{"id":3332,"date":"2022-09-04T18:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2022-09-10T06:19:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T06:19:29","slug":"brilliant-opening-to-j-24-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/brilliant-opening-to-j-24-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Opening to J\/24 European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Howth, Ireland)\u2014 On the opening day, August 30th, 2022, thirty-four J\/24s sailed two races in winds of 6-10 knots to open to 2022\u00a0J\/24<\/a>\u00a0European Championship, hosted by Howth Yacht Club in Ireland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Six nations are represented: Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and the United States. American Kurt Dammeier, with newly crowned\u00a0J\/24<\/a>\u00a0World Champion Mike Marshall on the crew, took AMUSE BOUCHE to the early advantage with a pair of thirds for 6 points. James Torr\u2019s MAJIC from Great Britain kept consistent on the day with a 4-5 for 9 points and second place. Fellow American Denny Vaughan on EASY STREET holds third place at 11 points.<\/p>\n Comprising the top three of the 21-boat Corinthian Division are Torr\u2019s MAJIC, the Greek team of Konstantinos Tridimas & Kynthia Skotida on J-MANIA (GRE), and David Hale\u2019s British crew on CACCOON (GBR).<\/p>\n Sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted competitors for the 11:00 AM start to the Championship. Vaughan\u2019s EASY STREET earned the regatta\u2019s first bullet, trailed by Louis Mulloy\u2019s HEADCAE (IRL) and Dammeier\u2019s AMUSE BOUCHE. Hale\u2019s CACOON snagged the next victory, ahead of the KINSAILOR Team from Kinsale Yacht Club (IRL), and again Dammeier’s AMUSE BOUCHE in third.<\/p>\n Racing continues through Saturday, September 3rd, and 10 total races are planned.\u00a0 For lots of\u00a0photos, go to the J\/24 Class Facebook here.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Complete\u00a0J\/24 European Championship results here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Howth, Ireland)\u2014 On the opening day, August 30th, 2022, thirty-four J\/24s sailed two races in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jboats_news_reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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