2019 J70 North American Championship at Edgewater Yacht Club - Day 1
by Julie & Christopher Howell 26 Sep 2019 06:30 BST
23-29 September 2019
Postcard conditions on Lake Erie greeted teams for the first day of the J/70 North American Championship at Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH. A south breeze from 12-16 knots and gusts in the 20s equaled perfect planing opportunities.
Adding in sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, everyone relished the three races to kick off the Championship. Oivind Lorentzen's team on Nine (Lucas Calabrese, Ian Coleman and Will Felder) rocked all three contests to take the early advantage with 6 points, after posting a 1,2,3. John and Molly Baxter's Team Vineyard Vines started with a seven and added two bullets for 9 points and second place. 2016 J/70 World Champion Joel Ronning on Catapult is only one notch behind the Baxters in third (scores of 5,3,2). Martin Johnsson's Aquaholiks crew of Jorgen Johnsson, Lindsay Hernandez and August Hernandez has the advantage in the Corinthian division.
Lorentzen's Nine launched the regatta with a bullet, followed by John Brim's Rimette and Bruce Golison's Midlife Crisis. The Baxter family took the second and third victories, ahead of Lorentzen and Ronning in race two, who flipped spots in race three.
Racing continues through Saturday.
Results after Day 1:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Yacht Name | Skipper / Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 19 | USA 819 | Nine | Oivind Lorentzen / Lucas Calabrese / Ian Coleman / Will Felder | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | USA 901 | Team Vineyard Vines | John Baxter / Molly Baxter / Allan Terhune / Ben Lamb | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 87 | USA 187 | Catapult | Joel Ronning / Victor Diaz De Leon / Christopher Stocke / Patrick Wilson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 26 | USA 26 | Midlife Crisis | Bruce Golison / Steve Hunt / Jeff Reynolds / Erik Shampain | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 34 | USA 340 | Rimette | John Brim / Scott Ewing / Zeke Horowitz / Collin Leon | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 96 | USA 96 | Savasana | Brian Keane / Thomas Barrows / Mack Bryan / Conner Harding | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | 23 | MEX 1323 | Zaguero | Ignacio Perez / Juan Perez / Santiago Perez / Willem Van Waay | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 18 | CHI 218 | Ducasse Sailing Team | Andrés Ducasse / Ignacio Ducasse / Francisco Ducasse / Mathias Robertson / Andres Ducasse R | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | 94 | USA 494 | Rosebud | Pamela Rose / Taylor Canfield / Tomas Dietrich / Guy Thomas Avellon | 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 10 | 67 | USA 167 | USA 167 | James Prendergast / Alexander Curtiss / Sam Hallowell / Orrin Starr | 11 | 14 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | 79 | USA 179 | Surge | Ryan McKillen / Tony Rey / David Shriner / John Wallace | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 12 | 80 | CHI 580 | Memphis | Victor Lobos / Pablo Lorca / Juan Sanchez / Javier Conte / Sebastian Ducasse | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 |
| 13 | 42 | BRA 641 | Viking | Haroldo Solberg / Maurício Santa Cruz / Flávio Andrade / Henrique Pellicano | 13 | 10 | 17 | 40 |
| 14 | 84 | USA 84 | Bazinga! | Daniel Goldberg / Kristen Berry / Tomas Hornos / Nick Turney | 14 | 11 | 21 | 46 |
| 15 | 89 | USA 389 | Hooligan: Flat Stanley Racing | Trey Sheehan / Tyler Black / Brad Boston / Curtis Florence | 18 | 17 | 12 | 47 |
| 16 | 60 | USA 600 | Airplane! | John Evans / Tac Boston / Martin Kullman / Abie McLaughlin | 21 | 24 | 6 | 51 |
| 17 | 40 | USA 40 | Honeybadger | Travis Odenbach / Lee Sackett / George Szabo / Michael Booker | 20 | 18 | 15 | 53 |
| 18 | 12 | USA 312 | RUFKM | David Koski / Jackson Benvinutti / Geoff Becker / David Koski / Doug Moose | 23 | 16 | 16 | 55 |
| 19 | 32 | USA 326 | Aquaholiks (Corinthian) | Martin Johnsson / Jorgen Johnsson / Lindsay Hernandez / August Hernandez | 24 | 15 | 18 | 57 |
| 20 | 93 | USA 93 | Wild Card (Corinthian) | Kevin Morgan / Mike Sheehan / Caroline Sundman / Sarah Paisley / Mark Hassett | 19 | 20 | 22 | 61 |
| 21 | 35 | USA 335 | Nitemare | Amy Neill / Tony Bowman / Geoffrey Ewenson / John Stanley | 15 | 21 | 28 | 64 |
| 22 | 39 | USA 339 | Bad Hombres (Corinthian) | Charlie Pendleton / Jim Raisides / Stein Skaane / David Zymba | 16 | 31 | 25 | 72 |
| 23 | 16 | USA 160 | Free Energy/Grin Factor (Corinthian) | John Zelli / Craig Kvale / Michael Lechner / Kevin Milligan | 25 | 28 | 19 | 72 |
| 24 | 58 | USA 581 | Tootles | Andy Deak / Charles Essi / Chris Snow / Seth Young | 27 | 22 | 23 | 72 |
| 25 | 97 | USA 497 | Chinook | Frank McNamara / Paula Grasberger / Rick Guardia / Nurhajati McMahon / David Thompson | 17 | 26 | 30 | 73 |
| 26 | 6 | USA 236 | Little Side Hustle (Corinthian) | Ted Pinkerton / Rob Ralston / Peggy Allen / Chris Brown | 22 | 27 | 24 | 73 |
| 27 | 48 | USA 487 | Escape (Corinthian) | Polk Wagner / Owen Beckley / Holt Condon / Max Ellsworth | 32 | 19 | 27 | 78 |
| 28 | 81 | MEX 815 | Woodstock (Corinthian) | Fernando Gutierrez / Leopoldo Turco / Ramon Benitez / Gerardo Benitez | 29 | 23 | 26 | 78 |
| 29 | 13 | USA 313 | FM (Corinthian) | Tod Sackett / Jeff Haase / Blair Hamilton / Dave Kerr | 28 | 25 | 29 | 82 |
| 30 | 36 | CAN 360 | REX (Corinthian) | Scott Weakley / David Weakley / Rene Serin / Kelly Flood | 35 | 34 | 20 | 89 |
| 31 | 88 | USA 188 | Chinook (Corinthian) | Carrie & Ed Austin / Mathieu de Premorel / Jean Marc Papin / Ed Austin / Carrie Austin | 26 | 32 | 31 | 89 |
| 32 | 11 | USA 411 | Selkie (Corinthian) | Jack Wallace / Vivien Allan / Lauren Barth / Kathryn Booker | DSQ | 29 | 32 | 92 |
| 33 | 78 | USA 781 | Stratos | Marcus Wunderlich / Paul Abdullah / Klaus Brinkbaeumer / Karl Felger | 30 | SCP | 33 | 99 |
| 34 | 20 | USA 220 | Phoenix | Peter Firey / Dan Bowman / John Meiser / Eric Mentzell | 33 | 33 | 34 | 100 |
| 35 | 49 | USA 549 | Black Pearl (Corinthian) | Adam Bowen / Michael Schreiber / Sumner Mead / Hyde Perce | 34 | 35 | 35 | 104 |