2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club - Day 1
by Julie & Christopher Howell 16 Mar 2019 00:23 GMT
14-17 March 2019
Thirty-one J/22s have convened for the J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Three races took place on the inaugural day in winds between 6-12 knots. Two teams are knotted up at 8 points each, both logging identical finishing orders of a first, a second and a fifth on the dayKevin Doyles Mo Money and Mike Marshalls Bad News. Jeff Todds Hot Toddy rests in third with 14 points, and Chris Princings Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork Chop is another five ticks behind in fourth.
Marshall got off to a successful start in race one, as did Chris Doyles The Jug 4 1 and David Mullers Call The Ball. Casey Lamberts Blackburn Marine Racing took line honors in the middle challenge, ahead of Kevin Doyle and Todd. Then it was Kevin Doyles turn for the win, with Marshall and Todd on his tail.
Racing continues through Sunday.
Results after Day 1:
| Pos | Bow/Sail | Boat Name | Skipper | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 7 / USA‑489 | Mo' Money | Kevin Doyle | Youngstown Yacht Club | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 20 / USA 1578 | Bad News | Mike Marshall | New York Yacht Club | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 3 | 30 / 1464 | Hot Toddy | Jeffrey Todd | Annapolis YC | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 22 / USA 1552 | Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork Chop | Christopher Princing | TawasBay Yacht Club | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | 18 / USA 307 | Blackburn Marine Racing | Casey Lambert | Lakewood Yacht Club | 6 | 1 | 14 | |
| 6 | 6 / USA 1649 | The Jug 4 1 | Chris Doyle | Youngstown Yacht Club | 2 | 9 | 12 | |
| 7 | 29 / USA 1510 | Gray Duck | Allison Thompson | Wayzata Yacht Club | 9 | 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | 21 / 669 | Call The Ball | David Muller | Southern YC | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| 9 | 4 / 1559 | | NICOLE CURRAN | RIVERTON YACHT CLUB | 14 | 10 | 5 | |
| 10 | 10 / USA1501 | Pressure Drop | Mark Foster | Corpus Christi YC | 7 | 14 | 9 | |
| 11 | 15 / 1043 | Fast Company | Richard Heausler | BWYC | 16 | 11 | 4 | |
| 12 | 32 / 754 | | Chris Wientjes | Noyc | 11 | 8 | 16 | |
| 13 | 31 / 24 | HNL | Doug Weakly | none | 13 | 17 | 6 | |
| 14 | 28 / 1318 | Turn Down For What | kurt taken‑holtze | Wayzata | 10 | 16 | 13 | |
| 15 | 17 / USA 949 | Corner of Sanity and Madness | Chris Junge | Eastport YC | 12 | 27 | 7 | |
| 16 | 9 / USA 707 | Repeat | Farley Fontenot | Houston Yacht Club | 17 | 21 | 11 | |
| 17 | 16 / 239 | Untamed | Ian Hunter | Fort Walton Yacht Club | 18 | 15 | 20 | |
| 18 | 14 / 206 | Why Knot? | Tom Hadel | Shreveport Yacht Club | 19 | 13 | 24 | |
| 19 | 24 / 964 | Two Dollar Pistol | James Riddle | KLSC | 20 | 19 | 18 | |
| 20 | 25 / 365 | | Vincent Ruder | None | 15 | 22 | 21 | |
| 21 | 1 / 663 | Wizard | Chip Carpenter | Southern Yacht Club/Storm Trysail | 26 | 12 | 22 | |
| 22 | 13 / 238 | Eve \'n Keeled | Jennifer Grant | Fort Walton Yacht Club | 22 | 23 | 15 | |
| 23 | 11 / USA 2 | Hot Ruddered Bum | Galen Freeman | Ft Walton Yacht Club & PPYC | 21 | 26 | 17 | |
| 24 | 12 / 892 | Payaso | Karen Glass | GBCA/SSA | 24 | 18 | 23 | |
| 25 | 5 / 1003 | Cool Kids | Doug Davis | klsc | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 26 / 364 | Bling | Lynn Simpson | LCYC | 28 | 20 | 26 | |
| 27 | 27 / 698 | Grain H2O | John Snyder | Elk River Yacht Club | 25 | 25 | 27 | |
| 28 | 23 / 830 | Jailbird | Josh Richline | Corpus Christi Yacht Club | 27 | 29 | 29 | |
| 29 | 3 / 216 | Sweet Baby J | Phil Cooper | Lake Stockton Yacht Club | 30 | 28 | 28 | |
| 30 | 19 / 679 | Bruh | Ted LISCHER | Perry Yacht Club | 29 | F | C | |
| 31 | 2 / 666 | Moving Kinda Slo | Joseph P. Carson | Beverly Hillbilly Yacht Club | C | C | C | |