Will Welles Perfect on Day 2 of J/24 North American Championship

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 28 May 2017

2017 J/24 North American Championship - Day 2 Christopher Howell

Will Welles’ Bogus went four for four on Saturday at the J/24 North American Championship hosted by Houston Yacht Club. The Newport, RI-based skipper made a strong case in defending his title by winning all four meetings in winds at 12-18 knots.

2017 J/24 North American Championship - Day 2 © Christopher Howell

Welles is now able to discard an OCS from race one, leaving him a scoreline of four, two, three, one, one, one, one for 13 points. Mike Ingham’s Nautalytics, also now dropping an OCS from race one, moved up to second with a solid day including three runner-up finishes. A sixth in the day’s final contest, paired with Welles perfect afternoon, prevented him from taking the overall lead in the 29-boat fleet. Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger dropped to third with 22 points.

2017 J/24 North American Championship - Day 2 © Christopher Howell

Welles and Ingham placed first and second, respectively, in each of Saturday’s first three races. The bronze position was taken by Todd Fedyszyn’s Spoony Tactics in race five, Odenbach’s Honeybadger in race six and Nobuyuki Imai’s Siesta in race seven. Following Welles in race eight were Imai and Odenbach.

Racing concludes Sunday.

2017 J/24 North American Championship - Day 2 © Christopher Howell

Results:

J/24 (29 entries) Scoring: OneDesign

Position	Bow	Sail	Name	Boat Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Points
1	04	USA 5208	Welles, Will	Bogus	[30/OCS]	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	13.0
2	07	USA 5443	Ingham, Mike	Nautalytics	[30/OCS]	2	1	1	2	2	8/20%	6	22.0
3	20	USA 5432	Odenbach, Travis	Honeybadger	4	3	3	2	[11/20%]	3	4	3	22.0
4	16	JPN 5185	Imai, Nobuyuki	Siesta	8	1	5	4	[11]	6	3	2	29.0
5	06	USA 2785	White, Carter	Sea Bags Sailing Team	5/10%	5	9	5	6	4	[10]	4	38.0
6	12	USA 5257	Glackin, Aidan	Mental Floss	3	8	8	[10/10%]	4	8	5	8	44.0
7	17	USA 3223	Fedyszyn, Todd	Spoony Tactics	[13]	6	6	6	3	5	7	11	44.0
8	01	USA 126	Harden, Natalie	Giggles	7	9	7	8	8	[10]	6	10	55.0
9	02	USA 3734	Freedman, James	Miss Conduct	15	[30/OCS]	4	11	9	7	9	7	62.0
10	24	USA 2843	Sly, Patricio	Muy Muy	1	7	13	[30/DSQ]	10	15/20%	12	5	63.0
11	18	USA 3004	Mcdonald, Crisp	Classic	11	14	12	[20/10%]	13	11	13	9	83.0
12	22	USA 3935	Howarth, Michael	Gravelle Woodworking	17	12	10	16	[21]	16	8	12	91.0
13	46	USA 2961	Moon, Tonja Holmes	Siren	12	10	18	10	[20]	15	14/RDG	14/RDG	93.0
14	21	USA 672	Mott, Kevin	Heavy Fuel	6	11	27/10%	14	14	13	14	[30/DNF]	99.0
15	42	USA 4200	Rubin, Josh Bowens	Zero Gravity	5	15	15	13	7	17	[30/RET]	30/DNC	102.0
16	25	US 4808	Stauber, Ben	INSATIABLE	10	[22]	17	9	17	14	22	14	103.0
17	69	USA 2702	Smith, Mark W	After Midnight	9	27/30%	14	18/10%	24	12	18	[30/OCS]	122.0
18	03	USA 267	Holmes, Christopher	BadMoon	18	13	[23]	21	15	20	16	20	123.0
19	23	USA 1155	Bailey, Barry	Trick Bag	20	16	11	12	18	26	24	[30/DNC]	127.0
20	08	USA 2822	Juengst, Stuart	Vang Go	16	[24/10%]	19	19	22	18	21	13	128.0
21	13	USA 2160	Martin-de-Nicolas, Jorge	Stray Dog	21	23	20	22	23	[25]	11	17	137.0
22	27	CAN 4165	Wells, Steve	ChupaCabra	14	[30/OCS]	21	18	25	22	20	19	139.0
23	09	USA 1565	Johnson, Tim	Gray Wolf	19	24	[27]	20	19	22/10%	19	16	139.0
24	19	USA 1903	Roesler, Gary	El Rayo-X	22	20/10%	16	[30/RET]	12	21	20/10%	30/DNC	141.0
25	32	USA 2624	Rademaker, Cliff	Yikes!	25	20	25	25	[29]	24	15	15	149.0
26	29	USA 229	Theismann, Andrew	Young 'uns	26	19	[29]	24	27	23	23	21	163.0
27	11	USA 3757	Marshall, Graham	Claire Buoyant	27	27	26	26	16	28	[30/DNS]	18	168.0
28	05	USA 2380	Broadway, David	Superman	23	26	22	23	[30/30%]	27	25	22	168.0
29	10	USA 3894	Hammel, Chris	Sforzando	24	25	28	27	26	[30/10%]	26	23	179.0