J/22, J/24, J/105 Championships and More Racing Roundup October 27-29

J/22, J/24, J/105 Championships and More Racing Roundup: Here’s your SpinSheet Racing Roundup for October 27-29 on the Chesapeake.

J/22 photo by Luke Pelican

J/24 East Coasts and J/22 Mid-Atlantic Championships

Congratulations to Brad Julian, who placed first of 24 at the J/22 Mid-Atlantics last weekend, October 27-29, out of Severn Sailing Association. Mike Marshall on Bad News and Jeff Todd on Hot Toddy placed second and third respectively. Find full J/22 Mid-Atlantic results here.

J/24 photo by Luke PelicanCongratulations to James Bonham, who proved victorious in the 25-boat fleet at the J/24 East Coasts. Tony Parker on Bangor Packet and Travis Odenbach on Honey Badger placed second and third respectively. Find full J/24 ECC results here.

J/24 photo by Luke Pelican

J/105 East Coast Championships

Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club. Results below and complete J/105 results here.

1. (no name)    John White      1          2          1          2          2          8.0

2. Mirage         Cedric Lewis/ Fredrik Salvesen          4          1          2          1          3          11.0

3. Bat IV         Andrew Kennedy       5          5          4          6          1          21.0

Leukemia Cup Fantasy Sail
The Leukemia Cup Fantasy Sail with Gary Jobson took place this weekend on Harbor 20s, also hosted by AYC. This event celebrated Gary’s 25 years of service to LLS. Final Fantasy sail results are here.

2016 Halloween Howl photo by Dan Phelps

Halloween Howl

Nothing like the sight of a slew of Optis on the water on a windy fall day. Here are final results of AYC’s Halloween Howl.

Opti (43 boats)

1          22266  Schofield, Conrad       Blue     2          2          1          2          1          8.00     1

2          21629  Meek, Robby  Blue     4          5          2          4          2          17.00   2

3          17273  Carty, George Red     9          15        3          5          5          37.00   3

Blue Fleet (26 boats)

1          22266  Schofield, Conrad       Blue     2          2          1          2          1          8.00     1

2          21629  Meek, Robby  Blue     4          5          2          4          2          17.00   2

3          22414  Allgeier, Henry           Blue     7          8          5          9          8          37.00   3

Red Fleet (11 boats)

1          17273  Carty, George Red     9          15        3          5          5          37.00   1

2          19976  Sweet, Skylor  Red     11        9          4          8          6          38.00   2

3          USA 17990     Amthor, Madeline       Red     10        12        8          7          10        47.00   3

White Fleet (8 boats)

1          6415               White  24        21        27        26        23        121.00 1

2          11564  Angus, Bo       White  21        20        22        17        44/UFD           124.00 2

3          16039  DeSimone, Luca         White  44/DNF           23        20        22        25        134.00

the Viper 640 Terminally Pretty at the Nationals. Viper 640 class Facebook photo

Viper 640 Nationals

Congratulations to Chesapeake sailors who competed in the 2017 Viper 640 Nationals at Fort Walton YC in Fort Walton Beach, FL, last week. Lin McCarthy reports: “After 11 races the nine Vipers with Southern Bay attachments did fine in the very competitive 54-boat fleet. 

Finishing overall in the Top 10 were Zeke Horowitz with Ian Coleman and Luke Lawrence – 4th and Mary Ewenson with Geoff Ewenson and Skip Dieball – 6th; and, Dave Nickerson with Moise Solomon and Scott Lemming – 7th. 

Also enjoying the Florida breezes were Jay Rhame and Peter Beardsley (12th); Henry Amthor (19th); Jonathan Colarusson and Sarah Schaill (25th); Peter ill (30th), Steve Taylor (31st) and Cole Constantinea and Eleni Asimacopoulos (42nd).   Find final Viper nationals results here.

Also from the Southern Bay

FBYC FALL SERIES CONCLUDES. 

Nineteen (19) skippers and crew finished out the FBYC 2017 Fall Series on Saturday.  They got in 2 races and here are the results for the day:

PHRF A (6 boats): 1.Craig Wright, Afterthought; 2.Glenn Doncaster, Nanuq; 3.Mayo Tabb, Excitation

PHRF B (6 boats): 1.Bob Fleck, Mad Hatter; 2.Dennis Hannick, Goin’; 3.Lud Kimbrough, Nostalgia. 

PHRF C (4 boats): 1.Paul and Julie Wash, Cheeky Monkey; 2.Burke Johnson/Hal Starke/Rick Peterson, Play it Again; 3.Brad Miller, Schiehallion

PHRF Non-Spin (3 Boats): 1.James Sturdy, Wendas; 2.Mike Dale, Juggernaut. 

Principal Race Officer-Tom Roberts.