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The first two days of the Lowell North Memorial J/70 Twilight Regatta last week saw a smoking’ north-easter and fantastic conditions for J/70 racing on Sydney Harbour. With winds ranging from 20 to 26 knots, there were a few spills and lots of thrills as boats wrestled with the strong breeze.

'The short sharp format was fantastic’ said Anemology’s skipper Kim Ketelbey. Three races were scheduled to start at 5:30pm each evening Monday to Thursday and seven boats contested the series. Boats were separated by just seconds after the 20 to 25 minute races.’

Tim Ryan skipper of Vamos and overall winner added, ‘The regatta was a lot of fun. It's great to be on the Harbour in the evening with little traffic around. The regatta had a great mix of breezes and the best N’ Easters I've sailed in for years. We were doing above 15 knots downhill constantly on Monday evening, which is unusual. I saw 18+ knots on the speedo, but I suspect we exceeded that a few times. The race officer did a great job getting three races done on Thursday night when the breeze was fickle.’


Swish

Thanks to the RSYS race official team for supporting the event.

Monday: Ian Kingsford Smith, Rob Ridley, Tony Gooch, Will Imay
Tuesday: Rob Ridley, Tony Gooch, Richard Gorrell, Stephen Antrice, Will Imlay
Wednesday: Ian Kingsford Smith, Nicholas Hogg, Kari Svensen, Will Imlay
Thursday: Ian Kingsford Smith, Eric Duggin, Rob Ridley, Kari Svensen, Will Imlay.

Boats are now preparing for the National Championships that will be sailed 13-18 January, 2025 from Sandringham Yacht Club. For more information about J/70s visit www.j70australia.org.


Vamos downwind

Overall Results
1st Vamos (AUS1567), Tim Ryan, Robert Greenhalgh, Peter Ryan, Charlie Gundy   
2nd Swish (AUS82), Steve Proud, Billy Sykes, Shaun Connor, Finn Alexander
3rd Celestial (AUS507), Sam Haynes, Murray Jones, Niall Morrow, Tom Grimes, Finn Rodowicz

Corinthian Result
1st Jabberwocky (AUS1129), Stephen Ellis, Colin McMahon, Stephen Penny, Garth Riley    
    
See the full results



Jaberwocky & Anemology