J/70 Corinthian US Nationals opens with perfect breeze

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 22 Oct 2016 Mother Nature welcomed 44 boats to the inaugural J/70 Corinthian US National Championship with 'chamber of commerce' conditions of sunny skies and 12-14 knot winds on the Chesapeake Bay.

Hosted by Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, MD, this ground-breaking event has brought together all-amateur teams for three days of competition and the honor of being the first-ever Corinthian US National Champion. Working his way to that goal on Friday was local Peter McChesney who notched a two, two, one for just five points. Jack Franco won two races, but added a sixth-place tally, landing him in second place overall at eight points. Jenn & Ray Wulff stand in third with 11 points.

Franco got things going with the day’s first bullet, followed by McChesney and the Wulffs. Behind Franco in race two were McChesney and Henry Filter. McChesney secured the day’s overall advantage by winning the last meeting, as John Wilsey and the Liebel/Rubin/Walsh/Britts gang rounded out the top three.

Racing continues through Sunday.

2016 J 70 Corinthian National Championship - Preliminary Cumulative Results

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total Corinthian National Championship Racing One Design Division J 70 1. 29   USA 209 Alice & WondeRRRRRRRRRRRland J 70 Peter McChesney 2 2 1 5.0 2. 3   USA 3 3 Ball JT J 70 Jack Franco 1 1 6 8.0 3. 41   USA 419 Joint Custody J 70 Jenn & Ray Wulff 3 4 4 11.0 4. 1   USA 151 Reach Around J 70 Liebel/Rubin/Walsh/Britts 6 5 3 14.0 5. 45   USA 45 Wild Child J 70 Henry Filter 5 3 7 15.0 6. 38   USA 38 Sea Bags J 70 John Wilsey 8 10 2 20.0 7. 81   USA 381 Tea Dance Snake J 70 Peter Bowe 11 8 5 24.0 8. 35   USA 35 Moxie J 70 Cole Allsopp Bill Jorch 7 9 13 29.0 9. 97   USA 497 Chinook J 70 Frank McNamara 14 12 9 35.0 10. 22   USA 22 Sail22 J 70 Porter Kavle 18 11 12 41.0 11. 40   USA 40 B Squared J 70 Bryan Cameron / Brian Elliott 16 7 20 43.0 12. 18   USA 218 Tsunami J 70 Todd Olds / Thomas Iseler / Preben Ostberg 12 23 11 46.0 13. 89   USA 389 Your Mom's A Hooligan J 70 Elizabeth Barker 19 17 14 50.0 14. 6   USA 362 Vitesse J 70 Robert Sweet 10 16 26 52.0 15. 87   USA 487 Escape J 70 Polk Wagner 13 20 19 52.0 16. 85   USA 85 Team Iball J 70 Scott Irwin 9 14 30 53.0 17. 34   USA 1034 1034 J 70 Mike Welch 15 28 10 53.0 18. 44   USA 44 Gnixe J 70 Steiner/Vickers Chip 4 6 46/DSQ 56.0 19. 7   CAN 197 Nirvana 7 J 70 Louis Donahue 21 13 22 56.0 20. 68   USA 68 uno mas J 70 David Schoene 20 15 24 59.0 21. 27   USA 27 Derecho J 70 James Golden 17 31 16 64.0 22. 82   USA 382 Zombie J 70 John Hammel 32 25 8 65.0 23. 47   USA 87 Tick Tock Croc J 70 Rich Nesbett 27 21 18 66.0 24. 43   USA 343 Truckin' J 70 Alex Meleney 23 24 21 68.0 25. 11   USA 411 Selkie J 70 Jack Wallace 26 18 29 73.0 26. 20   USA 220 Phoenix J 70 Peter Firey 25 34 15 74.0 27. 8   USA 808 Nessuna J 70 Alex McPhail 31 26 17 74.0 28. 28   USA 28 Monkey Business J 70 Jonathan Pollak 28 19 36/SCP 83.0 29. 2   USA 390 4 Hermanos J 70 James Thompson 30 29 25 84.0 30. 36   USA 236 Layla J 70 Tim Gibbs 24 22 46/DSQ 92.0 31. 30   USA 303 Margaritaville J 70 Scott Dinse 33 30 31 94.0 32. 86   USA 386 Chicken Dinner J 70 John Beal 41 27 27 95.0 33. 84   USA 84 Bazinga! J 70 Daniel Goldberg 29 32 34 95.0 34. 24   USA 241 USA 241 J 70 Al Poindexter 22 39 39 100.0 35. 49   USA 549 Black Pearl J 70 Adam Bowen 39 33 32 104.0 36. 90   USA 903 Instant Karma J 70 David Betts 34 37 36 107.0 37. 25   USA 25 Cure J 70 John Dodge 36 42 33 111.0 38. 19   USA 219 GetMyBoat J 70 Ryan Kozoriz 40 36 35 111.0 39. 4   USA 4 Sport J 70 Gregg Zurmuhlen 35 38 38 111.0 40. 16   USA 168 Rarity J 70 Marty McKenna 37 40 37 114.0 41. 5   USA 5 Urban Myth J 70 Bonnie Urban 43 35 40 118.0 42. 57   USA 357 DangerMouse J 70 Taz Coffey 38 41 42 121.0 43. 42   USA 42 USA 42 J 70 Richard Wagner 44 44 36 124.0 44. 12   USA 847 CYC1 J 70 Willy Fox 42 43 46/ZFP 131.0 45. 53   USA 153 Surge J 70 Geoffrey Pierini 46/DNC 46/DNC 46/DNC 138.0