2014 Viper 640 North American Championship – Day 2

by Edward R. Padin on 5 Sep 2014 2014 Viper 640 North American Championship - With planning conditions forecast and the sun shining, Viper sailors awoke happy but sore and groggy from a four-race first day and evening festivities. 'You have to really work hard to not have fun when sailing out here' said outgoing Class President Peter Beardsley. '

The wind is great, the competition top notch, and the shore side activities are well hydrated.' The forecast was for 15 knots from the west with Day one leaders Jeff Grange, Tedd White and Chris Parker able to hold onto their overall lead despite not winning the day.

ABYC PRO Steve Kuritz sent the fleet out to the Course so the visiting sailors could experience ocean swells and the full Long Beach experience. The sea breeze didn’t arrive as early as had been forecast but after an hour’s postponement, the day’s first race got off in six - eight knots of breeze. Kuritz noted that 'the day started out light and some different sailors came to the front; but when the wind finally filled-in, the heavy air experts took charge again.'

By the time the third heat of the day started, the predicted 14-15 knot sea breeze had arrived. The last run, with great waves and ocean swells, found the Viper 640 sport boats surfing at 14+ knots down the 1.1 mile leeward legs with gusts approaching 20 knots with breeze-driven chop on top of the swells to make upwind driving a true challenge.

The first win of the day went to Australian Rod Berteaux sailing with country mates Chris O’Keefe and Murray Howsen. As the wind picked-up a bit for the second heat, local sailor Jay Golison sailing with Steve Flam and Mike Bradley took the gun.

The story of the day, however, is that Day One leader Grange finished today adding a six, five, and one to add to his four-bullet first day to retain the lead with 10 points after seven races.

Kevin Taugher won the day with a three – two - three to move into second with a total of 16 points, and Brad Boston scored a nine – three - two for a 17 point total. With seven races in the books, sailors are now discarding their worst finish. A maximum of 14 races are scheduled over the course of the event, though Friday and Saturday cannot start a race after 3:30 pm to accommodate a fleet banquet on Friday and awards on Saturday.

ABYC Event Chair Tim Carter, by the way, sits in eighth place. Carter has orchestrated a truly world-class regatta. Commenting on today’s sailing, Carter noted with a smile, 'Today was another epic day in paradise.' All the competitors agreed.

The Viper 640 North American Championship is a qualifier regatta for the EFG Viper Pan-American Championship. Also helping make this regatta a success are Ullman Sails, Doyle Sailmakers, North Sails, Quantum Sails, Goslings Rum, the Belmont Brewing Company, Rondar Sailboats USA, Sailing Pro Shop, and Rooster.

Complete Results:

Rank	BowNumber	SailNo	Boat	Skipper	Club	Nat	Crew 1	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total	Nett
1st	23	149	Venom	Jeff Grange	Santa Barbara YC	USA	Tedd White, Chris Parker	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(6.0)	5.0	1.0	16.0	10.0
2nd	17	38	Hot Mess	Kevin Taugher	Alamitos Bay	USA	Mike Pentecost, Chuck Tripp	(5.0)	2.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	21.0	16.0
3rd	16	211	Jackpot	Brad Boston	Sarnia Yacht Club	CAN	Curtis Florence, Charles Corning	3.0	3.0	2.0	4.0	(9.0)	3.0	2.0	26.0	17.0
4th	50	153	Last Call	Alex Steele	Balboa YC	USA	Katie McDowell, John Kressi	4.0	(12.0)	3.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	37.0	25.0
5th	5	AUS 215	ECLIPSE	Rod Beurteaux	Yacht Club	AUS	Chris O'Keefe, Murray Howsen	(11.0)	5.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	9.0	5.0	42.0	31.0
6th	4	204	It's All Good	Jay Golison	ABYC	USA	Steve Flam, Mike Bradley	14.0	4.0	12.0	(35.0 DNC)	2.0	1.0	10.0	78.0	43.0
7th	34	254	Mambo Kings	Justin Scott	Riverside Dyer Dinghy Association	USA	Jessie Kirteland, Chad Proctor	10.0	(17.0)	6.0	9.0	7.0	8.0	7.0	64.0	47.0
8th	3	USA 223	Cobra	Tim Carter	Alamitos Bay YC	USA	Patricia Lapadula, Steve Bloemeke	7.0	9.0	14.0	7.0	(17.0)	6.0	6.0	66.0	49.0
9th	25	148	F.N.G.	James Sears	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	USA	Phil Toth, Shannon Heausler	2.0	10.0	13.0	8.0	12.0	(18.0)	11.0	74.0	56.0
10th	1	222	Panda Capacitor	Peter Beardsley	Larchmont YC	USA	Jay Rhame, Rachael Beardsley, Rachael Dougherty	6.0	16.0	7.0	10.0	14.0	13.0	(24.0)	90.0	66.0
11th	41	130	Amateurs	Mark Folkman	KHYC	USA	Mike Galloway, Jeff Johnson	8.0	11.0	10.0	17.0	(24.0)	11.0	9.0	90.0	66.0
12th	60	AUS 183	OLD SCHOOL Racing	Mark Griffith	RPAYC	AUS	Mal Clark, Dave Taylor	17.0	6.0	9.0	11.0	16.0	(19.0)	8.0	86.0	67.0
13th	21	152	Seco Tu Pelo	Pat Gibson	HYC	USA	Max Hardage, Jeff Jones	9.0	7.0	8.0	14.0	(25.0)	14.0	19.0	96.0	71.0
14th	18	23	Clown School	Todd Downey	TPYC	USA	Cody Schlub, Eddy Terchunian	16.0	13.0	(20.0)	16.0	4.0	10.0	13.0	92.0	72.0
15th	8	34	Snake Eyes	Nigel Brownett	ABYC	USA	Andrew Kerr, Glenn Van Heel	18.0	18.0	(21.0)	3.0	11.0	7.0	18.0	96.0	75.0
16th	15	GBR 146	Little Wing	Antony Chapman	Arizona YC	USA	Lucien Sahali, Grant Hill	(20.0)	8.0	17.0	15.0	13.0	16.0	12.0	101.0	81.0
17th	2	104	Locomotion	Ed Feo	Alamitos Bay	USA	Dave Millett, Nick Lounsberry	12.0	15.0	11.0	20.0	8.0	20.0	(21.0)	107.0	86.0
18th	27	187	BOLT	Carson Reynolds	Balboa	USA	Jon Novak, Rene Levert	13.0	(24.0)	16.0	12.0	18.0	15.0	15.0	113.0	89.0
19th	32	174	Boomslang	Geoff Fargo	SBSC	USA	A. Tucker Atterbury, Spencer Stephen	19.0	(26.0)	18.0	13.0	20.0	17.0	14.0	127.0	101.0
20th	7	212	Boiling Point	Craig Walker	ABYC	USA	Danial Milefchik, Keith Magnusson	15.0	(35.0 DNF)	19.0	22.0	10.0	22.0	20.0	143.0	108.0
21st	11	129	Kaa	Garrett Johns	Anacortes Yacht Club	USA	David Way, Steven Orsini	22.0	14.0	15.0	(24.0)	22.0	21.0	16.0	134.0	110.0
22nd	40	GBR 138	V	Douglas Johnstone	CYC	USA	Jim Miller, Liz Hjorth	23.0	20.0	(25.0)	18.0	21.0	23.0	22.0	152.0	127.0
23rd	9	191	Moistened Bint	John Leyland	ABYC	CAN	David Phillips, Dennis Lefeaux	(28.0)	25.0	23.0	21.0	27.0	24.0	17.0	165.0	137.0
24th	22	87	Oshunmare	Steven Chapman	Britannia Yacht	CAN	Christoph, Ledent, Joann Abbot	25.0	23.0	24.0	19.0	23.0	(27.0)	26.0	167.0	140.0
25th	70	131	Dragonfly	Rafe Beswick	South Sound Sailing Society	USA		26.0	21.0	22.0	23.0	(32.0)	25.0	25.0	174.0	142.0
26th	12	25	Sweet Ride	Matt Harden	DCYC	USA	Tim Kraft, Peter Brigadious	24.0	19.0	27.0	(35.0 DNC)	26.0	28.0	23.0	182.0	147.0
27th	52	133	Hyper Viper	Court Roberts	Cameron Forsberg, David Weihs	USA		27.0	27.0	28.0	28.0	19.0	26.0	(32.0)	187.0	155.0
28th	6	USA 46	heroin	Greg Jackson	Arizona Yacht Club	USA	Chrisann Tortora, John Mayall	21.0	22.0	26.0	25.0	(35.0 DNC)	35.0 DNC	35.0 DNC	199.0	164.0
29th	20	209	Jolly Roger	Tyler Wolk	BCYC	USA	Kristina Miller, Shane Corwin	30.0	29.0	30.0	(35.0 DNC)	15.0	33.0	30.0	202.0	167.0
30th	13	151	TBD	George Gluecksmann	VRC	CAN	Alec Caterson, Warren Fitzgerald	29.0	28.0	29.0	26.0	28.0	29.0	(35.0 DNS)	204.0	169.0
31st	10	159	Wild Hogs	Peter Bauer	Larchmont Yacht Club	USA	Chrisptopher Foley, Edward Padin	31.0	(35.0 DNF)	35.0 DNC	35.0 DNC	29.0	12.0	28.0	205.0	170.0
32nd	14	110	BB	Dennis Palmieri	Alamitos Bay	USA	Brett Alred, Tom Blanton	32.0	31.0	(35.0 DNC)	27.0	30.0	32.0	31.0	218.0	183.0
33rd	24	81	US 81	Bob McHugh	Cedar Point YC	USA	David Lynn, Michael Cosgrove	33.0	30.0	(35.0 DNC)	35.0 DNC	31.0	30.0	29.0	223.0	188.0
34th	33	21	wave*ohs	Chris Ganne	FYC	USA	Arthur Vasenius, Bryant Humann	(35.0 DNF)	35.0 DNF	35.0 DNC	35.0 DNC	33.0	31.0	27.0	231.0	196.0