J24 Autumn Cup At Plymouth
The J24 Fleet visited the Royal Western Yacht Club for the annual Autumn Cup and more precious points for the World Championships in Italy next year.
A 14-boat fleet contested the event with 9 visitors joining the Plymouth regulars for a 7 race 1 discard series held over the weekend of the 6th/7th October.
Conditions were again light for both days with shifts and holes across the Sound making sailing tricky and testing for all competitors.
Up country visitor Rumble skippered by Mike Lewis started slowly but gradually found his form and won the last 3 races on Sunday to make off with the silverware.
Both Cornish boats Roger Rabbit (Gary Denning) and Joya (Paul Toms) had their moments and both won a race on the Saturday to look to mount a serious challenge.
Fowey Skipper Paul Toms can be more pleased with the final result finishing 3rd overall but the Falmouth crew on Roger Rabbit will be disappointed to drop down to 5th overall having been in 2nd place overnight.
It would seem they like a bit of breeze in Falmouth!
Both crews are well placed to qualify for Italy and I suppose the question then will be whether they can afford the trip to Sicily?
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