J/105 North American Championship - James Rathbun leads tight pack

by Christopher Howell on 1 Nov 2013 The standings couldn’t be much closer after day one of the J/105 North American Championship, hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club in Maryland. Just four points separate the top five after three races were completed on Thursday. James Rathbun’s Hey Jude holds the top position with scores of 6,3,1 for 11 points. Bruce Stone’s LouLou trails by one point in second place after tallying a 4,4,3. Stephen Phillips’s Le Renard is in third with 12 points, earned from an 8,2,2 performance. Ken Colburn’s Ghost netted 13 points for fourth place, and Cedric Lewis’s Mirage has 14 points for fifth.

Colburn, of Massachusetts, won the opening race of the championship, as Lewis and Damian Emery’s Eclipse completed the top three. Emery, of New York, topped the fleet in race two, with Phillips and Rathbun behind him. Rathbun, of Toronto, won the day’s final bout, with Phillips again in second and Stone in third. Winds on the Chesapeake Bay were between 12-14 knots, with some gusts and a 2-foot chop.

Racing continues through Sunday for the 27 teams from Bermuda, Canada and the USA. Photos are available on the J/105 Facebook page.

complete results
Series Standing - 3 races scored

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	1	2	3	Total Points	Pos
1	30/ CAN 110	Hey Jude	Rathbun, James	6	3	1	10.00	1
2	35/ 334	LouLou	Stone, Bruce	4	4	3	11.00	2
3	28/ 113	Le Renard	Phillips, Stephen	8	2	2	12.00	3
4	12/ 600	GHOST	Colburn, Ken	1	6	6	13.00	4
5	22/ 328	Mirage	Lewis, Cedric	2	5	7	14.00	5
6	13/ 50	eclipse	Emery, Damian	3	1	15	19.00	6
7	11/ 321	Rum Puppy	Biddle, Jack	11	9	8	28.00	7
8	10/ USA 43	Jester	Bethell, Hugh	7	7	17	31.00	8
9	33/ 90	Max Power	Schulze, Gerrit	18	10	5	33.00	9
10	20/ 649	Radiance	Lakenmacher, Bill	9	8	16	33.00	10
11	19/ US 351	inigo	konigsberg, jim	16	15	4	35.00	11
12	14/ 501	Tenacious	Gitchell, Carl	12	12	14	38.00	12
13	32/ 523	Santas Reign, Dear	Santa, Donald	5	23	12	40.00	13
14	27/ 267	Live Edge	Mountford, Michael	15	14	11	40.00	14
15	24/ BER 490	Distant Passion	Macdonald, James	10	13	21	44.00	15
16	15/ USA 674	Java	Groobey, Chris	14	21	10	45.00	16
17	18/ 220	Bat IV	Kennedy, Andrew	19	16	13	48.00	17
18	23/ 202	Dog House	Libby, Arthur	13	19	18	50.00	18
19	21/ 619	Froya	Lawrence, Chuck	23	20	9	52.00	19
20	29/ 98	Better Mousetrap	Putnam, Robert	21	11	20	52.00	20
21	26/ 52000	Unbridled	Mock, Robert	17	18	25	60.00	21
22	31/ 313	A Train	Reeves, Robert	27	17	19	63.00	22
23	34/ 83082	Singularity	Shortz, Stanley	22	24	23	69.00	23
24	17/ 251	Breakaway	Hinds, Richard	20	26	24	70.00	24
25	36/ 50259	Trio	Uhlir, Jim	24	22	26	72.00	25
26	25/ USA 330	At-Tack	McCloud, Dennis	25	25	22	72.00	26
27	16/ USA 159	Crescendo	Guarino, Angelo	26	27	27	80.00	27