Budworth JAYS 12 hour success!

Published 09:40 on 8 Jul 2025

The conditions were looking strong for this year's 12-hour race with 12-15 kts constant and gusts up to 30 kts. The wind started strong challenging Fin and Rosanna to start on time and win the West Wood cup for the fastest first 2 laps. With a good lead set by Fin and Rosanna, George and Matthew set out and after a capsize and spinnaker pole substitution continued to put distance between us and second place. A quick change over and Fin and Iago were ready to go out for the noon race (not nude as Iago edgily thought it was). After winning the noon race and a change of crew for Will, more distance was pushing our lead further ahead. On shore Johnnys van supplied an endless amount of sausage baps to fuel not only the racing but also Bills walks around the lake shouting encouragement and scrutinising every manoeuvre. Rosanna and Matthew swapped in for the Female helm race at 16:00 securing the macdonalds trophy for Budworth. Fin and Will Swapped in for an hour before George and Iago swapped in to break a spinnaker pole and gain a penalty before finally swapping out in the last minutes of the race for Fin and Rosanna to win the Final Fling trophy for the last 2 laps.

Overall it was an amazing day with great competition from teams with abilities from beginner to advanced. We're all super excited to defend our title next year and hope other junior and youth sailors can join us!