions provided a pleasant<br />
backdrop for the first NOOD in Seattle, WA. Full results and story
sailingworld.com<br />
1. TANTIVY Stuart M Burnell CYC Seattle 10.0<br />
2. J-TRIPPER<br />
DDRN Dack /<br />
Nordquist<br />
Seattle YC 11.0<br />
3. ASTRAL PLANE Adam Korbin<br />
Royal Vancouver<br />
YC<br />
11.0<br />
4. SHADA Jerry Woodfield CYC Seattle 13.0<br />
5. ILLUSIONIST David Maclean CYC Seattle 25.0<br />
6. IT'S ONLY ROCK &<br />
ROLL<br />
Robert Arney CYC Seattle 25.0<br />
7. JEOPARDY Edward Pinkham Tacoma 27.0<br />
Second place finisher J-TRIPPER has an average age of 60. Photo courtesy of Dave Reed/Sailing World.<br />
This enewsletter was edited and produced for the J/109 Class Association by<br />
Carol Newman Cronin of Live Wire.<br />
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