J/105 North American Championship at Little Traverse Yacht Club - Day 2

by Christopher Howell 28 Jul 2018 10:08 BST 26-29 July 2018

While the weather on Little Traverse Bay turned cooler, Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer's Mandate stayed hot at the J/105 North American Championship hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI. Mandate recorded their fourth and fifth bullets of the Championship, and added a second, to tally just 7 points in the six races so far. Bruce Stone's Gryphon maintained second place with 12 points and Bill Zartler's Deja Voodoo third with 21 points.

A misty sky, 60-degree temperatures and winds at 10-15 knots greeted the 15 teams Friday. The top three in the day's first race matched the same trio as all of Thursday's races: Mandate, Gryphon and Deja Voodoo. Stone's Gryphon broke into the top spot in the next contest, ahead of McLaughlin and Wilmer's Mandate and Jon Weglarz's The Asylum. The Mandate team returned to their familiar position in Friday's final battle, with Stone's Gryphon in second and Weglarz's The Asylum back in third.

Racing continues through Sunday.

Results after day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Owner/Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	CAN 83	Mandate	Terry McLaughlin / Rod Wilmer	1	1	1	1	2	1	7
2	USA 29	Gryphon	Bruce Stone	2	2	2	3	1	2	12
3	USA 130	Deja Voodoo	Bill Zartler	3	3	3	2	5	5	21
4	USA 673	The Asylum	Jon Weglarz	5	11	6	6	3	3	34
5	USA 444	Phantom	Cynthia & Jim Best	6	6	9	4	9	8	42
6	USA 124	Blue Flash	Matthew Arno	7	4	10	RET	6	4	47
7	USA 617	Pterodactyl	Mark Symonds	4	12	4	8	10	11	49
8	USA 349	Sealark	Clark Pellett	15	5	5	7	7	12	51
9	USA 52105	Green Flash	Jane Enterline	11	8	DSQ	5	4	10	54
10	USA 507	Buzz	Mark Gurney	10	10	11	9	8	7	55
11	USA 359	Caught in Traffic	David Pierce	8	7	12	11	12	6	56
12	USA 424	Flying Pig	Mike Sheppard	9	9	8	12	13	13	64
13	USA 263	Manitou	Jay Vander Wall	13	13	13	13	11	9	72
14	USA 50638	Esprit d'Ecosse	Judith & Ross McLean	14	14	7	DNS	14	15	80
15	USA 416	Wind Shadow	Jim Murphy	12	15	14	10	15	14	80