J/122 OZ Style- Winning Again!

(Sydney, Australia)-  The Australian J/122 JACKPOT continues to lead Sydney’s Short Ocean Pointscore Series amongst a seriously big boat Division 1 Fleet.  A David amongst Goliaths.  Seems to be the J/122 story.  In the Chicago-Mac Race, both J/122s reported sailing past Santa Cruz 70s in 3-5 knot winds while using their Code Zeros.  Then, in long beats to windward, while many modern 50 footers with table-tennis wide transoms are struggling in 4-8 foot chop where "square waves" are common (e.g. not a wave) and most boats simply stop, the J/122 simply behaves like the notorious Energizer Bunny and just keeps on knifing through the maelstrom known as "hell" at a ferocious pace.

"In a dying ESE breeze and a very lumpy seaway it was always going to be a big boat race today", said Ray Entwistle, skipper of JACKPOT.  Furthermore, he said "The J/122 finished second on IRC to the Swan 60 helmed by a ringer-of-a-skipper, the world famous Gordon Maguire from the motherland known as England. The only other 2 boats that finished ahead of us on the water were also much bigger. However, when we looked back and saw what we had beaten on the water its still incredibly impressive. JACKPOT is a standard alloy-rigged J/122 with some cruising options added, so when you see boats like DK 46s, DK 42s, Ben. 44.7s, X-442’s,  King 40s, Cookson 12s, stripped out Ker 11.3 behind us on the water its hard not to fully appreciate just how good the J/122 is. Her performance across the full spectrum of wind and sea conditions is outstanding. For the last 2 seasons the boat has never been out of the top three and continues to consistently impress."  What are you waiting for?  Style, comfort, speed, trophy winner anywhere you go.  A boat the entire family can enjoy.  Shorthanded.  Fully-crewed.  Read some more news about what makes the J/122 a special boat for those who love its multiple-personalities.  For more J/122 Sailing News and Information.
  

J/122s Win IRC East Coasts- Go 1-2-3!

The PUG, JENNY Go PLUM CRAZY, Too!

Annapolis, MD (October 30-31) - "The breeze was fantastic," said Regatta Chair Dick Neville, "more like San Francisco than Annapolis at this time of year."  Dominating the regatta was the J/122 PUGWASH sailed by David Murphy of Westport, CT, scoring a 2.25-1-1-1-1-1 for only 7.25 points.  PUGWASH's tactician and match racing champ Ian Williams was impressed with the J/122. "It's a great boat and rates well." PUGWASH's strategist and Olympic gold medalist Kevin Burnham was extremely impressed with the team and their ability to maximize performance with their new, groovy sails. As winner of IRC Class 3, PUGWASH posted a string of five straight first-place finishes in the buoy races. In second was FLYING JENNY VI, a J/122 sailed by David Askew (Annapolis, Md.), which posted 16.25 points with a strong 2.25-3-4-2-3-2 record.  Not a bad year for FJ VI either, following on a string of firsts as she toured the Great Lakes this past summer.  Finally, not to be outdone by their sisterships, Andrew Skibo and crew on PLUM CRAZY II finished third with a 4.5-2-2-10-2-3 for 23.5 points; other than a DNS(10), PLUM CRAZY II was in the hunt for second in the no throw-out series.

The only dedicated IRC rating event on the Chesapeake, the IRC East Coast Championship was the IMS East Coast Championship before 2005.  This marks the tenth year that the championship has been organized by the Storm Trysail Club’s Chesapeake Station and the sixth year it has been run under the IRC rule. For 2011, the event will be part of the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week presented by Rolex, scheduled for June 19-24, 2011.  Sailing photo credits: Sara Proctor  For more STC IRC East Coasts Sailing information