J/24 Midwinter Championship - Day 1
by Christopher Howell 3 Mar 2018 09:32 GMT
3-4 March 2018
Biscayne Bay in Miami, FL delivered beautiful conditions for the 35 teams who traveled from as far as Seattle, WA for the J/24 Midwinter Championship. Under puffy white clouds, with temperatures in the 80s and winds between 6-10 knots, Will Welles' Bogus jumped out to the initial advantage with scores of 2,1,1 for 4 points.
Tony Parker helmed Bangor Packet to second place with 11 points, and John Poulson's Long Shot is another four points behind in third.
Natalie Harden's Giggles got the Championship's first bullet, shadowed by Welles and Mark Laura's Baba Louie. Welles took the next two contests, ahead of Parker and Gilberto Rivera's Urayo in race two, and Poulson and Parker in race three.
The J/24 Midwinter Championship debuted 40 years ago in 1978 in Key West, Florida. All past winners can be viewed at www.j24class.org/about-the-j24/hall-of-fame/midwinter-champions.
Racing continues through Sunday.
Results after Day 1:
| Pos | Sail No | Yacht Name | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | USA 5208 | Bogus | Will Welles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | USA 58 | Bangor Packet | Tony Parker | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | USA 2917 | Long Shot | John Poulson | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | USA 5432 | HoneyBadger | Travis Odenbach | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | USA 5277 | BASH | Ron Medlin | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | USA 5257 | Mental Floss | Aidan Glackin | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | USA 2365 | Baba Louie (Corinthian) | Mark Laura | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 8 | USA 2736 | Boreas (Corinthian) | Finn Hadlock | 16 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 | USA 126 | Giggles | Natalie Harden | 1 | 17 | 13 | 31 |
| 10 | USA 799 | Angel of Harlem | Robby Brown | 11 | 11 | SCP | 33 |
| 11 | USA 555 | USA 555 (Corinthian) | Charles Bumgardner | 10 | 22 | 5 | 37 |
| 12 | USA 78 | Buschwhacker | Dan Busch | 5 | 18 | 19 | 42 |
| 13 | USA 1530 | Mr. Hankey | Andrew Carey | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 14 | USA 3734 | Miss Conduct (Corinthian) | James Freedman | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 |
| 15 | USA 267 | BadMoon (Corinthian) | Christopher Holmes | 17 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
| 16 | USA 2918 | Sea Bags Women's Sailing Team (Corinthian) | Erica Beck Spencer | 24 | 14 | 15 | 53 |
| 17 | PUR 2928 | Urayo (Corinthian) | Gilberto E. Rivera | 15 | 3 | UFD | 54 |
| 18 | USA 451 | J‑Peas | Paul Anstey | 22 | 31 | 7 | 60 |
| 19 | USA 4800 | A Good Hair Day | Elaine Haher | 28 | 12 | 20 | 60 |
| 20 | USA 3895 | Moxie | Michael Pentaleri | 23 | 29 | 12 | 64 |
| 21 | Mex 4029 | Monster Fish (Corinthian) | Kenneth Porter | 19 | 13 | UFD | 68 |
| 22 | USA 2502 | Sugar (Corinthian) | Seth Rosenthal | 18 | 16 | UFD | 70 |
| 23 | USA 3962 | 2XS (Corinthian) | Mark Soya | 32 | 21 | 18 | 71 |
| 24 | USA 2314 | Zia | Patrick Frisch | 21 | 15 | UFD | 73 |
| 25 | USA 229 | YounG'uns (Corinthian) | Andrew Theismann | 13 | 33 | 28 | 74 |
| 26 | USA 3358 | Chupacabra | John Parker | 20 | 28 | 27 | 75 |
| 27 | USA 1565 | Gray Wolf (Corinthian) | Tim Johnson | 29 | 34 | 17 | 80 |
| 28 | USA 49 | Septopuss (Corinthian) | Michael Quaid | 25 | 32 | 26 | 83 |
| 29 | CAN 3880 | Woodjchuck (Corinthian) | Nathan Bresett | 35 | 27 | 22 | 84 |
| 30 | USA 5333 | Erika II (Corinthian) | V. Andres Martinez | 26 | 23 | UFD | 85 |
| 31 | USA 329 | Glide | Matt Parker | 33 | 30 | 23 | 86 |
| 32 | USA 4306 | The Goat | Darren Hill | 30 | SCP | 25 | 87 |
| 33 | USA 2843 | Muy Muy | Ernesto Mendoza | 31 | 35 | 24 | 90 |
| 34 | USA 3416 | Scouts' Honor (Corinthian) | Alfredo Sambolin | 34 | 24 | DSQ | 94 |
| 35 | USA 2535 | Sabotage (Corinthian) | Clearwater Community Sailing Center Youth Team | 27 | SCP | UFD | 96 |
