The J/24 Florida State Championship is a regatta that Miami’s J/24 Fleet 10 started a bunch of years ago in the summer to have a regional district type regatta to sail on the years when the area is not awarded the D10 District Championship. It has become a popular regatta for the D10 boats from around the state, with Davis Island YC’s Fleet 86 usually showing up with the most out of town boats. Three of the four out of town boats were from DIYC again, one from St. Pete YC and the two or three from Melbourne did not make it this year due to prior commitments. 13 boats were on the line Saturday with nice average 10 knot breezes out of the S/SE that were pretty much ideal sailing conditions for Biscayne Bay. Four races were planned for Saturday but a squall took the wind away after three races. Teams proceeded to the dock for the annual Fla States party at the Pincus J/24 Clubhouse. Back out on Sunday for hopefully three or four races to complete the regatta…but there was no sailable winds until almost 1pm. Lots of swimming, music and joking around until then when the RC managed to get two nice races in before the 2pm cut off, and then back at the docks by 2:45 for pack up and awards. This regatta was also the qualifier for the US Sailing Mallory Adult Championship being held at the Manhattan Yacht Club in October, with the team from USA 3416 “Scouts’ Honor” making plans now to attend.
2015 Florida State Champ Results – Series Standing – 5 races scored