J/24 Midwinter Championship

J/24 Midwinter Championship - Overall

by J/24 International Class Association 5 Mar 2018 06:49 GMT 3-4 March 2018

All eight scheduled races were completed in gorgeous Miami, FL conditions at the J/24 Midwinter Championship, but Will Welles' Bogus only needed seven of them to tie up the victory.

Rhode Island-based helmsman Welles led his team of Rich Bowen, Jock Hayes, PJ Schaffer and Nick Turney to a scoreline of 2,1,1,5,1,2,3 for 15 points, allowing them to forego the eighth and final race. Tony Parker's Bangor Packet secured second place with 33 points, six ahead of both Aidan Glackin's Mental Floss and Ron Medlin's Bash.

2018 J/24 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Thirty-five teams competed from March 2-4. The Bogus team is a blended group of all J/24 World Champions—Welles, Bowen and Turney from Cougar in 2014 and Hayes and Schaffer from Salsa in 2004. This Championship was the first time they had all sailed together, and it was on a chartered boat. Welles names Miami as one of his favourite places to sail but said this year was, "Super shifty and hard to see the puffs and lulls. There was a lot of gear shifting and trying to get on the lifted tack." The J/24 Midwinter Championship debuted 40 years ago in 1978 in Key West, Florida. "There are a lot of famous names today who cut their teeth in this Class," said Welles. "The difference today is that people know all the tricks when it comes to sail trim and rigging. It usually comes down to good starts and teamwork."

2018 J/24 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow	Sail No	Yacht Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	52	USA 5208	Bogus	2	1	1	5	1	2	3	DNS	15
2	58	USA 58	Bangor Packet	6	2	RET	1	2	11	9	2	33
3	57	USA 5257	Mental Floss	7	10	9	3	RDG	1	19	3	39
4	77	USA 5277	BASH	9	6	8	2	6	4	4	9	39
5	92	USA 2917	Long Shot	8	5	2	4	14	9	13	10	51
6	7	USA 2365	Baba Louie (Corinthian)	3	8	16	SCP	17	6	1	1	52
7	32	USA 5432	HoneyBadger	4	9	6	10	UFD	5	12	6	52
8	99	USA 799	Angel of Harlem	11	11	SCP	7	10	8	2	4	53
9	36	USA 2736	Boreas (Corinthian)	16	4	10	8	15	UFD	5	7	65
10	10	Mex 4029	Monster Fish (Corinthian)	19	13	UFD	12	5	7	8	5	69
11	30	USA 1530	Mr. Hankey	14	7	21	13	8	12	6	12	72
12	34	USA 3734	Miss Conduct (Corinthian)	12	19	11	9	13	3	17	8	73
13	26	USA 126	Giggles (Corinthian)	1	17	13	11	7	15	20	17	81
14	11	USA 78	Buschwhacker	5	18	19	6	UFD	10	7	16	81
15	3	USA 267	BadMoon (Corinthian)	17	20	14	17	3	14	16	13	94
16	22	USA 555	USA 555 (Corinthian)	10	22	5	15	21	UFD	15	11	99
17	28	PUR 2928	Urayo (Corinthian)	15	3	UFD	20	16	16	22	15	107
18	14	USA 2314	Zia (Corinthian)	21	15	UFD	19	4	13	21	20	113
19	18	USA 2918	Sea Bags Women's Sailing Team (Corinthian)	24	14	15	16	12	23	14	19	113
20	2	USA 2502	Sugar (Corinthian)	18	16	UFD	22	11	21	27	18	133
21	40	USA 3895	Moxie	23	29	12	24	18	18	11	DNF	135
22	51	USA 451	J-Peas (Corinthian)	22	31	7	25	SCP	20	23	21	145
23	33	USA 49	Septopuss (Corinthian)	25	32	26	21	23	UFD	10	22	159
24	8	USA 4800	A Good Hair Day (Corinthian)	28	12	20	29	22	19	29	29	159
25	9	USA 1565	Gray Wolf (Corinthian)	29	34	17	SCP	19	SCP	28	24	172
26	29	USA 229	YounG'uns (Corinthian)	13	33	28	32	29	26	24	28	180
27	80	CAN 3880	Woodjchuck (Corinthian)	35	27	22	23	27	UFD	30	23	187
28	62	USA 3962	2XS (Corinthian)	32	21	18	30	UFD	28	25	DNF	190
29	6	USA 4306	The Goat	30	SCP	25	28	25	17	35	SCP	192
30	94	USA 2843	Muy Muy (Corinthian)	31	35	24	31	26	22	34	25	193
31	72	USA 5333	Erika II (Corinthian)	26	23	UFD	26	UFD	27	31	26	195
32	21	USA 3358	Chupacabra	20	28	27	34	24	SCP	33	30	196
33	15	USA 329	Glide	33	30	23	27	UFD	24	26	DNS	199
34	16	USA 3416	Scouts' Honor (Corinthian)	34	24	DSQ	33	28	25	32	27	203
35	31	USA 2535	Sabotage (Corinthian)	27	SCP	UFD	DNS	DNS	DNS	18	SCP	207