J/24 World Championship at Sail Newport - Day 3
by Christopher E. Howell 25 Sep 2014 07:32 BST
22-26 September 2014
Will Welles holds advantage as Honey Badger wins the day
After a struggle to set the line square to the shifting wind, the fleet got off two more races at the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles' Cougar (USA) held the lead with a four, four respectively for a total score of 16 points. Mauricio Santa Cruz's Bruschetta (BRA) maintained second place with a one, seven; and Greg Griffin's Team Tarheel (USA) moved into third place with an eleven, eight. John Mollicone's Team Helly Hanson (USA) had a strong day and moved into fourth place.
Teams battled in a two to four foot chop on the ocean course in wind speeds starting at 10 to 12 and building to 14 to 16 knots out of the east and southeast. The first race of the day was won by Santa Cruz, followed by Mollicone and then Travis Odenbach's Honey Badger (USA). Odenbach won Wednesday's second race, trailed by Alejo Rigoni Gonzalez on Luca vive (ARG) and Mike Ingham's Nautalytics (USA).
Race scores are provisional and will be updated as soon as possible.
Results after Day 3: (top ten, 6 races, 1 discard)
1. Cougar, USA5362, Will Welles, 1, 6, [9], 1, 4, 4, 16pts
2. Bruschetta, BRA37, Mauricio Santa Cruz, [12], 4, 10, 2, 1, 7, 24pts
3. Team Tarheel, USA5287, Greg Griffin, [23], 7, 4, 3, 12, 8, 34pts
4. Helly Hansen, USA5235, John Mollicone, 2, [24], 11, 13, 2, 9, 37pts
5. Gringa DC, CHI5431, Vernon Robert, 3, 2, 16, 16, [72], 10, 47pts
6. Luca vive, ARG5480, Alejo Rigoni Gonzalez, 10, 25, [26], 4, 8, 2, 49pts
7. Extasis, URU5044, Pedro Garra, 14, 3, 13, 6, [18], 13, 49pts
8. Pipe Dream, USA5482, Mike Marshall, 13, 13, 8, 10, [72], 5, 49pts
9. Honey Badger, USA5432, Travis Odenbach, 23, 8, [72], 16, 3, 1, 51pts
10. Nautalytics, USA5443, Mike Ingham, 27, [29], 2, 8, 11, 3, 51pts
Hosted by Sail Newport, racing continues for the 71 teams from 13 nations (Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and the United States) through Friday. Photos are available on the J/24 Class Facebook page, and complete results at www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=982.