J/24 World Championship 2025 in Plymouth, UK - Day 3
by James Mills 12 Sep 05:26 UTC
6-14 September 2025
The wind pressure remains with us in Plymouth. On Thursday the race management team had the opportunity to run two races within the relative protection of Plymouth Sound inside the breakwater, however Plymouth Sound was still experiencing 25 knots gusting 30+ on occasion from a Westerly direction.
After Wednesday's flurry of black flag DSQ's the fleet were cautious not to collect more penalties in what is likely to be a 1 discard series, and thankfully it was a clean day in that regard.
The big news of the day is that USA's Tony Parker's "Bangor Packet" continues the NASA-like countdown scoreline, he is just missing a 4th to complete the set 6,5,4,3,2,1. On Thursday they were the top performing boat recording an impressive 1,2 to move into second overall on 11 points behind Cillian Dickson's team from Ireland sailing "Headcase" who themselves had a great day recording a 3,1 with a huge moment downwind in race 5 from the lead of the race. They were able to regain control and continue on to win the race (There is some impressive action camera footage doing the rounds!). Michael Goldfarb's team sailing "War Canoe" again had a super consistent day recording two 4th positions. They now sit in 3rd, not far behind Tony Parker.
Ignazio Bonanno's Italian team "La Superba" were disqualified in the protest room from race 5 at the first windward mark after colliding with Lynn Wolgast's team from Germany sailing "Derbe Kerle" Unfortunately "Derbe Kerle" received considerable damage to her rudder and transom, we hope we will see her on the race course tomorrow.
Start of the day went to the team from Saltash, UK, Jason Culmer's "Violent J" after barely making it off the dock after a heavy collision the previous day had what the race officer described as the best start of the regatta so far, nailing race 4 off the line and recording their best result so far!
Results after Day 3:
| Pos | Bow No | Boat Name | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 10 | Headcase | IRL 4247 | Cillian Dickson | ‑8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2nd | 20 | Bangor Packet | USA 58 | Tony Parker | ‑6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3rd | 45 | WarCanoe | USA 5399 | Michael Goldfarb | 1 | (BFD) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 4th | 47 | La Superba | ITA 416 | Ignazio Bonanno | 4 | 2 | 4 | ‑9 | 9 | 19 |
| 5th | 41 | Gekko | JPN 5450 | Kohei Ichikawa | 5 | ‑13 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 6th | 40 | Tata Patagonia | ARG 5453 | Ramiro Clemente Diaz | 2 | 8 | (BFD) | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 7th | 43 | Mr Mann | GBR 4241 | Shane Hewlett | 11 | 9 | 2 | 16 | ‑18 | 38 |
| 8th | 29 | Majic | GBR 4248 | James Torr | 3 | 20 | (BFD) | 6 | 11 | 40 |
| 9th | 48 | Rabbit Per Cinque | ITA 438 | Francesco Nucara | 13 | ‑30 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 40 |
| 10th | 50 | Jeronimo | FRA 5071 | Aorelian Garcia | ‑22 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 44 |
| 11th | 46 | Snoopy's J | IRL 4265 | Martin Mahon | 10 | 17 | (BFD) | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| 12th | 11 | J‑Bond | HUN 37 | Balazs Tomai | 7 | 15 | (BFD) | 5 | 19 | 46 |
| 13th | 39 | Front Runner | SWE 4896 | Per‑Hakan Persson | 16 | 11 | 15 | 7 | ‑41 | 49 |
| 14th | 32 | Jux | GER 4406 | Thomas Cramer | ‑25 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 52 |
| 15th | 15 | Ffold | GBR 4269 | Dave Hale | 15 | 6 | (BFD) | 20 | 13 | 54 |
| 16th | 42 | Hard on Port | IRL 4794 | David Bailey | ‑23 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 55 |
| 17th | 9 | VIVA on aqua | GER 5417 | Hauke Kruess | 18 | 16 | (BFD) | 10 | 12 | 56 |
| 18th | 31 | Blind Squirrel | IRL 5481 | Colm O'Flaherty | 19 | 7 | ‑25 | 15 | 21 | 62 |
| 19th | 4 | NJO2 | GBR 4266 | Tim Octon | 14 | ‑28 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 64 |
| 20th | 26 | Jupiter | IRL 5270 | Conor Haughton | 21 | 22 | (BFD) | 14 | 10 | 67 |
| 21st | 18 | Il Riccio | IRL 5219 | JP McCaldin | 9 | 10 | (RET) | 35 | 14 | 68 |
| 22nd | 16 | The Dutch Jees | NED 5440 | Dirk Olyslagers | 12 | 18 | (BFD) | 17 | 27 | 74 |
| 23rd | 3 | Jive | GBR 4261 | David Cooper | 24 | ‑34 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 75 |
| 24th | 1 | Wijit | GBR 4235 | Sam Marshall | (RET) | 26 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 84 |
| 25th | 24 | Saltine | USA 62 | Sam Hopper | 31 | 19 | 14 | ‑33 | 25 | 89 |
| 26th | 14 | Ziggy Bariloche | ARG 5191 | Ignacio Buffa Danesi | 26 | ‑31 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 97 |
| 27th | 19 | Vitesse | GER 5412 | Manfred Konig | 17 | 14 | (BFD) | 19 | RET | 101 |
| 28th | 17 | Hedgehog | IRL 4217 | Mark Usher | 28 | ‑33 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 102 |
| 29th | 6 | HiJinks | GBR 4213 | Mark Lewers | 29 | 29 | (BFD) | 26 | 20 | 104 |
| 30th | 12 | Innamincka | AUS 4793 | John Crawford | 32 | ‑38.5 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 105 |
| 31st | 37 | Derbe Kerle | GER 5266 | Lynn Wolgast | 20 | 12 | (BFD) | 27 | RET | 110 |
| 32nd | 8 | Jolly Roger | GBR 4270 | Roger Morris | 30 | 32 | 18 | ‑38 | 33 | 113 |
| 33rd | 38 | Jam | GBR 4153 | Ben Maddaford | ‑39 | 21 | 21 | 36 | 35 | 113 |
| 34th | 28 | Jab | AUS 4788 | Warren Slater | 33 | (BFD) | 16 | 29 | 42 | 120 |
| 35th | 2 | Hitchhiker | GBR 4242 | Chris Randall | ‑41 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 37 | 129 |
| 36th | 30 | Just Wind | GBR 4233 | Tom Gurney | (RET) | 37 | 22 | 41 | 30 | 130 |
| 37th | 49 | ACE | AUS 4801 | David West | 38 | 38.5 | 23 | ‑46 | 32 | 131.5 |
| 38th | 27 | Juggernaut | GBR 4026 | Neil Trathen | 35 | 25 | 33 | 39 | ‑40 | 132 |
| 39th | 36 | Violent J | GBR 4013 | Jason Culmer | 36 | 35 | (RET) | 28 | 38 | 137 |
| 40th | 35 | Hustle | USA 49 | Michael Quaid | 34 | 27 | (BFD) | 42 | 36 | 139 |
| 41st | 22 | Italian Job | GBR 4251 | John Gorman | (DNC) | 40 | 27 | 40 | 34 | 141 |
| 42nd | 34 | Crazy Horse | IRL 4533 | Luke McBride | 37 | ‑44 | 30 | 34 | 44 | 145 |
| 43rd | 44 | Jiffi | GBR 4035 | Philip Bailey | 42 | 41 | 32 | ‑45 | 31 | 146 |
| 44th | 33 | Tinto | AUS 5386 | Steve Wright | 27 | 24 | (BFD) | DNC | RET | 153 |
| 45th | 51 | Jabberwocky | GBR 4271 | Gail Berriman | 43 | 45 | 28 | ‑47 | 39 | 155 |
| 46th | 25 | Pfau | GER 5269 | Lars Hager | 40 | (BFD) | BFD | 37 | 28 | 156 |
| 47th | 7 | Motley Crew | GBR 4003 | Andy Willet | 45 | 47 | 26 | ‑48 | 43 | 161 |
| 48th | 23 | Nitro | GBR 4034 | Mark Prue | (RET) | 42 | 31 | 44 | 45 | 162 |
| 49th | 5 | Mojo | GBR 4239 | Chloe Nunn | (RET) | 43 | 29 | RET | RET | 174 |
| 50th | 21 | Proud Mary | IRL 4384 | Bernard McConville | 44 | 46 | (BFD) | 43 | 46 | 179 |