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J/80

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The J/80 is one of the most popular one-design classes in the world with over 1,600 sailing in thirty fleets in twelve countries. There are large fleets in North America, Europe and Asia and here in Hong Kong we have a fleet of twenty privately owned J/80s racing out of our home base at RHKYC Middle Island.

This modern design racing keelboat is well balanced and forgiving in light airs. Once the wind picks up the oversized (67m2) asymmetric spinnaker ensures an exciting ride downwind which requires good crew coordination and skilful helming to keep her on her feet. In heavy winds ‘thrills and spills’ are guaranteed!

Our racing season extends from September until May and includes five Class series. Each series takes place over four race days with three Windward/Leeward races each day. Our Class Championship is held off Lamma Island in December and is made up of eight races. That’s a total of sixty eight Class races which combined with the major Club events in Victoria Harbour makes for a busy season!

We’re always looking for keen racers to join our regular crews. To facilitate this we run a crew WhatsApp group and a Crew Board which is hosted on the Teamer sports management platform. If you’re interested in racing with us please refer to the JOIN US page on our J/80 Class Association website for registration details.

HKJCA FACEBOOK PAGE
HKJCA WEBSITE
HKJCA YOUTUBE CHANNEL
HKJCA INSTAGRAM PAGE

ENTRY FOR CLASS SERIES RACING

It is for safety purpose that the Club employs this new entry system. Please ask all your crew to register an account with SailSys.

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Class President Fraser Boyd
Class Secretary Hugues Rondouin
Class Treasurer Eric Huang
Social Secretary Claude Wong

If you are interested in learning more about the J/80, please feel free to contact the J/80 Class Secretary at j80@rhkyc.org.hk

All notices of race are in PDF format and it can be retrieved and printed for use. The PDF file required Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from ADOBE.

Standard Sailing Instructions
Appendix H - J/80 (issued on 12 September 2023)

BOAT SAIL # OWNER
JELIGNITE 1428 Pierre Regnault
JAVELIN 1529 Sam Plagnard / Pierre-Henri Boutot
JAHOO 1530 David Salembier / Frank van Kempen
DEEP BLUE 2230 Anthony Ngai
MELTEMI 2231 Yann Folloroux
SEABISCUIT 2232 RHKYC
J CHI 2235 Steve McGill / George Taylor
INVICTUS 2236 CK Tse / Angus Fong
JKAPPA 2237 Andrew Fung
LILA 2239 Lim Boon Kian / Anita Ng
TIGRINA 2251 Andrew Moore
FOOTLOOSE 2252 Henry Wong / Alan Lau / Joanna Lee / Daniel Chan
JENAPABE 2253 Ben Chong
JASMINE 2256 Ben Bulmer
MOZZIE 2259 Clement Brunet-Moret / Hugues Rondouin
JAMMIN 2261 Frederic Azemard / Guillaume Besson
ALCHEMIST 2262 Simon Wong
UNKNOWN PLEASURES 2263 Richard Johnston
POIEMA 2265 Alain Choi
LEVITY 2267 Claude Wong / Sean Taylor
JUPITER 2587 Eric Huang
J/70'S    
TUCO 2197 Tak Fong
JOVIAL 2169 Shella Chan / Phoebe Sun / Bessie Zhu
SAN LONG 2217 Sylvia Tung