IRC 2 at this years HYS Hamble Winter Series turned into a battle of the J Boats, with Jiraffe (Simon Perry) and Jago (Mike and Susie Yates) trading places within the top three throughout the series. All the talk within the J/109 fleet this year has been about “Jexit” – the proposal to ditch overlapping headsails in favour of non-overlapping jibs, sheeted via in-haulers. Regular IRC racers, the Irish and the Americans have been sailing their J/109s like this for a while. Sailing under IRC, unrestricted by the current class rules, both Jiraffe and Jago elected to go for the non-overlapping set up, saving up to 10 points on their IRC rating.
Continue reading “Jiraffe top the tower at Hamble Winter Series”Author: J-UK
Strong J/109 fleet at Lendy Cowes Week 2018
By Simon Perry, J/109 Jiraffe
The J/109 fleet enjoyed a spectacular Lendy Cowes Week. We had 17 entries, the same as last year and the second largest Black Group one design class after the Sunsail fleet.
Continue reading “Strong J/109 fleet at Lendy Cowes Week 2018”U.K. J/109 Class changes rules to align it with IRC fleet
The J/109 has frequently been one of the largest cruiser racer classes at Cowes Week. Similarly, the J/109 has been very successfully raced fully crewed and short-handed under IRC with notable performances in the Fastnet Race in 2015.
Continue reading “U.K. J/109 Class changes rules to align it with IRC fleet”