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2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship - Day 2

by A-Cat North Americans on 21 May 2015
Bailey White leads Christopher Brown into the top mark Walter Cooper http://waltercooperphoto.com/
The 2015 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship delivered two more races today as the breeze picked up to almost 17 knots, delivering spills, thrills, and impressive recoveries for the 41 competitors in St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Fla.

The top five leaderboard remained static after five races, although the scores tightened up. Matt Struble’s string of bullets came to an end in race two, when Bruce Mahoney and Struble came battling into the leeward gate, with Struble on port. When Struble gybed, his bows dug in and capsized. Thanks to a quick recovery and one more lap he saved a fourth place finish. Struble sits in first with eight points; Mahoney with nine.

Birthday boy Bailey White, also known as the U.S. A-Class “presidente” is in third with 18 points. Christopher Brown is one point behind in fourth overall and Tracy Oliver with 34 points rounds out the top five.

While the foiling sailors continue to refine their techniques and equipment settings, Ben Hall is on day three of the same with his new Barracuda Three design. “Right now, foiling is like having one foot on a banana peel, and the other on an oil slick,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out that transition zone that is good for foiling or not, but how can you not be having fun out there.” Hall is currently in 10th place.

Ken Marshack © Walter Cooper http://waltercooperphoto.com/
Ken Marshack © Walter Cooper http://waltercooperphoto.com/



Ken Marshack in sixth place overall, is pleased his day involved no breakages today. “Yesterday on the last race my tiller broke, which made for a tough last leg as I couldn’t trapeze out,” he said. He is sailing a DNA with C-boards, and recently added winglets, which is helping steady the boat out. “I’m finding in the windier conditions like today, the closer I stay to the top foiling boats. Doing the Wild Thing downwind seems to be working for me.”

In a display of camaraderie and seamanship typical of A-Cat sailors, Patrick Burger today came to the rescue fellow sailor Nigel Pitt when Pitt capsized downwind. When he got separated from the boat, Burger immediately scooped him up and delivered Pitt back to his boat. This act comes on the heels of his frightening day yesterday when before race one he learned his wife and mother-in-law were in a car accident an hour away. Thankfully other than serious bruises, all are OK. Needless to say, he is looking forward to the remainder of the regatta drama free.

On shore, the Panama City community and St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club continues to show off their best to the sailors as well. Last night they were treated to a private wine tasting at Avenue Sea in downtown Panama City. This evening the sailors have an opportunity to explore the area, before tomorrow’s regatta banquet at the club in LowCountry Boil style.

 Overall Results:

Rank SailNo Club HelmName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett
1st 3 USA   Struble, Matt 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 8.0 8.0
2nd 311 USA   Mahoney,Bruce 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 9.0 9.0
3rd 320 USA   White, Bailey 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 18.0 18.0
4th 193 USA   Brown, Christopher 6.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 19.0 19.0
5th 135 USA   Oliver, Tracy 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 10.0 34.0 34.0
6th 192 USA Intergalactic Marshack, Ken 9.0 8.0 11.0 9.0 7.0 44.0 44.0
7th 17 USA   Batchelor, Chris 20.0 11.0 9.0 10.0 12.0 62.0 62.0
8th 350 USA   Cope, Woody 7.0 5.0 42.0 DNF 7.0 3.0 64.0 64.0
9th 212 USA Intergalactic Grice, Kevin 12.0 14.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 65.0 65.0
10th 99 USA   Hall, Ben 13.0 9.0 8.0 21.0 17.0 68.0 68.0
11th 73B USA   Bello, Joseph 42.0 DNC 7.0 5.0 8.0 8.0 70.0 70.0
13th 44 USA Intergalactic Leonard, Joe 16.0 16.0 18.0 11.0 11.0 72.0 72.0
12th 341 USA   Shafer, Alex 10.0 19.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 72.0 72.0
14th 294 USA   Krantz, Mike 15.0 18.0 10.0 18.0 13.0 74.0 74.0
15th 42 USA Intergalactic Hart, Todd 17.0 10.0 15.0 17.0 28.0 87.0 87.0
16th 994 AUS   Pitt, Nigel 11.0 15.0 6.0 16.0 42.0 DNF 90.0 90.0
17th 44 CAN   Woods, Larry 14.0 12.0 42.0 DNF 15.0 9.0 92.0 92.0
18th 230 USA   Hodges, Bob 4.0 42.0 OCS 42.0 DNF 5.0 6.0 99.0 99.0
19th 291 USA   Meyers, Jeff 19.0 22.0 13.0 12.0 42.0 DNF 108.0 108.0
20th 211 USA Intergalactic Goritski, David 8.0 20.0 20.0 22.0 42.0 DNF 112.0 112.0
22nd 196 USA   Carlson, David 18.0 24.0 22.0 26.0 23.0 113.0 113.0
21st 309 USA Intergalactic Vining, Bill 33.0 21.0 16.0 24.0 19.0 113.0 113.0
23rd 108 USA Intergalactic Orr, Bob 31.0 25.0 23.0 20.0 21.0 120.0 120.0
24th 293 USA   Roth, Ron 22.0 27.0 17.0 29.0 26.0 121.0 121.0
25th 231 USA   Bird, Rush 26.0 17.0 19.0 19.0 42.0 DNF 123.0 123.0
26th 74 USA Intergalactic Stevenson, Scott 21.0 29.0 24.0 33.0 20.0 127.0 127.0
27th 268 NZL Intergalactic Burdett, Andrew 28.0 23.0 25.0 30.0 25.0 131.0 131.0
28th 235 USA Intergalactic Sparks, Joe 24.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 29.0 134.0 134.0
29th 55 CAN   Woods, Todd 42.0 DNF 32.0 26.0 23.0 16.0 139.0 139.0
30th 57 USA Intergalactic Paoli,Tom 27.0 28.0 27.0 28.0 30.0 140.0 140.0
31st 73 USA   Rodgers, OH 25.0 13.0 21.0 42.0 DNC 42.0 DNC 143.0 143.0
32nd 290 USA Intergalactic Skeels, Mark 32.0 30.0 30.0 34.0 24.0 150.0 150.0
33rd 332 USA Intergalactic Back, Terry 35.0 34.0 29.0 32.0 22.0 152.0 152.0
34th 29 CAN   Woods, Andrew 29.0 31.0 42.0 DNF 31.0 33.0 166.0 166.0
35th 143 USA   Herendeen, Mark 36.0 33.0 31.0 37.0 31.0 168.0 168.0
37th 465 USA Intergalactic Batchelor, Mark 30.0 35.0 42.0 DNF 35.0 27.0 169.0 169.0
36th 318 USA Intergalactic Burger, Patrick 42.0 DNC 42.0 DNC 42.0 DNC 25.0 18.0 169.0 169.0
38th 347 USA Intergalactic Cerf, Emmanuel 34.0 36.0 32.0 39.0 32.0 173.0 173.0
39th 308 USA Intergalactic Mitchell, Warren 23.0 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNF 38.0 35.0 180.0 180.0
40th 31 CAN Intergalactic Lamb, Norm 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNC 42.0 DNC 36.0 34.0 196.0 196.0
41st 747 USA   Cerf, Nicolas 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNF 42.0 DNF 210.0 210.0

 

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