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2022 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Lakewood Yacht Club - Day 1

by Julie & Christopher Howell 19 Mar 2022 23:35 GMT 17-20 March 2022

Twenty-five J/22s took to the waters of Galveston Bay for the 2022 J/22 Midwinter Championship hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas.

With a 3,1 on Saturday, James Freedman's Miss Conduct has the advantage with 4 points. Glenn Darden's Baby Doll holds second place with 9 points, just one ahead of Chris Doyle's The Jug 4 1. The next two places are tied at 11 points—Douglas Weakly's HNL2 and Casey Lambert's Blackburn Marine Racing.

Saturday's competition started one hour early due to a lack of racing on Friday (high winds and sea state). With sunny skies and warm spring temperatures, winds looked promising at 8-12 knots. Weakly's HNL2 earned the first victory of the Championship, trailed by Darden's Baby Doll and Freedman's Miss Conduct. The breeze lightened in the next battle, won by Freedman. Doyle's The Jug 4 1 and Colin Feik's Stampede followed.

Max Vinocur's Way She Goes from Annapolis, MD is competing through the USJ22CA Youth and Young Adult Resources program, which provides financial and related support to sailor applicants under 30. Full details are available for new candidates at j22.com/the-boat/youth-resources.

Results after Day 1:

PosBow/Sail NoBoat NameSkipperClubR1R2Pts
1  05 / 752  Miss Conduct  James Freedman   DCYC  3  1  4  
2  04 / 1076  Baby Doll  Glenn Darden   Fort Worth Boat Club  2  7  9  
3  15 / 1649  The Jug 4 1  Chris Doyle   Youngstown YC  8  2  10  
4  01 / 1462  HNL2  Douglas Weakly   ‑  1  10  T  
5  31 / 1531  Blackburn Marine Racing  Casey Lambert   Lakewood Yacht Club  6  5  T  
6  35 / 814  STAMPEDE  Colin Feik   Oklahoma City Boat Club  10  3  13  
7  08 / 836  Let the Wookie Win  Jon Larson   ICYC  4  11  15  
8  29 / 754    Chris Wientjes   CSA  12  6  T  
9  02 / 918  TILT  Alexander Schwinn   FWBC/LYC  9  9  T  
10  21 / 000    Laura Dalgleish   Seabrook Sailing Club  15  4  19  
11  14 / 307  Gas Station Sushi  Jeff Jones   Lyc  7  15  T  
12  07 / 878  Meehem  Tom Meeh   GBCA  14  8  T  
13  20 / 892    Walter Caldwell   PGYC  13  14  27  
14  11 / 919  Troublemaker  Kevin Orff   Lakewood Yacht Club  16  12  28  
15  30 / 830  Veloce v2.2  Josh Richline   CCYC  11  18  29  
16  22 / 358  Liten' Up!  Terry Schertz   Austin Yacht Club  5  25  30  
17  09 / 638  Fresh Aire  Joe Gibbs   Jackson Yacht Club  18  13  31  
18  23 / 673  Knot Bad  John Bryant   Nepean Sailing Club  17  19  36  
19  13 / 35  Skank  Brant Koepke   GBCA  21  16  37  
20  17 / 964  Humbucker  Ted Lischer   Kill Creek Yacht Club  19  20  39  
21  12 / 352  Way She Goes  Max Vinocur   Breakwater Yacht Club  20  21  41  
22  25 / 1003  CHAOS  Bradley Stowe   Kill Creek Yacht Club  25  17  42  
23  78 / 578  Student Driver  Gary Thies   GBCA  22  22  44  
24  18 / 732  Helms a Lee  Anne Lee   HYC  23  23  46  
25  27 / 206  Why Knot?  Tom Hadel   SYC  24  24  48  

Racing concludes Sunday. Complete results available here.

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