2017 J24 World Championship

One of our last races if the season

2017 J24 World Championship updated their address.

Sail Canada today announced the recipients of their annual awards: the J/24 Class Association and Port Credit Yacht Yacht have won the Chisholm Trophy for Excellence in Race Management! Rossi Milev is one of three finalists for Rolex Sailor of the Year. The winner will be announced at the Sail Canada Rolex Sailor of the Year Awards on Friday, March 2nd, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario at The Carlu. Good luck Rossi, and congratulations PCYC, the Organizing Comittee and the J/24 Class Association for putting on an excellent J/24 World Championship in September!

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Happy holidays! Click below or drop this in your browser to revisit 2017 Worlds! https://goo.gl/GN2o2N

2017 J24 Worlds J24 Worlds @ Port Credit Yacht Club

"Thanks to the team that put together the J/24 Worlds, and congrats for winning Ontario Sailing Association award for Regatta of the Year!

And congratulations to Rossi Milev with the support of his team for winning Gill North America Sailor of the Year."

Lyn Townsend, Regatta Chair, Nov.25, 2017

And 500 Winners! Thanks again to the sailors, and all our sponsors and volunteers for a great event.

A Week of Clear Air with Rossi Milev, 2017 J/24 World Champion We caught up with Rossi Milev, this years' J/24 World Champion, who sailed to victory at his home yacht club in Port Credit, Ontario.

A shoutout to the generous sponsors and partners who helped make a fabulous event!

Rossi Milev, with his crew on Clear Air, 2017 J24 World Champions. Champagne shower!

PCYC member Rossi Milev, middle, and his winning crew on Canadian boat Clear Air won the J24 Worlds today!

Canada's Rossi Milev and Clear Air wins the Championship! Day 5 Report: Argentina's Nicolas Cubria on ARG5499 Elvis won Race 8 handily in the championship's generally unusual and annoying 5-7 knot winds, while Canada's Rossi Milev on Clear Air took second and the overall lead on Bangor Packet's Tony Parker. Wind picked up to 8 knots allowing a Race 9 - and 3 meaningful legs until the wind completely died at the bottom of the fourth leg, forcing abandonment. PCYC member Rossi Milev's World Championship win is the pinnacle of a long and successful J/24 career for Rossi and his crew on J/24 Clear Air. Final results below (post revised Sep.23/17 9:30 pm):

1st Bow 24 CAN5362 Clear Air Rossi Milev 47 pts
2nd Bow 23 USA58 Bangor Packet Tony Parker 48 pts
3th Bow 8 JPN4886 Lull Ariko Murohashi 62 pts
4th Bow 44 CAN4025 Lifted Evan Petley-Jones 68 pts
5th Bow 52 USA2785 YouRegatta Carter White 68 pts
6th Bow 37 CAN1964 Drivers Wanted Ted Bartlewski 71 pts
7th Bow 21 USA2365 Baba Louie Mark Laura 76 points
8th Bow 6 USA1892 Jaded David Klatt 86 pts
9th Bow 40 USA5432 HoneyBadger Travis Odenbach 89 pts
10th Bow 65 USA5471 Tremendous Slouch Scott Milne 89 pts.

Please look to YACHT SCORING for more official results. https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=2934

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Photos from the party

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Race 7- (Sept.22 12:30 pm start Previous posting error, sorry):
1 37 CAN 1964 Drivers Wanted Ted Bartlewski
2 21 USA 2365 Baba Louie Mark Laura
3 52 USA 2785 YouRegatta Carter White
4 24 CAN 5362 Clear Air Rossi Milev
5 3 ARG 5463 Cacique Rodrigo Benedetto

Photos taken Sep.20/17 aboard Patent Pending by Penny McLaren

Mmmmm...try and snag some of that Rudolph's bread on the table by the clubhouse (or is that snag and try?). Top notch yum!

Dinner & Soul FUNkshun tonight at PCYC sponsored by Humberview Volkswagen, Humberview Chevrolet Buick GMC, and Humberview Motorsports!

It bears noting that after 6 races Tony Parker's Bangor Packet (Bow #23) has remained in the top two throughout the championship, even without the drop. Tony Parker of Washington D.C., is the most seasoned racer on the course, sailing 1978 hull #58, testimony to the J/24's quality and ruggedness, and the skill and consistency of Tony and his crew at this event. Tony is a five-time winner of the J/24 US East Coast Championship (which he has sailed 38 times!).

Day Three Race Commentary by Chris Howell, IJCA:
If good things come to those who wait, then Evan Petley-Jones’ Lifted is the perfect example on day three of the driveHG.ca J/24 World Championship in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Sixty-three teams waited out multiple hours of an on-water postponement, hoping for enough breeze to get a start off. Finally around 3:30 p.m., light winds allowed two more races to be completed, which brought into effect the discard. Petley-Jones’ Lifted tallied a 7,1 on Thursday to leap into first place overall, able to drop a 39 from race 1. Tony Parker’s Bangor Packet fell to second place with 32 points. John Mollicone’s Helly Hansen launched up to the third spot with 33 net points after tossing a 52 from Tuesday. Six races are now finalized. The competitors from Argentina, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru and the USA started race 5 in about 5 knots, when Nobuyuki Imai’s Siesta collected the win. Mollicone and Ted Bartlewski’s Drivers Wanted followed. Looking at Petley-Jones cross the finish line first in the next meeting were David Klatt’s Jaded and Travis Odenbach’s HoneyBadger when winds increased slightly. Racing continues through Saturday from Port Credit Yacht Club. Complete results may be found at the event website.

Some new photos from Chris Howell on the IJCA site from Day 3. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1622729347784365.1073741970.149320335125281&type=1&l=7df6c55515

Race Day 3

Race 6 Results:
1 44 CAN 4025 Lifted Evan Petley-Jones
2 6 USA 1892 Jaded David Klatt
3 40 USA 5432 HoneyBadger Travis Odenbach
4 52 USA 2785 YouRegatta Carter White
5 24 CAN 5362 Clear Air Rossi Milev

Race 6 finishing soon. Sounds like lots of protests! But so far just one on Race 6. http://www.walkerphotography.ca/2017-J24-Worlds/

2017 J24 Worlds J24 Worlds @ Portcredit Yacht Club

Race 5 Results (1st thru 5th):
JPN 5185 Siesta Nobuyuki Imai;
USA 5235 Helly Hansen John Mollicone;
CAN 1964 Drivers Wanted Ted Bartlewski;
USA 2365 Baba Louie Mark Laura;
CAN 5362 Clear Air Rossi Milev.
See cumulative results at Yacht Scoring link below - showing scores with dropped worst race since there are now 5 races on the board. Sailing a 6th race today.

2017 J 24 World Championship Regatta on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on...

Race 5 finishing. Photo Credit: Lyn Townsend.

Appears to be steady wind! Looks like a second race will be held, and racers won't be in until 7 pm ish. Yay for wind!

Finally got a race off around 3:30 pm today...first boats approaching finish now so look for results soon! Super light winds obviously.

Social event for 'racers only' this evening at The Crooked Cue on Lakeshore in Port Credit includes a buffet starting at 7:30 pm. Shuttles starting from club around 6 pm.

More pictures from ball hockey tourney available for download here: http://www.walkerphotography.ca/2017-J24-Worlds/Road-Hockey/i-rhK9hZQ/A

Road Hockey - Michael Walker (walker-photo)

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