Local Benz Faget snagged the lead on day one of the J/22 Midwinter Championship with all top-four finishes in the day’s four races. Hosted by the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA, 25 teams took to the waters of Lake Pontchartrain in puffy breezes that began around 10 knots and increased throughout the day to 18. Competitors experienced 10 degree shifts, ratcheting to the right. Faget’s team Fats recorded a line of three, two, four, one for 10 points. Terry Flynn’s Tejas also kept their scores in the top four (two, four, two, four) for 12 points, and Chris Doyle’s The Jug 4 1 is just one point behind in third place with 13 points. The top three in the day’s races were constantly shifting among the same few boats. Chris Doyle started the regatta with a win, followed by Flynn and Faget. Chris Doyle took another bullet in race two, with Faget in second and Kevin Doyle in third. It was Chris Doyle again winning race three with Flynn in second and Chris Wientjes in third. Faget moved to the top spot in the day’s final contest, trailed by Canada’s Ron Harris and Kevin Doyle.
Racing continues through Sunday.
J/22 (25 boats) (top)
Series Standing - 4 races scored
| Bow/Sail |
Boat |
Skipper |
Yacht Club |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Total |
Pos |
| 26 / 954 |
Fats |
Benz Faget |
NOYC/SYC |
|
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
10 |
1
|
| 14 / 707 |
Tejas |
Terry Flynn |
fwbc/ gbca |
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
12 |
2
|
| 21 / 1649 |
The Jug 4 1 |
Chris Doyle |
Youngstown |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
13 |
3
|
| 18 / 754 |
|
Chris Wientjes |
NOYC |
|
4 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
|
18 |
4
|
| 3 / 489 |
Mo' Money |
Kevin Doyle |
Youngstown Yacht Club |
|
5 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
|
25 |
5
|
| 1 / 870 |
Wild Tchoupitoulas |
Zak Fanberg |
SYC |
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
|
28 |
6
|
| 2 / 1043 |
Fast Company |
Richard Heausler |
BWYC |
|
10 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
|
29 |
7
|
| 11 / 307 |
Blackburn Marine Racing |
Casey Lambert |
Lakewood Yacht Club |
|
8 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
|
30 |
8
|
| 24 / 1024 |
N/A |
Tommy Meric |
SYC |
|
7 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
|
35 |
9
|
| 17 / 1610 |
Jazz |
Ron Harris |
Hudson |
|
18 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
|
39T |
10
|
| 25 / 1085 |
Supper Club |
Dale Currie |
Jackson Yacht Club |
|
13 |
11 |
9 |
6 |
|
39T |
11
|
| 5 / 1646 |
Baby Lips |
Keith Zars |
LCYC |
|
16 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
|
53 |
12
|
| 20 / 638 |
Fresh Aire |
Joe Gibbs, Jr. |
Jackson YC |
|
15 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
|
56 |
13
|
| 10 / 814 |
Stampede |
Britt Feik |
FWBC |
|
11 |
16 |
18 |
14 |
|
59 |
14
|
| 27 / 1028 |
Dynamo Humm |
Willem (Mart) Lamar |
Jackson Yacht Club |
|
9 |
21 |
11 |
20 |
|
61T |
15
|
| 13 / 320 |
BAD DOG |
Macho Slavich |
NOYC |
|
12 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
|
61T |
16
|
| 19 / 203 |
diesel snack |
doug slater |
Island bay yacht club |
|
19 |
15 |
12 |
19 |
|
65 |
17
|
| 15 / 752 |
Blew by You |
Chris Wilke |
SYC |
|
24 |
14 |
17 |
17 |
|
72 |
18
|
| 8 / 1650 |
La Jolie Vie |
David Loeb |
New Olreans Yacht Club |
|
17 |
19 |
24 |
15 |
|
75 |
19
|
| 16 / 1081 |
Cayenne |
Deborah Grimm |
Southern |
|
21 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
|
80 |
20
|
| 28 / 539 |
dliii |
Dwight Leblanc |
SYC |
|
14 |
20 |
21 |
26/DNF |
|
81 |
21
|
| 23 / 59 |
Jabberwocky |
Karen Jacobi |
Tampa Sailing Squadron |
|
23 |
18 |
22 |
21 |
|
84 |
22
|
| 9 / 711 |
PAINKILLER |
Russell McCarty |
JYC |
|
20 |
24 |
20 |
22 |
|
86 |
23
|
| 4 / 663 |
Wizard |
albert carpenter |
Southern Yacht Club |
|
22 |
25 |
23 |
23 |
|
93 |
24
|
| 7 / 8 |
Whistling Wind III |
Billy Marchal |
Southern Yacht Club |
|
25 |
23 |
26/DNF |
26/DNC |
|
100 |
25
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
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2014 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Christopher Howell |
