J/22 Canada
16déc/110

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.

16déc/110

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.

21sept/110

Championnat 2011 J22 Canadien

On a eu une autre bonne régate pour le championnat canadien J22 2011, fournie par le fameux équipe de CORK. Les deux premières courses avaient des vents légers, mais le fameux « lake breeze » de Kingston est arrivé pour les autres courses, et on a eu des vents de 15 nœuds et plus pour les autres courses. Nous avons eu 12 bateaux cette année, incluant 7 de Montréal, 4 de Toronto, et 1 d’Ottawa.
Nous avons eu plusieurs nouveaux bateaux/équipes cette année : Paul Davignon et son équipe comme les nouveaux propriétaires de 457, Jenny Marten avec 1421, Chris Hobbs avec 815, Onur Bodur avec 1065, Cathy Harris avec 693, Nick Townsend avec 921, et Stephan Hollander avec 948. Merci à tous pour votre participation.
21sept/110

J22 2011 Canadian Championship

We had another good J22 Canadian Championship regatta for 2011, provided by the great team at CORK. The first 2 races were light wind, but then the famous Kingston lake breeze filled in and we had winds over 15 knots for the remaining races. We had 12 boats competing this year, including 7 from the Montreal area, 4 from Toronto and 1 from Ottawa.

We had a few new boats and crews out this year: Paul Davignon and team as the new owners of 457, Jenny Marten as the new owner of 1421, Chris Hobbs with 815, Onur Bodur with 1065, Cathy Harris as the new owner of 693, Nick Townsend with 921 and Stephan Hollander with 948. Thanks to all of you for coming out.
18juin/110

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 Marten
String Theory CAN 1421
Hudson Yacht Club