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

by Christopher Howell 30 Jul 2018 03:27 BST 26-29 July 2018

Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer's Mandate went wire to wire to earn their third J/105 North American Championship title in five years. The Toronto-based team, including Sandy Andrews, Fraser Howell, Ian Howes and Andrew McTavish, won seven of the 11 races and never finished out of the top three. Their 16 points in the no-throw-out series were nine better than Bruce Stone's Gryphon who tallied 25 points.

Bill Zartler's Deja Voodoo took third place with 31 points. All three teams reigned over the top three in nearly every race of the four-day Championship hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI.

Beautiful summer conditions again greeted the 15 J/105 teams on Little Traverse Bay, with a bit lighter breeze than previous days. Sunday's race winners were Mandate and Deja Voodoo.

Congratulations to Clark Pellett's Sealark who won the combined award for the highest finish in the Chicago Race to Mackinac and the North American Championship.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1	CAN 83	Mandate	Terry McLaughlin / Rod Wilmer	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	16
2	USA 29	Gryphon	Bruce Stone	2	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	3	5	25
3	USA 130	Deja Voodoo	Bill Zartler	3	3	3	2	5	5	2	2	3	2	1	31
4	USA 673	The Asylum	Jon Weglarz	5	11	6	6	3	3	8	7	4	4	8	65
5	USA 444	Phantom	Cynthia & Jim Best	6	6	9	4	9	8	6	4	10	13	6	81
6	USA 349	Sealark	Clark Pellett	15	5	5	7	7	12	10	5	6	9	3	84
7	USA 124	Blue Flash	Matthew Arno	7	4	10	RET	6	4	5	8	7	14	7	88
8	USA 359	Caught in Traffic	David Pierce	8	7	12	11	12	6	4	10	11	5	4	90
9	USA 52105	Green Flash	Jane Enterline	11	8	DSQ	5	4	10	7	6	5	8	11	91
10	USA 617	Pterodactyl	Mark Symonds	4	12	4	8	10	11	9	15	15	6	9	103
11	USA 507	Buzz	Mark Gurney	10	10	11	9	8	7	12	9	13	7	10	106
12	USA 424	Flying Pig	Mike Sheppard	9	9	8	12	13	13	14	11	9	11	13	122
13	USA 263	Manitou	Jay Vander Wall	13	13	13	13	11	9	11	14	8	10	12	127
14	USA 50638	Esprit d'Ecosse	Judith & Ross McLean	14	14	7	DNS	14	15	13	12	12	15	15	147
15	USA 416	Wind Shadow	Jim Murphy	12	15	14	10	15	14	15	13	14	12	14	148