Sunday, December 7, 2014

MOJO 4 ROOKIES J/22 European Circuit Winners

J/22 European circuit winners (Hamburg, Germany)- The 2014 J/22 Euro Circuit saw a nice increase in overall participation with sixty-four teams from Germany, The Netherlands, France and Belgium having participated in at least one regatta in the nine-race series.  Taking the overall honors was the German team of MOJO 4 ROOKIES skippered by Svend Hartog.  The M4R team ended the season with a high-point score of 135.05 points.

Taking a surprising second overall was the French team of Reiner Brockerhoff on JAZZY, finishing the year with 122.05 pts.  They were followed by yet another German team in third, Christian Rieckborn’s JOLLY JUMPER with 114.05 pts.  Taking fourth with 113.07 pts was the top Netherlands team of Jean-Michek Lautier sailing FRAPORITA.  Rounding out the top five was Hardy Kleinefeld’s CAMPAGNOLO team from Germany.

On an overall basis, it was a fairly even mix of teams from across Europe in the top fifteen: Germany (7), Netherlands (5), France (3).  With the J/22 Worlds taking place in Germany next year, watch this list of participants grow quite dramatically in 2015!   For more J/22 Germany sailing information