The conclusion of an often-breezy Cowes Week 2024 has brought a special double success for a keenly campaigned Crosshaven cruiser-racer. The Jones family’s J/122 Jellybaby (Royal Cork YC) has been consistently at the front of IRC Class 2, slipping up only with a second place in Race 2 and an OCS the following day. A fourth place in Friday’s race was sufficient to secure overall victory in class, four points ahead of another J/122 Team Bulldog’s Bulldog, while Ed Bell’s JPK11.80 Dawn Treader was third, a further five points behind.
Jellybaby’s performance also earned them the Newcomer’s Trophy, a comfortable margin ahead of Willem Ellemeet’s Dutch Dufour 40 Flying Dolphin, who put in a very commendable performance to take third place overall in IRC Class 3, behind the top-performing JPK 10.80 Yes! (which has Irish sailor Jamie Hynes on board) and Leon.
