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2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club - Day 2

by Julie & Christopher Howell 17 Mar 2019 00:36 GMT 14-17 March 2019

A shifty weather pattern following a cold front challenged the 30 J/22s on the middle day of the J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Mike Marshall's Bad News flourished in the conditions, posting a 4,1,1 on the day for 9 net points in six races. Discarding a 5 from race two, the 2016 J/22 World Champion not only broke the day one tie for first place, but has secured a 14-point advantage over his closest followerJeff Todd's Hot Toddy. Places two through five are all within five points of each other, heading into the final day of competition on Sunday. Following Todd is Mark Foster's Pressure Drop, whose solid day shot him into third place. Then, just one notch behind him are Casey Lambert's Blackburn Marine Racing and Chris Doyle's The Jug 4 1.

In winds between 10-15 knots Saturday, Karen Glass' Payaso opened triumphantly, with Foster and Doug Weakly's HNL next. Marshall then earned his second of three bullets in the Championship thus far, in advance of Chris Doyle and David Muller's Call The Ball. Closing out the day's final top three were Marshall, Vincent Ruder and Todd.

Results after Day 2:

PosBow/SailBoat NameSkipperR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
120 / USA 1578Bad NewsMike Marshall1[5]24119
230 / 1464Hot ToddyJeffrey Todd8336[9]323
310 / USA1501Pressure DropMark Foster7[14]924527
418 / USA 307Blackburn Marine RacingCasey Lambert61[14]76828T
56 / USA 1649The Jug 4 1Chris Doyle29[12]112428T
67 / USA‑489Mo' MoneyKevin Doyle521[15]121434
722 / USA 1552Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork ChopChristopher Princing4789[10]735
821 / 669Call The BallDavid Muller3419[21]31039
929 / USA 1510Gray DuckAllison Thompson9610[14]14645
1031 / 24HNLDoug Weakly13[17]63111346
114 / 1559 NICOLE CURRAN14105165[19]50
1217 / USA 949Corner of Sanity and MadnessChris Junge12[27]71371251
1315 / 1043Fast CompanyRichard Heausler161145[18]1652
1428 / 1318Turn Down For Whatkurt taken‑holtze101613[18]8956
1525 / 365 Vincent Ruder15[22]211715270
1632 / 754 Chris Wientjes11816[20]192074
1716 / 239UntamedIan Hunter1815208[27]1576
1824 / 964Two Dollar PistolJames Riddle[20]191819131180
199 / USA 707RepeatFarley Fontenot172111[32/OCS]161883
2012 / 892PayasoKaren Glass[24]18231212184
211 / 663WizardChip Carpenter[26]122212202692
2227 / 698Grain H2OJohn Snyder2525[27]101724101T
2314 / 206Why Knot?Tom Hadel191324[25]2223101T
2413 / 238Eve \'n KeeledJennifer Grant22231523[25]22105
25A 2Hot Ruddered BumGalen Freeman21[26]17262617107
265 / 1003Cool KidsDoug Davis2324[25]222425118
2726 / 364BlingLynn Simpson2820262428[32/RET]126
2823 / 830JailbirdJosh Richline27[29]29282327134
293 / 216Sweet Baby JPhil Cooper[30]2828272928140
3019 / 679BruhTed LISCHER29[32/DNF]DNCDNCDNCDNC157
312 / 666Moving Kinda SloJoseph P. Carson[32/DNC]DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC160

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