2015 VX One North American Championship - A solid start
by Julie & Christopher Howell on 6 Oct 2015
2015 VX One North American Championship - Race one Chris Howell
The VX One North American Championship, hosted by Gulfport Yacht Club in Gulfport, MS, got off to a solid start with four races completed for 28 teams. Marcus Eagan’s Cajun Underwriting holds the early advantage after posting scores of one, two, six, two for 11 points. Three points behind is Donovan Brennan’s Smuggler. 2014 North American Champion Chris Alexander’s Isabelita Con Queso rests in third with 27 points.
As the opening contest got underway under partly sunny skies, winds were eight knots, but dropped a bit by the time of the finish. Eagan crossed the line first, ahead of Brennan and Bill Griffin. Brennan moved up to the top spot in race two as the shifty breeze rose to eight - ten knots and overcast arrived. Eagan dropped to the second position, and Alexander placed third. Isabelita Con Queso claimed the next victory, while John Potter and Dustin Brennan followed. A new name, Matt Haddon, won the final bout, as Eagan and Potter rounded out the top trio while the sun returned.
Racing continues through Wednesday.
Results:
VX ONE (28 boats)
Series Standing - 4 races scored
Pos |
Sail |
Boat |
Rating |
Skipper |
Yacht Club |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Total |
Pos |
1
|
177 |
Cajun Underwriting |
0 |
Marcus Eagan |
Bay-Waveland Yacht Club |
|
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
|
11 |
1
|
2
|
124 |
Isabelita Con Queso |
0 |
Chris Alexander |
Gulfport Yacht Club |
|
6 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
|
26 |
2
|
3
|
222 |
Wild Deuces |
0 |
Paul Currie |
RCYC |
|
5 |
4 |
9 |
14 |
|
32 |
3
|
4
|
176 |
kill bill |
0 |
bill griffin |
Wadawanuck |
|
2 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
|
34T |
4
|
5
|
195 |
|
0 |
Brian Bennett |
SSS |
|
10 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
34T |
5
|
6
|
135 |
Bob Sled |
0 |
Robby Brown |
Davis Island YC |
|
4 |
5 |
20 |
6 |
|
35 |
6
|
7
|
201 |
Smuggler |
0 |
Donovan Brennan |
NOYC |
|
29/RET |
1 |
7 |
4 |
|
41 |
7
|
8
|
187 |
VX One |
0 |
John Potter |
Beaufort Yacht & sailing Club |
|
14 |
24 |
2 |
3 |
|
43 |
8
|
9
|
196 |
My Sharona |
0 |
George Gamble |
Pensacola Yacht Club |
|
3 |
7 |
11 |
25 |
|
46 |
9
|
10
|
159 |
Angry Baboon |
0 |
Kenny Wolfe |
RCYC |
|
7 |
9 |
25 |
9 |
|
50 |
10
|
11
|
205 |
|
0 |
Matt Haddon |
British Exiles YC |
|
8 |
29/OCS |
15 |
1 |
|
53T |
11
|
12
|
161 |
Happy Ending |
0 |
Vernon Green |
OCBC |
|
15 |
12 |
21 |
5 |
|
53T |
12
|
13
|
150 |
???? |
0 |
Dustin Brennan |
NOYC |
|
9 |
18 |
3 |
27 |
|
57T |
13
|
14
|
178 |
Cruzan Rhode |
0 |
Timothy Pitts |
NBYC |
|
12 |
13 |
13 |
19 |
|
57T |
14
|
15
|
164 |
Akula |
0 |
Shawn Cina |
OCBC |
|
24 |
26 |
5 |
7 |
|
62T |
15
|
16
|
175 |
This side down |
0 |
Jeff Eiber |
Edgewater yacht club |
|
17 |
16 |
16 |
13 |
|
62T |
16
|
17
|
204 |
Reversal of Fortune |
0 |
Jeffrey Progelhof |
Rush Creek Yacht Club |
|
20 |
20 |
4 |
23 |
|
67 |
17
|
18
|
169 |
THE ANIMAL |
0 |
Jeff Jones |
LBYC |
|
11 |
6 |
24 |
28 |
|
69 |
18
|
19
|
170 |
Mongoose |
102 |
Kevin Blank |
Tammany Yacht Club |
|
25 |
11 |
19 |
15 |
|
70 |
19
|
20
|
125 |
The Spaniard |
0 |
Rob Doolittle |
Pont. Y.C. |
|
16 |
25 |
10 |
20 |
|
71 |
20
|
21
|
152 |
|
0 |
Beat Steffen |
Sailing Club Hallwil, Switzerland |
|
18 |
22 |
22 |
12 |
|
74T |
21
|
22
|
142 |
Cool Change |
0 |
Peter Van Rossem |
Kingston Yacht Club |
|
13 |
21 |
14 |
26 |
|
74T |
22
|
23
|
128 |
Flash Gordan |
0 |
Lawrence Frost |
Southern Yacht Club |
|
22 |
15 |
23 |
17 |
|
77 |
23
|
24
|
200 |
Rosebud |
0 |
Justin Howard |
Oklahoma City Boat Club |
|
19 |
14 |
28 |
18 |
|
79 |
24
|
25
|
122 |
SeaFlight |
0 |
Darrell Peck |
Vancouver Lake Sailing Club |
|
26 |
17 |
17 |
21 |
|
81 |
25
|
26
|
116 |
Andrew Walford |
0 |
Andrew Walford |
St Petersburg Yacht Club |
|
23 |
19 |
18 |
22 |
|
82 |
26
|
27
|
197 |
Second Line |
0 |
Shelley Caplan |
BWYC |
|
27 |
27 |
26 |
11 |
|
91 |
27
|
28
|
132 |
Chevere |
0 |
Cesar Roca |
BucYC/MYC |
|
21 |
23 |
27 |
24 |
|
95 |
28
|
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