Jämt på J-Cup
Det blev ingen enkel match för Matt i “Shiva” på J-Cup och J/109 National Championship i Plymoth. Stenhårt i toppen och efter sju jämna seglingar blev det “Johnny Blue II” som plockade hem segern.
1 8541 JOHNNY BLUE II Bruce Jubb Warsash 2 2 3 2 5 1 (10) =15
2 8809 ZELDA Ben Richards Royal Southern 1 1 1 1 (8) 7 5 =16
3 9627 SHIVA Matthew Boyle Royal Southern 4 (7) 5 4 1 2 1 =17
4 2 BETH Guy Knight Itchenor 5 4 2 3 3 (6) 6 =23
5 9931 OUTRAJEOUS Richard Griffiths JOG 6 5 11 8 2 4 (13) =36
6 7509 JEEZ-LOUISE Jamie Arnell BMYC (15) 10 9 7 4 3 3 =36
7 9109 RED ARROW RAFSA RAFSA 3 3 8 6 (9) 9 7 =36
8 9490 JURA Kevin Moll Haven Ports YC (11) 6 10 10 7 5 2 =40
9 9487 JUMUNU Alistair Ray 8 8 4 5 6 (18) 11 =42
10 9014 JACOBI Tony Statham Helford River 9 12 6 9 12 8 (15) =56
11 4909 HIGH TENSION Andrew Given Royal Southern =57
12 9941 JU KYU Peter Rowe RWYC =69
13 2709 JUMPING JELLYFISH Jason Eker =72
14 6663 JACKHAMMER John Ballinger Cardiff Bay =73
15 8709 JETSTREAM John Prideaux EXE =82
16 9821 JUNO Tony Dawson Island Sailing Club =83
17 9570 JAGUAR OF BURNHAM Adrian Lower Royal Burnham YC =103
At the close of racing on Friday things were looking pretty solid for Zelda, the J/109 of Mike Ewart-Smith and Ben Richards. The J/109s were racing for their 2007 National Championship title and, despite an unusually average eighth place for Zelda in Race 5 (the final race of the day on Friday); they had only clocked up twelve points throughout the regatta so far. In second place was Johnny Blue II raced by Bruce Jubb and Jeff Dakin on fourteen points and Guy Knight’s Beth was lying third with seventeen points.
The final two races of the regatta (Race 6 and Race 7) were sailed on Saturday for all classes. Zelda simply had to keep her nose clean, discard that nasty eighth place and she would be golden. But, what the team on Zelda was not banking on was a seventh place in Race 6, which was won by Johnny Blue II. This left Johnny Blue II a single point ahead of Zelda who had by now safely discarded her eighth but still had to count a seventh, the worst result so far for Johnny Blue II being a fifth. Shiva had slipped through Beth into third overall with sixteen points.
Nail-biting stuff for all concerned and this 2007 J/109 UK National Championship really did go all the way to the wire. For the final race of the Championship it was Shiva who crossed the line first. In second place (his best result of the entire regatta) was Kevin Moll in Jura. Jamie Arnell (who was sailing his boat Jeez Louise for the first time this year) scored his second third place of the day and so finished the regatta a very happy chap. Not so for Mike and Ben on Zelda however; all Johnny Blue II had to do was to ensure that Zelda did not achieve a podium finish in the final race, and this they achieved. Zelda finished fifth in Race 7; Johnny Blue II finished tenth but could discard this.
The 2007 J/109 National Championship title went to Bruce Jubb and Jeff Dakin on Johnny Blue II, with the 2006 champions, Mike Ewart-Smith and Ben Richards second in Zelda. Matt Boyle finished third overall in Shiva.
Och resultat & bilder fanns på webben innan prisutdelningen ens hade börjat!
ihgl
Aug 25, 2007 @ 20:09
Hänger du “jämt” på J-cup, eller?? ;-) Peter, seglade du Nidingen Runt? Några resultat??
Peter Gustafsson
Aug 25, 2007 @ 20:22
Inte sett några resultat, men det blåste 17 m/s i Långedrag.
ihgl
Aug 25, 2007 @ 20:29
Ok, dyker väl upp på hemsidan vad det lider. Och så, kläm dit det där “n”:et, så blir rubriken litet mer rättvisande……… ;-)
Jens
Aug 25, 2007 @ 20:58
Resultat på Nidingen Runt
Vindmätaren på vår båt visade vid topparna 18 m/s vid Nidingen.
Tyvärr verkade sjögräs samlarna på hugget så vi blev bara 5 deltagare. Men resultatet blev.
1’a Dominant 105 Anders Dahlsjö.
2’a Cumulus Johan Söderberg
3’a Contrast 362 Jens Svanvik
4’a First 31.7 (vet ej namn)
5’a X79 Claes Heyman
X79’an fick någon typ av bomhaveri, tyvärr. Annars en helt perfekt dag för segling. Bra med surfar och härliga upplevelser.
Vem som vann sjögräs/snäck samlingen bland alla båtar som låg i hamn vet jag inte. Kanske någon som kan rapportera om det :)
ihgl
Aug 25, 2007 @ 21:03
Synd att det verkar ha blåst bort. Men tack för rapporten. Dominanten i topp var väl knappast oväntat i den “stormen”? ;-)