J/24 US National Championship at Berkeley Yacht Club

J/24 US National Championship at Berkeley Yacht Club - Overall

by Christopher Howell 25 May 2015 07:42 BST 22-24 May 2015

J/24 US Nationals at Berkeley © Christopher Howell

Chris Snow's Bogus ekes out the win

It took all nine races to determine the victor at the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Berkeley Yacht Club in Berkeley, CA. Chris Snow's Bogus and David Klatt's Jaded came into the final day with just one point separating them, and in the end, it was still one single point that secured victory for Snow and his crew, which included current J/24 World Champion Will Welles (tactics), Chris Nesbitt (trim), Garth Reynolds (mast) and Doug Weitz (bow, a J/24 World Champion crew in 1995).

Bogus started off Sunday with a 2,1, leaving them with a five-point advantage. Klatt did all he could in the final bout and took line honours, but Snow placed fifth which was exactly enough to win with 18 net points, to Klatt's 19. Tokuma Takesue's Gekko of Japan, with Mike Ingham as a crew member, took third with 32 points.

Pat Toole's 3 Big Dogs opened the day with a victory, ahead of Snow and Michael Whitfield's TMC Racing, while winds hovered around 10 knots on San Francisco Bay. Snow snagged the bullet in the next contest, as Klatt and Takesue rounded out the top three. Closing out the regatta in 12-14 knots of wind, Klatt claimed the final race win, trailed by Scott Milne's Tremendous Slouch and Takesue.

Twenty-five boats competed over three days. Photos are posted on the J/24 Class Facebook page and more information at www.2015j24nationalssfbay.com.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
1	5208	Bogus	Chris Snow	SDYC	1	2	3	3	[6]	1	2	1	5
2	1892	Jaded	David Klatt	Ventura YC	3	4	1	2	1	5	[26/OCS]	2	1
3	JPN5449	GEKKO	Tokuma Takesue	Japan Sailing Federation	6	1	5	6	4	4	[8]	3	3
4	USA 5253	3 Big Dogs	Pat Toole	Santa Barbara YC	5	5	6	1	3	[14]	1	8	7
5	2365	Baba Louie	Mark Laura	SYC	2	7	4	4	2	3	[15]	11	10
6	USA 4906	TMC Racing	Michael Whitfield	Berkeley Yacht Club	4	6	7	[11]	7	10	3	6	8
7	USA 5471	Tremendous Slouch	Scott Milne	CYC Seattle	P	3	[26/RET]	8	10	2	6	21	2
8	126	GIGGLES	Natalie Penner	AYC	[18]	13	8	5	13	11	11	4	6
9	3421	Suspence	Carl Sheath	Corinthian Yacht Club Seattle	12	9	P	7	9	[23/SCP]	10	13	13
10	5350	Feral Rooster	paul van ravenswaay	severn sailing association	7	8	[20/SCP]	18	5	8	18	14	9
11	USA1898	Critter	James Baurley	SMWYC	10	11	9	P	16	[20]	5	9	12
12	2394	Downtown Uproar	Darren Cumming	None	9	10	[23/SCP]	P	11	6	17	7	15
13	2160	TBD	Steve Hendricks	Santa Barbara Sailing Club	13	15	[22/SCP]	P	15	7	4	15	16
14	USA4268	Little Wing	Luther Strayer	Barstable YC	[26/RET]	12	11	14	18	12	16	10	14
15	2176	Evil Octopus	JASPER VAN VLIET	RYC	15	16	[21]	20	19	13	7	17	4
16	513	Shut up and drive	Val Lulevich	none	8	[22/SCP]	10	22	21	19	12	5	17
17	674	Garage Sail	Tim Sauer	North Flathead Yacht Club	14	14	14	13	14	P	14	12	[24]
18	4339	R.Y.L.A.H.	John Mason	CYC/SYC	16	21	[23]	23	12	P	9	16	20
19	2950	Joss	Noel Morgan	Seattle CYC	17	18	16	10	20	16	[22]	22	18
20	2257	Bullet	Thomas Tunberg	SBYC	[26/SCP]	19	20	19	17	9	20	24	11
21	3732	Djinn	Nojan Moshiri	CYC Seattle	20	20	13	[26/SCP]	22	24	13	19	P
22	USA 1036	Flight	Randall Rasicot	Richmond Yacht Club	23	[26/SCP]	12	17	24	P	19	18	19
23	3839	Irrational	Chris Dukelow	Seattle Corinthian	[26/SCP]	P	19	21	8	21	21	23	22
24	2722	Thunder Cookie	Jorge Martin‑de‑Nicolas	Austin Yacht Club	22	24	[26/SCP]	15	23	23	23	20	23
25	3316	woof	wally whittier	none	24	[25]	24	25	25	25	24	25	25