Audi Melges 20 Canadian Nationals 2014 - Sensational day 2

by International Audi Melges 20 Class Association on 21 Sep 2014 Audi Melges 20 Canadian Nationals 2014 - Toronto, Canada - The end of September in Canada usually means sharpening the hockey skates and battening down the hatches for a long winter, but for one more day the city of Mississauga and the Audi Melges 20 fleet were greeted with warm southerly winds which allowed for four stellar races. Once again, the Port Credit RC team did an awesome job of starting on time and banging off four high quality races worthy of a World Championship event.

Like most freshwater venues, when the wind kicks up so does the sea state and being close to the shoreline, the waves were not just tall and imposing, they had the ability to loosen molars going upwind. Downwind allowed for some awesome surfing conditions and teams who could figure out how to keep their boat on a plane did well on day two.

Upwind was a challenge for most teams as the steep chop presented some difficult moments, and it was Cesar Gomes Neto on Portobello that showed superior boat speed to claim the lead position around every first windward mark to sail to an impressive one-two-one-one on the day. John Taylor on Ninkasi was not far behind with a four-one-two-two but could not match the speed of Gomes Neto upwind.

Local Canadian John Messenger and his team on Black Sheep hung tough all day to sit in third overall and first Corinthian after Race Seven. Rhonda Joyce on Batteries Not Required pieced together a great first race to grab a second place finish, setting up for a solid day and long battle with Justin Quigg on Character 2.0 and Brian and Melissa Hill on Atlas. Despite solid leads in both the overall and Corinthian standings, there are two shifty races on tap for the final day of the Canadians.

The breeze has been stellar and the only thing better has been the Port Credit hospitality. This truly is a great place to race Audi Melges 20s and mingle afterwards. The fleet will head to the Brogue Inn for a Saturday night party, and if the party follows the wind, it will be strong!

2014 Audi Melges 20 Canadian National Championship
Preliminary Cumulative Results

Event website

Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Owner/Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	T O	Total
Canadian National Championship Racing
	One Design Division
		Audi Melges 20
		1.	245	BRA 245	Portobello	Audi Melges 20	Cesar Gomes Neto	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	[2]	8.0
		2.	15	USA 1315	Ninkasi	Audi Melges 20	John Taylor	6	2	1	4	1	2	2	[6]	12.0
		3.	666	CAN 666	Black Sheep (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Jon Messenger	3	5	3	5	3	3	3	[5]	20.0
		4.	229	CAN 229	Character 2.0	Audi Melges 20	Justin Quigg	4	3	5	3	4	4	6	[6]	23.0
		5.	115	USA 115	Atlas (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Brian and Melissa Hill	1	4	7	6	5	5	5	[7]	26.0
		6.	170	CAN 170	Batteries Not Required	Audi Melges 20	Rhonda Joyce	7	7	4	2	6	9	4	[9]	30.0
		7.	222	CAN 222	Wild Deuces (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Paul Currie	5	6	8	9	7	6	9	[9]	41.0
		8.	254	CAN 254	CAN 254	Audi Melges 20	Frank McLaughlin	10	10	9	7	8	8	7	[10]	49.0
		9.	227	USA 227	Manatea 20	Audi Melges 20	Bob Hayward	8	9	10	8	10	7	8	[10]	50.0
		10.	221	CAN 221	Slippery (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Jim Pearson	9	8	6	10	9	11	13/DNC	[13]	53.0
		11.	42	USA 122	Liberti (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Greg Berti	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	[12]	65.0
		12.		CAN 141	Umi Taka II (Corinthian)	Audi Melges 20	Chris Rypkema	13/DNC	13/DNC	13/DNC	11	12	13/DNF	10	[13]	72.0