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2014 Viper 640 North American Championship – Day 2

by Edward R. Padin on 5 Sep 2014
Jeff Grange - 2014 Viper 640 North American Championship Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing
2014 Viper 640 North American Championship - With planning conditions forecast and the sun shining, Viper sailors awoke happy but sore and groggy from a four-race first day and evening festivities. 'You have to really work hard to not have fun when sailing out here' said outgoing Class President Peter Beardsley. '

The wind is great, the competition top notch, and the shore side activities are well hydrated.' The forecast was for 15 knots from the west with Day one leaders Jeff Grange, Tedd White and Chris Parker able to hold onto their overall lead despite not winning the day.

ABYC PRO Steve Kuritz sent the fleet out to the Course so the visiting sailors could experience ocean swells and the full Long Beach experience. The sea breeze didn’t arrive as early as had been forecast but after an hour’s postponement, the day’s first race got off in six - eight knots of breeze. Kuritz noted that 'the day started out light and some different sailors came to the front; but when the wind finally filled-in, the heavy air experts took charge again.'

By the time the third heat of the day started, the predicted 14-15 knot sea breeze had arrived. The last run, with great waves and ocean swells, found the Viper 640 sport boats surfing at 14+ knots down the 1.1 mile leeward legs with gusts approaching 20 knots with breeze-driven chop on top of the swells to make upwind driving a true challenge.

The first win of the day went to Australian Rod Berteaux sailing with country mates Chris O’Keefe and Murray Howsen. As the wind picked-up a bit for the second heat, local sailor Jay Golison sailing with Steve Flam and Mike Bradley took the gun.

Jeff Grange - 2014 Viper 640 North American Championship © Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing
Jeff Grange - 2014 Viper 640 North American Championship © Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing



The story of the day, however, is that Day One leader Grange finished today adding a six, five, and one to add to his four-bullet first day to retain the lead with 10 points after seven races.

Kevin Taugher won the day with a three – two - three to move into second with a total of 16 points, and Brad Boston scored a nine – three - two for a 17 point total. With seven races in the books, sailors are now discarding their worst finish. A maximum of 14 races are scheduled over the course of the event, though Friday and Saturday cannot start a race after 3:30 pm to accommodate a fleet banquet on Friday and awards on Saturday.

ABYC Event Chair Tim Carter, by the way, sits in eighth place. Carter has orchestrated a truly world-class regatta. Commenting on today’s sailing, Carter noted with a smile, 'Today was another epic day in paradise.' All the competitors agreed.

The Viper 640 North American Championship is a qualifier regatta for the EFG Viper Pan-American Championship. Also helping make this regatta a success are Ullman Sails, Doyle Sailmakers, North Sails, Quantum Sails, Goslings Rum, the Belmont Brewing Company, Rondar Sailboats USA, Sailing Pro Shop, and Rooster.

Complete Results:

Rank BowNumber SailNo Boat Skipper Club Nat Crew 1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett
1st 23 149 Venom Jeff Grange Santa Barbara YC USA Tedd White, Chris Parker 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (6.0) 5.0 1.0 16.0 10.0
2nd 17 38 Hot Mess Kevin Taugher Alamitos Bay USA Mike Pentecost, Chuck Tripp (5.0) 2.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 21.0 16.0
3rd 16 211 Jackpot Brad Boston Sarnia Yacht Club CAN Curtis Florence, Charles Corning 3.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 (9.0) 3.0 2.0 26.0 17.0
4th 50 153 Last Call Alex Steele Balboa YC USA Katie McDowell, John Kressi 4.0 (12.0) 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 37.0 25.0
5th 5 AUS 215 ECLIPSE Rod Beurteaux Yacht Club AUS Chris O'Keefe, Murray Howsen (11.0) 5.0 5.0 6.0 1.0 9.0 5.0 42.0 31.0
6th 4 204 It's All Good Jay Golison ABYC USA Steve Flam, Mike Bradley 14.0 4.0 12.0 (35.0 DNC) 2.0 1.0 10.0 78.0 43.0
7th 34 254 Mambo Kings Justin Scott Riverside Dyer Dinghy Association USA Jessie Kirteland, Chad Proctor 10.0 (17.0) 6.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 64.0 47.0
8th 3 USA 223 Cobra Tim Carter Alamitos Bay YC USA Patricia Lapadula, Steve Bloemeke 7.0 9.0 14.0 7.0 (17.0) 6.0 6.0 66.0 49.0
9th 25 148 F.N.G. James Sears Alamitos Bay Yacht Club USA Phil Toth, Shannon Heausler 2.0 10.0 13.0 8.0 12.0 (18.0) 11.0 74.0 56.0
10th 1 222 Panda Capacitor Peter Beardsley Larchmont YC USA Jay Rhame, Rachael Beardsley, Rachael Dougherty 6.0 16.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 13.0 (24.0) 90.0 66.0
11th 41 130 Amateurs Mark Folkman KHYC USA Mike Galloway, Jeff Johnson 8.0 11.0 10.0 17.0 (24.0) 11.0 9.0 90.0 66.0
12th 60 AUS 183 OLD SCHOOL Racing Mark Griffith RPAYC AUS Mal Clark, Dave Taylor 17.0 6.0 9.0 11.0 16.0 (19.0) 8.0 86.0 67.0
13th 21 152 Seco Tu Pelo Pat Gibson HYC USA Max Hardage, Jeff Jones 9.0 7.0 8.0 14.0 (25.0) 14.0 19.0 96.0 71.0
14th 18 23 Clown School Todd Downey TPYC USA Cody Schlub, Eddy Terchunian 16.0 13.0 (20.0) 16.0 4.0 10.0 13.0 92.0 72.0
15th 8 34 Snake Eyes Nigel Brownett ABYC USA Andrew Kerr, Glenn Van Heel 18.0 18.0 (21.0) 3.0 11.0 7.0 18.0 96.0 75.0
16th 15 GBR 146 Little Wing Antony Chapman Arizona YC USA Lucien Sahali, Grant Hill (20.0) 8.0 17.0 15.0 13.0 16.0 12.0 101.0 81.0
17th 2 104 Locomotion Ed Feo Alamitos Bay USA Dave Millett, Nick Lounsberry 12.0 15.0 11.0 20.0 8.0 20.0 (21.0) 107.0 86.0
18th 27 187 BOLT Carson Reynolds Balboa USA Jon Novak, Rene Levert 13.0 (24.0) 16.0 12.0 18.0 15.0 15.0 113.0 89.0
19th 32 174 Boomslang Geoff Fargo SBSC USA A. Tucker Atterbury, Spencer Stephen 19.0 (26.0) 18.0 13.0 20.0 17.0 14.0 127.0 101.0
20th 7 212 Boiling Point Craig Walker ABYC USA Danial Milefchik, Keith Magnusson 15.0 (35.0 DNF) 19.0 22.0 10.0 22.0 20.0 143.0 108.0
21st 11 129 Kaa Garrett Johns Anacortes Yacht Club USA David Way, Steven Orsini 22.0 14.0 15.0 (24.0) 22.0 21.0 16.0 134.0 110.0
22nd 40 GBR 138 V Douglas Johnstone CYC USA Jim Miller, Liz Hjorth 23.0 20.0 (25.0) 18.0 21.0 23.0 22.0 152.0 127.0
23rd 9 191 Moistened Bint John Leyland ABYC CAN David Phillips, Dennis Lefeaux (28.0) 25.0 23.0 21.0 27.0 24.0 17.0 165.0 137.0
24th 22 87 Oshunmare Steven Chapman Britannia Yacht CAN Christoph, Ledent, Joann Abbot 25.0 23.0 24.0 19.0 23.0 (27.0) 26.0 167.0 140.0
25th 70 131 Dragonfly Rafe Beswick South Sound Sailing Society USA   26.0 21.0 22.0 23.0 (32.0) 25.0 25.0 174.0 142.0
26th 12 25 Sweet Ride Matt Harden DCYC USA Tim Kraft, Peter Brigadious 24.0 19.0 27.0 (35.0 DNC) 26.0 28.0 23.0 182.0 147.0
27th 52 133 Hyper Viper Court Roberts Cameron Forsberg, David Weihs USA   27.0 27.0 28.0 28.0 19.0 26.0 (32.0) 187.0 155.0
28th 6 USA 46 heroin Greg Jackson Arizona Yacht Club USA Chrisann Tortora, John Mayall 21.0 22.0 26.0 25.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 199.0 164.0
29th 20 209 Jolly Roger Tyler Wolk BCYC USA Kristina Miller, Shane Corwin 30.0 29.0 30.0 (35.0 DNC) 15.0 33.0 30.0 202.0 167.0
30th 13 151 TBD George Gluecksmann VRC CAN Alec Caterson, Warren Fitzgerald 29.0 28.0 29.0 26.0 28.0 29.0 (35.0 DNS) 204.0 169.0
31st 10 159 Wild Hogs Peter Bauer Larchmont Yacht Club USA Chrisptopher Foley, Edward Padin 31.0 (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 29.0 12.0 28.0 205.0 170.0
32nd 14 110 BB Dennis Palmieri Alamitos Bay USA Brett Alred, Tom Blanton 32.0 31.0 (35.0 DNC) 27.0 30.0 32.0 31.0 218.0 183.0
33rd 24 81 US 81 Bob McHugh Cedar Point YC USA David Lynn, Michael Cosgrove 33.0 30.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 31.0 30.0 29.0 223.0 188.0
34th 33 21 wave*ohs Chris Ganne FYC USA Arthur Vasenius, Bryant Humann (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNF 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 33.0 31.0 27.0 231.0 196.0
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