J/22 Midwinter Championship – New leader emerges

by J22mw on 29 Mar 2015 With seven races now completed at the J/22 Midwinter Championship at Jackson Yacht Club in Ridgeland, MS, a new leader has emerged - Terry Flynn on Tejas.

Notching a 1,3,2 in Saturday’s three contests, the Texan has launched to a 10-point lead heading into the final two races on Sunday. Allan Terhune’s Dazzler remained in the silver position with 26 points, while Benz Faget’s Fats dropped to third with 27 points. As the throw-out race came into effect, Flynn was able to drop a 14 in the regatta’s opening race. Day one leader Faget wasn’t able to match his prior dominance and lodged a 6,14,8 today (dropping the 14).

The 37 teams were postponed on the water during the morning hours, waiting for the breeze to settle in. When Saturday’s racing got underway in winds around four knots, Flynn took the bullet, trailed by Sean Clare’s White Trash and Terhune. John Dyer’s Aquavit won the next duel as the breeze increased up to 12 knots. Macho Slavich on Bad Dog placed second, and Flynn third. By the day’s final battle, winds backed off to seven to nine knots. Dyer again snagged victory as Flynn and Chris Wientjes rounded out the top three.

Racing concludes Sunday. This event marks the highest J/22 Midwinters attendance since 2010. Photos are available on the J/22 Class Facebook page.

Complete results

Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		Total	Pos
25 / USA 707	Tejas	Terry Flynn	GBCA		[14]	3	2	5	1	3	2		16	1
30 / USA 539	Dazzler	Allan Terhune, Jr	Annapolis Yacht Club		3	1	3	[10]	3	10	6		26	2
15 / 954	Fats	Benz Faget	SYC/NOYC		1	10	1	1	6	[14]	8		27	3
37 / 810	Aquavit	John Dyer	Wayzata Yacht Club		[38/OCS]	6	4	15	5	1	1		32	4
24 / 1586	Bad News	Michael Marshall	CYC		5	7	5	8	12	9	[18]		46	5
26 / 1532	Axe Wound	RJ Moon	RYC		6	16	[28]	2	15	4	4		47	6
7 / 1646	Baby Lips	Keith Zars	Lake Canyon Yacht Club		4	12	13	3	[25]	6	13		51	7
40 / 754		Chris Wientjes	NOYC		[38/DSQ]	4	7	11	16	16	3		57	8
5 / USA 489	Mo' Money	Kevin Doyle	Youngstown Yacht Club		17	9	6	4	17	[25]	5		58	9
2 / USA 669	Call The Ball	Robert Muller	Jackson Yacht Club		2	14	9	20	[22]	12	15		72	10
3 / Cay 1233		Mike Farrington	Cayman Islands Sailing Club		27	2	[38/BFD]	7	28	5	9		78T	11
10 / CAN693	Broomstick	Ron Harris	Hudson Yacht Club		[31]	5	14	26	4	15	14		78T	12
19 / CAN 675	Prost	Darcy Fuller	South Port Sailing Club		11	[38/DNF]	8	18	10	8	24		79	13
38 / 202	White Trash	Sean Clare	Harbor Island Yacht Club		7	13	[38/BFD]	16	2	18	26		82T	14
29 / 1509	1509	Stephen Jones	National YC		18	18	10	9	[24]	17	10		82T	15
1 / USA 638	Fresh Aire	Joe Gibbs	Jackson Yacht Club		8	11	15	[30]	18	22	11		85	16
28 / 320	BAD DOG	Macho Slavich	NOYC		9	8	24	24	[29]	2	22		89	17
34 / 352		Steve Willits	Lakewood Yacht Club		10	[38/DNS]	11	22	9	7	33		92	18
16 / 964	Two Dollar Pistol	James C Riddle	KLSC		21	22	23	12	7	[29]	17		102	19
22 / 951	No Name	Dov Kivlovitz	None		12	[32]	12	13	23	11	32		103	20
31 / 1085	Supper Club	Dale Currie	Jackson Yacht Club		22	19	17	[27]	21	23	7		109	21
17 / 1383	The Ghetto	John McGowan	Jackson Yacht Club		16	15	22	14	26	[32]	19		112	22
18 / 717	JTT Racing	Robert Muller	Southern Yacht Club		26	26	[30]	6	14	19	23		114T	23
27 / 1261	Hot Ruddered Bum	Galen Freeman	Percy Priest YC & Ft Walton YC		19	23	18	25	8	[34]	21		114T	24
12 / 1467		Wayne Peacock	LCYC		23	20	21	[38/DNF]	13	13	25		115	25
9 / 1028	Dynamo Humm	Willem Lamar	Jackson Yacht Club		13	[25]	25	23	19	24	12		116	26
6 / 1043	Fast Company	Richard Heausler	BWYC		28	21	16	21	11	[33]	20		117	27
23 / 1329		Tom VanderMolen	Gull Lake Yacht Club		[29]	28	20	17	27	26	16		134	28
8 / 711	PAINKILLER	HARRISON MCCARTY	JYC		15	17	26	28	[33]	28	29		143	29
36 / 238	Eve 'n Keeled	Jennifer Grant	FWYC		20	24	32	19	20	30	[34]		145	30
35 / 8	Whistling Wind III	Billy Marchal	Southern Yacht Club		[35]	29	19	34	30	21	27		160	31
32 / 1081	Cayenne	Debby Grimm	Southern YC		25	30	27	29	[32]	20	31		162	32
33 / 1100	Racine	Matt Jordan	Jackson Yacht Club		24	33	29	31	[35]	31	30		178	33
20 / 1650	La Jolie Vie	David Loeb	New Orleans Yacht Club		34	[35]	33	33	34	27	28		189	34
21 / 522	Nasty Habit	John Weaver	JYC		33	31	[38/BFD]	32	31	35	37		199	35
4 / 1003	Cool Kids	Doug Davis	Kentucky Lake Sailing Club		30	34	31	35	[36]	36	35		201	36
39 / 729	Escape	John Spurzem	Jackson Yacht Club		32	27	[38/BFD]	36	37	37	36		205	37