2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship - Day 2
by A-Cat North Americans on 21 May 2015
Bailey White leads Christopher Brown into the top mark Walter Cooper
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The 2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship delivered two more races today as the breeze picked up to almost 17 knots, delivering spills, thrills, and impressive recoveries for the 41 competitors in St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Fla.
The top five leaderboard remained static after five races, although the scores tightened up. Matt Struble’s string of bullets came to an end in race two, when Bruce Mahoney and Struble came battling into the leeward gate, with Struble on port. When Struble gybed, his bows dug in and capsized. Thanks to a quick recovery and one more lap he saved a fourth place finish. Struble sits in first with eight points; Mahoney with nine.
Birthday boy Bailey White, also known as the U.S. A-Class “presidente” is in third with 18 points. Christopher Brown is one point behind in fourth overall and Tracy Oliver with 34 points rounds out the top five.
While the foiling sailors continue to refine their techniques and equipment settings, Ben Hall is on day three of the same with his new Barracuda Three design. “Right now, foiling is like having one foot on a banana peel, and the other on an oil slick,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out that transition zone that is good for foiling or not, but how can you not be having fun out there.” Hall is currently in 10th place.
Ken Marshack in sixth place overall, is pleased his day involved no breakages today. “Yesterday on the last race my tiller broke, which made for a tough last leg as I couldn’t trapeze out,” he said. He is sailing a DNA with C-boards, and recently added winglets, which is helping steady the boat out. “I’m finding in the windier conditions like today, the closer I stay to the top foiling boats. Doing the Wild Thing downwind seems to be working for me.”
In a display of camaraderie and seamanship typical of A-Cat sailors, Patrick Burger today came to the rescue fellow sailor Nigel Pitt when Pitt capsized downwind. When he got separated from the boat, Burger immediately scooped him up and delivered Pitt back to his boat. This act comes on the heels of his frightening day yesterday when before race one he learned his wife and mother-in-law were in a car accident an hour away. Thankfully other than serious bruises, all are OK. Needless to say, he is looking forward to the remainder of the regatta drama free.
On shore, the Panama City community and St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club continues to show off their best to the sailors as well. Last night they were treated to a private wine tasting at Avenue Sea in downtown Panama City. This evening the sailors have an opportunity to explore the area, before tomorrow’s regatta banquet at the club in LowCountry Boil style.
Overall Results:
Rank |
SailNo |
Club |
HelmName |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
Total |
Nett |
1st |
3 USA |
|
Struble, Matt |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
2nd |
311 USA |
|
Mahoney,Bruce |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
3rd |
320 USA |
|
White, Bailey |
3.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
4th |
193 USA |
|
Brown, Christopher |
6.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
5th |
135 USA |
|
Oliver, Tracy |
5.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
34.0 |
34.0 |
6th |
192 USA |
Intergalactic |
Marshack, Ken |
9.0 |
8.0 |
11.0 |
9.0 |
7.0 |
44.0 |
44.0 |
7th |
17 USA |
|
Batchelor, Chris |
20.0 |
11.0 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
62.0 |
62.0 |
8th |
350 USA |
|
Cope, Woody |
7.0 |
5.0 |
42.0 DNF |
7.0 |
3.0 |
64.0 |
64.0 |
9th |
212 USA |
Intergalactic |
Grice, Kevin |
12.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
14.0 |
65.0 |
65.0 |
10th |
99 USA |
|
Hall, Ben |
13.0 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
21.0 |
17.0 |
68.0 |
68.0 |
11th |
73B USA |
|
Bello, Joseph |
42.0 DNC |
7.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
13th |
44 USA |
Intergalactic |
Leonard, Joe |
16.0 |
16.0 |
18.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
72.0 |
72.0 |
12th |
341 USA |
|
Shafer, Alex |
10.0 |
19.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
15.0 |
72.0 |
72.0 |
14th |
294 USA |
|
Krantz, Mike |
15.0 |
18.0 |
10.0 |
18.0 |
13.0 |
74.0 |
74.0 |
15th |
42 USA |
Intergalactic |
Hart, Todd |
17.0 |
10.0 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
28.0 |
87.0 |
87.0 |
16th |
994 AUS |
|
Pitt, Nigel |
11.0 |
15.0 |
6.0 |
16.0 |
42.0 DNF |
90.0 |
90.0 |
17th |
44 CAN |
|
Woods, Larry |
14.0 |
12.0 |
42.0 DNF |
15.0 |
9.0 |
92.0 |
92.0 |
18th |
230 USA |
|
Hodges, Bob |
4.0 |
42.0 OCS |
42.0 DNF |
5.0 |
6.0 |
99.0 |
99.0 |
19th |
291 USA |
|
Meyers, Jeff |
19.0 |
22.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
42.0 DNF |
108.0 |
108.0 |
20th |
211 USA |
Intergalactic |
Goritski, David |
8.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
22.0 |
42.0 DNF |
112.0 |
112.0 |
22nd |
196 USA |
|
Carlson, David |
18.0 |
24.0 |
22.0 |
26.0 |
23.0 |
113.0 |
113.0 |
21st |
309 USA |
Intergalactic |
Vining, Bill |
33.0 |
21.0 |
16.0 |
24.0 |
19.0 |
113.0 |
113.0 |
23rd |
108 USA |
Intergalactic |
Orr, Bob |
31.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
20.0 |
21.0 |
120.0 |
120.0 |
24th |
293 USA |
|
Roth, Ron |
22.0 |
27.0 |
17.0 |
29.0 |
26.0 |
121.0 |
121.0 |
25th |
231 USA |
|
Bird, Rush |
26.0 |
17.0 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
42.0 DNF |
123.0 |
123.0 |
26th |
74 USA |
Intergalactic |
Stevenson, Scott |
21.0 |
29.0 |
24.0 |
33.0 |
20.0 |
127.0 |
127.0 |
27th |
268 NZL |
Intergalactic |
Burdett, Andrew |
28.0 |
23.0 |
25.0 |
30.0 |
25.0 |
131.0 |
131.0 |
28th |
235 USA |
Intergalactic |
Sparks, Joe |
24.0 |
26.0 |
28.0 |
27.0 |
29.0 |
134.0 |
134.0 |
29th |
55 CAN |
|
Woods, Todd |
42.0 DNF |
32.0 |
26.0 |
23.0 |
16.0 |
139.0 |
139.0 |
30th |
57 USA |
Intergalactic |
Paoli,Tom |
27.0 |
28.0 |
27.0 |
28.0 |
30.0 |
140.0 |
140.0 |
31st |
73 USA |
|
Rodgers, OH |
25.0 |
13.0 |
21.0 |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
143.0 |
143.0 |
32nd |
290 USA |
Intergalactic |
Skeels, Mark |
32.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
34.0 |
24.0 |
150.0 |
150.0 |
33rd |
332 USA |
Intergalactic |
Back, Terry |
35.0 |
34.0 |
29.0 |
32.0 |
22.0 |
152.0 |
152.0 |
34th |
29 CAN |
|
Woods, Andrew |
29.0 |
31.0 |
42.0 DNF |
31.0 |
33.0 |
166.0 |
166.0 |
35th |
143 USA |
|
Herendeen, Mark |
36.0 |
33.0 |
31.0 |
37.0 |
31.0 |
168.0 |
168.0 |
37th |
465 USA |
Intergalactic |
Batchelor, Mark |
30.0 |
35.0 |
42.0 DNF |
35.0 |
27.0 |
169.0 |
169.0 |
36th |
318 USA |
Intergalactic |
Burger, Patrick |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
25.0 |
18.0 |
169.0 |
169.0 |
38th |
347 USA |
Intergalactic |
Cerf, Emmanuel |
34.0 |
36.0 |
32.0 |
39.0 |
32.0 |
173.0 |
173.0 |
39th |
308 USA |
Intergalactic |
Mitchell, Warren |
23.0 |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
38.0 |
35.0 |
180.0 |
180.0 |
40th |
31 CAN |
Intergalactic |
Lamb, Norm |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
36.0 |
34.0 |
196.0 |
196.0 |
41st |
747 USA |
|
Cerf, Nicolas |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
210.0 |
210.0 |
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