J/105 North American Championship - James Rathbun extends lead

by Christopher Howell on 2 Nov 2013 James Rathbun’s Hey Jude won both of Friday’s races at the J/105 North American Championship to open up a 10-point lead on day two of the event. Rathbun, of Toronto, now has three consecutive bullets, succeeding a sixth and third in the initial races on Thursday, for 12 points. With a pair of fourth-place finishes today, Cedric Lewis’ Mirage moved into second overall with 22 points. The next two boats are tied at 24: Ken Colburn’s Ghost and Stephen Phillips’ Le Renard. The championship is hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club in Maryland.

Teams were postponed onshore until noon, waiting for a line of storms to pass through the area. Once they did, the fleet was sent out for two races. The first was started in about 5 knots of breeze that died quickly as the boats went up the first beat. When the wind filled in, it shifted left and settled in at 6-8 knots for the rest of the day. Following Hey Jude in Friday’s opening battle were Chuck Lawrence’s Froya and Damian Emery’s Eclipse. In the second contest behind Rathbun came Hugh Bethell’s Jester and Phillips.

Racing continues through Sunday for the 27 teams from Bermuda, Canada and the USA.

complete results

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	Total Points	Pos
1	30/ CAN 110	Hey Jude	Rathbun, James	6	3	1	1	1	12.00	1
2	22/ 328	Mirage	Lewis, Cedric	2	5	7	4	4	22.00	2
3	12/ 600	GHOST	Colburn, Ken	1	6	6	6	5	24.00	3
4	28/ 113	Le Renard	Phillips, Stephen	8	2	2	9	3	24.00	4
5	13/ 50	eclipse	Emery, Damian	3	1	15	3	13	35.00	5
6	11/ 321	Rum Puppy	Biddle, Jack	11	9	8	5	6	39.00	6
7	35/ 334	LouLou	Stone, Bruce	4	4	3	18	12	41.00	7
8	10/ USA 43	Jester	Bethell, Hugh	7	7	16	10	2	42.00	8
9	14/ 501	Tenacious	Gitchell, Carl	12	12	14	13	10	61.00	9
10	27/ 267	Live Edge	Mountford, Michael	15	14	11	11	11	62.00	10
11	20/ 649	Radiance	Lakenmacher, Bill	9	8	28/DSQ	12	8	65.00	11
12	33/ 90	Max Power	Schulze, Gerrit	18	10	5	22	19	74.00	12
13	29/ 98	Better Mousetrap	Putnam, Robert	21	11	19	16	7	74.00	13
14	19/ US 351	inigo	konigsberg, jim	16	15	4	19	21	75.00	14
15	24/ BER 490	Distant Passion	Macdonald, James	10	13	20	17	16	76.00	15
16	23/ 202	Dog House	Libby, Arthur	13	19	17	8	20	77.00	16
17	15/ USA 674	Java	Groobey, Chris	14	21	18/ARP,30%	15	9	77.00	17
18	32/ 523	Santas Reign, Dear	Santa, Donald	5	23	12	23	17	80.00	18
19	26/ 52000	Unbridled	Mock, Robert	17	18	24	7	14	80.00	19
20	21/ 619	Froya	Lawrence, Chuck	23	20	9	2	27	81.00	20
21	18/ 220	Bat IV	Kennedy, Andrew	19	16	13	20	23	91.00	21
22	31/ 313	A Train	Reeves, Robert	27	17	18	24	18	104.00	22
23	36/ 50259	Trio	Uhlir, Jim	24	22	25	21	15	107.00	23
24	25/ USA 330	At-Tack	McCloud, Dennis	25	25	21	14	25	110.00	24
25	34/ 83082	Singularity	Shortz, Stanley	22	24	22	26	24	118.00	25
26	17/ 251	Breakaway	Hinds, Richard	20	26	23	27	26	122.00	26
27	16/ USA 159	Crescendo	Guarino, Angelo	26	27	26	25	22	126.00	27