Championnat Mondial 2011
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The J22 World Championship for 2011 was sailed at Southern Yacht Club in Louisiana. For those of you who haven’t sailed there, the yacht club is located on Lake Pontchartrain, in Metairie LA, which is a suburb of New Orleans, about 12 km from downtown New Orleans. The lake is very shallow and notorious for its chop. There were 64 boats competing with boats from Canada, Cayman Islands, Germany and the USA.
Most of the racing was sailed in 4-6 knots of breeze, with only one day, Thursday starting with winds of around 12 knots which died to around 5 knots throughout the day. Saturday, the last day of racing, there were big waves and whitecaps when we arrived at the club, and we thought we were going to have great conditions. It turned out that we only had about 5 knots of wind, and in the big waves, it was really tough to get the boats to move. Lots of boats changed positions on that last day. Rob Johnston started the last day with 62 points to 48 for Jimmy Barnash, and after the 11th race, Jimmy was still leading by 2 points. Rob turned in a 5th place finish in the last race to Jimmy’s 13th to win the overall regatta.
Two boats attended from Canada – Jazz, CAN 1610 with Ron Harris, Pete Amos and John Marten, and Alternative Girlfriend, CAN 341 with Trevor Collins, Doug Mair, Alexandra Leus, and Lauren Laventure (all newcomers to the class)– both boats from Hudson, Québec. Jazz finished 11th overall, and won the Masters’ trophy. Alternative Girlfriend finished 56th, which was a great finish for a team new to the J22 and sailing in their first regatta on the boat. For full results, see http://www.j22worlds.com/index.php/the-event/results/.
The race committee was led by Hank Stuart from Rochester. He and his team did a great job to get off 12 races in the very challenging conditions we faced, with the predominantly light air. The event was very well organized and the Southern Yacht Club did an outstanding job of running the regatta and hosting all the competitors. They set a very high standard for a regatta that will be hard to beat.
2011 World Championship
The J22 World Championship for 2011 was sailed at Southern Yacht Club in Louisiana. For those of you who haven’t sailed there, the yacht club is located on Lake Pontchartrain, in Metairie LA, which is a suburb of New Orleans, about 12 km from downtown New Orleans. The lake is very shallow and notorious for its chop. There were 64 boats competing with boats from Canada, Cayman Islands, Germany and the USA.
Most of the racing was sailed in 4-6 knots of breeze, with only one day, Thursday starting with winds of around 12 knots which died to around 5 knots throughout the day. Saturday, the last day of racing, there were big waves and whitecaps when we arrived at the club, and we thought we were going to have great conditions. It turned out that we only had about 5 knots of wind, and in the big waves, it was really tough to get the boats to move. Lots of boats changed positions on that last day. Rob Johnston started the last day with 62 points to 48 for Jimmy Barnash, and after the 11th race, Jimmy was still leading by 2 points. Rob turned in a 5th place finish in the last race to Jimmy’s 13th to win the overall regatta.
Two boats attended from Canada – Jazz, CAN 1610 with Ron Harris, Pete Amos and John Marten, and Alternative Girlfriend, CAN 341 with Trevor Collins, Doug Mair, Alexandra Leus, and Lauren Laventure (all newcomers to the class)– both boats from Hudson, Québec. Jazz finished 11th overall, and won the Masters’ trophy. Alternative Girlfriend finished 56th, which was a great finish for a team new to the J22 and sailing in their first regatta on the boat. For full results, see http://www.j22worlds.com/index.php/the-event/results/.
The race committee was led by Hank Stuart from Rochester. He and his team did a great job to get off 12 races in the very challenging conditions we faced, with the predominantly light air. The event was very well organized and the Southern Yacht Club did an outstanding job of running the regatta and hosting all the competitors. They set a very high standard for a regatta that will be hard to beat.
Championnat 2011 J22 Canadien
J22 2011 Canadian Championship
CYA Championnat national féminin sur quillard
3-5 juin 2011
Le Club de voile Hudson a tenu le Championnat « CYA Women’s National Keelboat ». En plus d’avoir présenté un événement sans bévue, une équipe du HYC a remporté la première place. L’équipage de « String Theory » Nicole Bastet, Jenny Marten et Jessa Chénier a été acclamé championne après une compétition très serrée de 6 épreuves.
Dix équipes venant de régions aussi éloignées que la Colombie-Britannique, la Nouvelle-Écosse, l’Ontario et Québec ont participé à la compétition. Grâce à la générosité de la flotte locale qui a prêté les embarcations, c’était la première fois que cette compétition était courue en J22. Plusieurs équipes n’ayant jamais navigué sur un J22 furent agréablement surprises de découvrir la sensibilité de ce quillard et son excellente performance dans toutes les conditions de vents, des plus musclés au plus fugace souffle.
La première journée de la régate, nous avons reçu une formation sur les tactiques données par Geoff Moore de North U. Les compétitrices ont grandement apprécié sa grande compétence et sa façon simple d’expliquer des situations complexes. Vendredi, les conditions météo, avec un vent modéré de 12 à 15 nœuds, étaient parfaites pour cet entraînement. À bord d’un J22 Geoff, accompagné de nos experts locaux Ron Harris, Pete Amos et John Marten, nous ont aidés à nous familiariser rapidement avec cette embarcation afin que nous soyons en mesure de performer au cours de cette fin de semaine de compétitions.
Six courses ont été tenues le samedi et dimanche dans des conditions variables. À la fin de la journée de samedi, après cinq parcours, seulement deux points séparaient les quatre meneurs. Vous vous imaginez la fébrilité chez les compétitrices lors de la dernière épreuve.
Pour l’équipe de String Theory, afin de maximiser la vitesse entre chaque course l’accent fut mis sur l’ajustement du grément. Durant les courses nous avons réduit le nombre de bords. Le courant sur le parcours était d’environ 1 km, tactiquement il était important de tirer avantage de ce fait plutôt que de jouer les oscillations du vent. Après un mauvais départ, il était important de respecter notre plan de match. Leçon apprise – il est préférable de demeurer sur le côté avantagé du parcours et de gagner des positions une à une plutôt que de se séparer de la flotte.
Jenny MartenString Theory CAN 1421
Hudson Yacht Club
