2025 J/70 Australian Championship at Sandringham Yacht Membership – Day 4
by Alex Dare, Down Beneath Sail 17 Jan 15:19 PST
13-18 January 2025
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Chris Dare’s Ambition is within the field seat heading into the ultimate day of the J/70 Australian Championships at the moment, with a four-point result in second-placed Matador, skippered by David Doherty.
Dare and his crew have sailed a constant collection, by no means falling exterior the highest three and banking three race wins within the 9 races to date.
It offers the Ambition crew a stable result in shield heading into the ultimate two races, with a prime three lead to both race guaranteeing the title.
The penultimate day of racing yesterday noticed contemporary to horrifying situations on Port Phillip Bay, with the J/70 class exhibiting its shut upwind racing, and exhilarating downwind speeds.
Ambition clinched two seconds and a primary within the robust winds, a barely higher day than Doherty’s Matador.
“The final race was fairly fruity, we had a good bit on, there was a good bit of wind and sea,” Doherty mentioned.
“The ocean state’s very exhausting to get used to for us, we have simply by no means seen that with our J/70 so we have simply had quite a bit to be taught right here.”
Sitting in third total is Steve Proud’s Swish, which like Matador has made the journey from Sydney.
Crew member Billy Sykes mentioned this regatta had been some of the pleasurable J/70 regattas he’d carried out.
“It has been good breeze in Sandringham, it is an awesome venue to go to and we have had something from 15 to 25 knots just about day-after-day,” he mentioned.
“They’re like a keelboat upwind, they seem to be a bit like a skiff downwind, with plenty of totally different modes you possibly can sail downwind in order that’s plenty of enjoyable.
“There’s been actually good camaraderie amongst all of the house owners and the sailors within the fleet, now we have a great beer after crusing and joke about and it is only a actually enjoyable class to be in.”
For regatta outcomes, head to syc.com.au/j70-nationals
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