Mick Holmes and Jamie Holms leading J/97 class of 2012 J-Cup Regatta – Sailing Update
After putting up an excellent sailing display on the Hamble waters, Great Britain’s Mick and Jamie Holmes were able to grab the leading podium position of the J97 class fleet. The pair had a tremendous sailing experience on the racing area and claimed the
leading position by six points.
The British pair on their boat Jika Jika cruised into four bullet finishes along with a second and a third podium finish to grab the lead. One of the six races was discarded from the overall scores.
The weather conditions over the Hamble waters were quite ideal as the winds were blowing up to ten knots which was quite helpful for the fleet to complete the scheduled races.
At the start of the day, the winds were not strong enough for the fleet to complete the scheduled races as the forecast showed clear skies and bright sunshine but after a while, a nice south easterly wind filled in which allowed the participants to have
fair sailing.
Mick Holmes spoke to the local media, “Jika Jika had three stonkingly good starts and that’s really important when all of the boats are so evenly matched in terms of boatspeed. Equally, this crew has sailed to together for a long time now and this consistency
means that our boat handling is generally pretty good. ”
Grant Gordon sailed convincingly in the regatta and claimed two bullets during his regatta campaign. He started with some lower finishes but the Briton bounced back in the final races and hit the second position with 10 points.
Overall standings of J/97 class:
1. GBR 9297 Holmes Mick & Jamie Jika Jika 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, (3) = 6 Points
2. GBR 9197 Gordon Grant Fever 3, 2, (5), 1, 3, 1, = 10 Points
3. GBR 1697 Swayer Stuart Black Dog 2, 4, 3, (8), 2, 2 = 13 Points
4. GBR 5997 Mack Tony McFly (5), 3, 2, 3, 5, 4 = 17 Points
5. GBR 2097 d**k Jim Jackaroo 6, 5, 4, 5, (9), 6 = 26 Points
6. GBR 1497 Munday Nick & AdamIndul Jence 7, (8), 8, 4, 4, 5 = 28 Points
7. GBR 7797 Watney Richard Jeopardy 2 4, 6, 6, (9), 6, 7 = 29 Points
8. GBR 6697 Allen Graham Jeneral Lee (8), 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 = 36 Points
9. GBR 9397 Ross Gill Rock n Roll 2 (9), 9, 9, 6, 8, 9 = 41 Points
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