A-Class Catamaran North American Champs - Winner on last day is...
by A-Cat North Americans on 23 May 2015
Matt Struble, 2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Champion, taking his "victory lap" Walter Cooper
St. Andrews Bay in Panama City tested the 41 competitors’ light-air skills on the last day of the 2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship. Matt Struble secured his third North American championship title with two more first place finishes. Bruce Mahoney, last year’s champion, finished the event second overall with a three - two scorecard today. Bailey White captured third overall.
Fourth place Woody Cope, who also brings home the great grand master title (65+ years old), quipped to the spectator fleet as he rounded in front of Struble at the top mark in the last race of the day, “Well, this is a first.” In the shifty conditions and heavy current no lead was safe, however. When they split at the bottom mark, Struble’s move out the right side paid off, overtaking the lead and the win.
Today was really the icing on the cake,” Struble said, “Bruce is going so well, and with the big change in conditions today I had no idea how I would get along in non-foiling conditions. I was the most nervous today of the whole week. But it worked out nice. I had adjusted my sail set up, which allowed me a little bit more power, and tactically allowed me to go where I wanted to go.”
Struble noted that while he’s been sailing a lot this year, it’s probably the least amount of racing he’s ever done and chuckled, “I think I’m sailing the best I’ve ever sailed.”
Bob Hodges, who suffered damage from a collision in day one and an over early penalty, battled back throughout the remaining three days to capture fifth place with the help of the second throw-out. “I was really happy to get back into the top five. “Overall this week I learned a lot downwind and felt like thing were starting to come together,” said Hodges, who races on the eXploder, a foiling design. “I think I’ve filled my notebook to take home and help me prepare for the Worlds in Italy.”
Overall Results
Sailed: 10, Discards: 2, To count: 8, Entries: 41, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank |
SailNo |
HelmName |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
R9 |
R10 |
Total |
Nett |
Notes |
1st |
3 USA |
Struble, Matt |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
(4.0) |
(2.0) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
14.0 |
8.0 |
Master |
2nd |
311 USA |
Mahoney,Bruce |
(2.0) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
(3.0) |
2.0 |
19.0 |
14.0 |
Master |
3rd |
320 USA |
White, Bailey |
3.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
(6.0) |
(6.0) |
40.0 |
28.0 |
Master |
4th |
350 USA |
Cope, Woody |
(7.0) |
5.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
7.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
84.0 |
35.0 |
GGMaster 65+ |
5th |
230 USA |
Hodges, Bob |
4.0 |
(42.0 OCS) |
(42.0 DNF) |
5.0 |
6.0 |
9.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
131.0 |
47.0 |
Great Grand Master |
6th |
1122 USA |
Bello, Joseph |
(42.0 DNC) |
7.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
(19.0) |
9.0 |
119.0 |
58.0 |
Junior |
7th |
192 USA |
Marshack, Ken |
9.0 |
8.0 |
(11.0) |
9.0 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
(13.0) |
8.0 |
10.0 |
4.0 |
84.0 |
60.0 |
Great Grand Master |
8th |
135 USA |
Oliver, Tracy |
5.0 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
11.0 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
(21.0) |
(26.0) |
112.0 |
65.0 |
Grand Master |
9th |
193 USA |
Brown, Christopher |
6.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
(23.0) |
5.0 |
22.0 |
(27.0) |
20.0 |
116.0 |
66.0 |
Great Grand Master |
10th |
994 AUS |
Pitt, Nigel |
11.0 |
15.0 |
6.0 |
(16.0) |
(42.0 DNF) |
7.0 |
12.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
135.0 |
77.0 |
Great Grand Master |
11th |
99 USA |
Hall, Ben |
13.0 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
(21.0) |
17.0 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
(19.0) |
11.0 |
11.0 |
123.0 |
83.0 |
GGMaster 65+ |
12th |
341 USA |
Shafer, Alex |
10.0 |
(19.0) |
14.0 |
14.0 |
(15.0) |
14.0 |
11.0 |
13.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
122.0 |
88.0 |
Master |
13th |
294 USA |
Krantz, Mike |
15.0 |
(18.0) |
10.0 |
(18.0) |
13.0 |
12.0 |
15.0 |
12.0 |
4.0 |
14.0 |
131.0 |
95.0 |
Grand Master |
14th |
17 USA |
Batchelor, Chris |
20.0 |
11.0 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
(28.0) |
10.0 |
3.0 |
23.0 |
(31.0) |
157.0 |
98.0 |
None |
15th |
212 USA |
Grice, Kevin |
12.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
14.0 |
10.0 |
(16.0) |
14.0 |
(15.0) |
12.0 |
132.0 |
101.0 |
Great Grand Master |
16th |
44 CAN |
Woods, Larry |
14.0 |
12.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
15.0 |
9.0 |
19.0 |
18.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
(37.0) |
190.0 |
111.0 |
Grand Master |
17th |
44 USA |
Leonard, Joe |
16.0 |
16.0 |
(18.0) |
11.0 |
11.0 |
13.0 |
(22.0) |
15.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
158.0 |
118.0 |
Great Grand Master |
18th |
231 USA |
Bird, Rush |
26.0 |
17.0 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
(42.0 DNF) |
17.0 |
16.0 |
12.0 |
10.0 |
220.0 |
136.0 |
Great Grand Master |
19th |
55 CAN |
Woods, Todd |
(42.0 DNF) |
(32.0) |
26.0 |
23.0 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
19.0 |
24.0 |
8.0 |
13.0 |
219.0 |
145.0 |
Grand Master |
20th |
291 USA |
Meyers, Jeff |
19.0 |
22.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
20.0 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
(28.0) |
27.0 |
218.0 |
148.0 |
Great Grand Master |
21st |
211 USA |
Goritski, David |
8.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
22.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
15.0 |
23.0 |
(26.0) |
17.0 |
25.0 |
218.0 |
150.0 |
Great Grand Master |
22nd |
42 USA |
Hart, Todd |
17.0 |
10.0 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
28.0 |
21.0 |
27.0 |
17.0 |
(29.0) |
(32.0) |
213.0 |
152.0 |
Grand Master |
23rd |
108 USA |
Orr, Bob |
(31.0) |
25.0 |
23.0 |
20.0 |
21.0 |
25.0 |
(28.0) |
20.0 |
13.0 |
15.0 |
221.0 |
162.0 |
Great Grand Master |
24th |
293 USA |
Roth, Ron |
22.0 |
27.0 |
17.0 |
(29.0) |
26.0 |
24.0 |
(30.0) |
18.0 |
20.0 |
19.0 |
232.0 |
173.0 |
Great Grand Master |
25th |
74 USA |
Stevenson, Scott |
21.0 |
(29.0) |
24.0 |
(33.0) |
20.0 |
18.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
241.0 |
179.0 |
Grand Master |
26th |
196 USA |
Carlson, David |
18.0 |
24.0 |
22.0 |
26.0 |
23.0 |
(27.0) |
21.0 |
(28.0) |
24.0 |
22.0 |
235.0 |
180.0 |
GGMaster 65+ |
27th |
309 USA |
Vining, Bill |
(33.0) |
21.0 |
16.0 |
24.0 |
19.0 |
(36.0) |
31.0 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
17.0 |
259.0 |
190.0 |
Grand Master |
28th |
235 USA |
Sparks, Joe |
24.0 |
26.0 |
28.0 |
27.0 |
(29.0) |
22.0 |
29.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
22.0 |
16.0 |
265.0 |
194.0 |
Great Grand Master |
29th |
268 NZL |
Burdett, Andrew |
28.0 |
23.0 |
25.0 |
(30.0) |
25.0 |
26.0 |
20.0 |
27.0 |
(35.0) |
21.0 |
260.0 |
195.0 |
Great Grand Master |
30th |
57 USA |
Paoli,Tom |
27.0 |
28.0 |
27.0 |
28.0 |
30.0 |
29.0 |
26.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
(32.0) |
29.0 |
298.0 |
224.0 |
Great Grand Master |
31st |
318 USA |
Burger, Patrick |
(42.0 DNC) |
(42.0 DNC) |
42.0 DNC |
25.0 |
18.0 |
31.0 |
36.0 |
29.0 |
16.0 |
36.0 |
317.0 |
233.0 |
Grand Master |
32nd |
290 USA |
Skeels, Mark |
32.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
(34.0) |
24.0 |
34.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
26.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
318.0 |
242.0 |
Great Grand Master |
33rd |
332 USA |
Back, Terry |
35.0 |
34.0 |
29.0 |
32.0 |
22.0 |
33.0 |
24.0 |
34.0 |
(42.0 DNC) |
(42.0 DNC) |
327.0 |
243.0 |
Grand Master |
34th |
29 CAN |
Woods, Andrew |
29.0 |
31.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
31.0 |
33.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
(37.0) |
36.0 |
28.0 |
337.0 |
258.0 |
None |
35th |
747 USA |
Cerf, E-van den Berg, N. |
34.0 |
(36.0) |
32.0 |
(39.0) |
32.0 |
32.0 |
34.0 |
30.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
335.0 |
260.0 |
Grand Master |
36th |
347 USA |
Cerf, N – Vandenoever, T |
(42.0 DNF) |
(42.0 DNF) |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
42.0 DNF |
17.0 |
32.0 |
25.0 |
38.0 |
24.0 |
346.0 |
262.0 |
Junior |
37th |
143 USA |
Herendeen, Mark |
36.0 |
33.0 |
31.0 |
37.0 |
31.0 |
(38.0) |
(38.0) |
36.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
340.0 |
264.0 |
Grand Master |
38th |
73 USA |
Rodgers, OH |
25.0 |
13.0 |
21.0 |
(42.0 DNC) |
(42.0 DNC) |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
353.0 |
269.0 |
Great Grand Master |
39th |
308 USA |
Mitchell, Warren |
23.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
(42.0 DNF) |
38.0 |
35.0 |
30.0 |
42.0 DNF |
35.0 |
34.0 |
35.0 |
356.0 |
272.0 |
GGMaster 65+ |
40th |
31 CAN |
Lamb, Norm |
(42.0 DNF) |
(42.0 DNC) |
42.0 DNC |
36.0 |
34.0 |
37.0 |
37.0 |
32.0 |
37.0 |
34.0 |
373.0 |
289.0 |
Grand Master |
41st |
465 USA |
Batchelor, Mark |
30.0 |
35.0 |
(42.0 DNF) |
35.0 |
27.0 |
(42.0 DNS) |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
42.0 DNC |
379.0 |
295.0 |
GGMaster 65+ |
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