J/70 North American Championship at Club de Vela La Peña

J/70 North American Championship at Club de Vela La Peña - Overall

by Julie & Christopher Howell 20 May 2018 03:59 BST 16-19 May 2018

Reach Around - 2018 J 70 North American Championship - Day 1 © J/70 International Class Association

The daily leader of the J/70 North American Championship never changed over four days and 12 races. Thomas Bowen's Reach Around commanded the 32-boat fleet and earned the privilege of returning to host Club de Vela La Peña in Valle de Bravo Mexico to watch the final race from ashore. With crew Jacolyn Wetmore, Alec Anderson and Bill Hardesty, Bowen won a third of the races and didn't record a finish lower than 8 to end with 30 net points (discarding a DNC in race 12).

Fellow American Oivind Lorentzen's Nine sailed a solid series, but settled for second place with 46 points. Ander Belausteguigoitia's Bandoola of Mexico took third place with 71 points. Winning the Corinthian division was Hector Guzman Gonzalez's Escipion.

Picture perfect conditions again greeted competitors on Saturday with winds at 10-14 knots. Fernando Stephan Gutierrez seized the first win of the day, with Lorentzen and Diego Berho's BBB behind him. Lorentzen concluded the Championship on a high note, followed by Chris Snow's Mexigenics and Ignacio Perez's Zaguero.

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow No	Yacht Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	32	Reach Around	4	1	2	3	8	1	1	1	2	3	4	DNC	30
2	82	NINE	5	5	9	1	1	2	8	22	7	5	2	1	46
3	3	Bandoola	9	8	1	18	3	3	4	14	4	9	12	4	71
4	22	815	6	16	4	25	7	7	3	16	6	1	1	16	83
5	30	MEXIGENICS	12	6	3	2	15	17	12	2	13	2	14	2	83
6	20	BBB	16	14	24	7	9	5	6	3	3	12	3	7	85
7	10	Vincitore	1	2	19	21	10	9	10	11	8	4	6	12	92
8	19	Escipion (Corinthian)	11	18	6	23	5	11	5	4	16	7	8	9	100
9	27	Wolke	14	17	10	14	13	4	2	7	9	13	9	6	101
10	23	707	3	9	7	5	17	RDG	13	5	10	6	17	18	104
11	1	Zaguero (Corinthian)	7	3	26	4	25	19	17	15	14	15	5	3	127
12	24	Bullet	2	11	22	20	16	8	7	17	1	18	22	8	130
13	14	Chavorucos (Corinthian)	10	7	12	16	21	6	11	6	24	22	10	19	140
14	26	Goldo's	15	DSQ	13	12	6	16	27	20	11	10	18	17	165
15	16	Pura Vida (Corinthian)	8	4	11	22	2	22	24	25	21	19	24	10	167
16	11	Black Mamba (Corinthian)	19	20	20	9	30	10	14	10	23	16	13	15	169
17	17	Perseo	22	15	18	10	12	21	20	28	17	25	7	20	187
18	33	Amigo (Corinthian)	DPI	13	5	8	31	30	18	18	18	11	15	23	188
19	4	Ragtime	RET	26	14	15	28	13	21	29	12	14	11	5	188
20	18	Xpress (Corinthian)	13	10	23	19	4	15	28	26	15	20	19	25	189
21	93	Anibal	21	30	25	11	26	14	31	23	5	17	23	14	209
22	12	Buena Junta	24	23	15	17	11	26	19	9	26	29	26	24	220
23	7	Gringo Racing (Corinthian)	29	27	8	29	32	31	16	8	19	8	25	21	221
24	2	Picudos (Corinthian)	23	24	21	13	18	18	26	13	32	23	21	28	228
25	15	Axolotl (Corinthian)	17	29	27	6	19	29	22	21	22	28	28	13	232
26	6	TALÓN	18	12	29	27	20	27	9	SCP	27	30	27	22	240
27	25	Radioactivo (Corinthian)	27	21	32	28	14	12	23	19	31	24	16	27	242
28	21	Chilcano	20	22	16	26	24	23	25	27	29	21	30	11	244
29	13	Lampuga (Corinthian)	25	19	17	31	22	25	15	24	20	26	29	DNF	253
30	29	Bahari (Corinthian)	28	25	30	24	RET	24	29	32	25	31	31	30	309
31	5	Algarete	31	28	28	32	29	28	32	31	30	32	20	26	315
32	39	Transition	30	31	31	30	23	32	30	30	28	27	32	29	321
33	37	Navegador	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	374