J/22 North American Championship - Early advantage for Travis Odenbach

by Christopher Howell on 17 May 2014

Honey Badger - 2014 J/22 North American Championship, day 1 Chris Howell

The J/22 North American Championship, hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club in Annapolis, Maryland, got underway Friday, but Mother Nature did not cooperate, allowing only one race.

Thirty-eight teams from across the United States and Canada were postponed on shore in the morning, as storms and heavy rain passed through the area. When the first race began at 1:30 p.m. local time, winds had dropped to 6-8 knots, under brightening skies and temperatures around 70 degrees. Travis Odenbach’s Honey Badger secured the victory, with Annapolis NOOD winner Michael Marshall’s Bad News Too in second and local Jenny Gaffney’s Pirate Princess Racing Team in third. Decreasing breeze did not permit another race.

The Championship continues through Sunday.

2014 J/22 North American Championship, day 1 © Chris Howell

Series Standing - 1 race scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results: Friday, May 16, 2014 3:44:20 PM EDT

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	1	Total Points	Pos
1	31/ 1542	Honey Badger	Odenbach, Travis	1	1.00	1
2	40/ 1578	Bad News Too	Marshall, Michael	2	2.00	2
3	41/ 933	Pirate Princess Racing Team	Gaffney, Jenny	3	3.00	3
4	17/ 468	Scooby	Maxwell, J.R.	4	4.00	4
5	27/ 1464	Hot Toddy	Todd, Jeffrey	5	5.00	5
6	25/ 1559	Chasing Waterfalls	Gaffney, Chris	6	6.00	6
7	18/ USA 949	Corner of Sanity and Madness	Junge, Christian	7	7.00	7
8	33/ 1078	Lil' Puffy	Wilson, Chris	8	8.00	8
9	12/ CAN 481	Stampede	Love, Jeffrey	9	9.00	9
10	32/ 1233	Bruiser	Phillips, Jonathan	10	10.00	10
11	38/ 1649	The Jug 4 1	Doyle, Chris	11	11.00	11
12	36/ 977	USA 977	Gode, Gunnar	12	12.00	12
13	24/ USA 677	ThreeDories.com	Julian, Brad	13	13.00	13
14	46/ 754		Wientjes, Chris	14	14.00	14
15	20/ USA 1586	Dazzler	Terhune, Allan	15	15.00	15
16	47/ 1461	Ekas	Ipe, Jason	16	16.00	16
17	42/ 1051	No Problem	Libby, Timothy	17	17.00	17
18	35/ 355	4-Cliff	Muzia, Nicholas	18	18.00	18
19	45/ 925	Vamanos / HardwareChimp.com	McBrier, David	19	19.00	19
20	16/ CAN 693	Broomstick	Harris, Ron	20	20.00	20
21	19/ USA 421	What	Imperato, Nick	21	21.00	21
22	21/ US 1570	Jupiter	Mujezinovic, Amir	22	22.00	22
23	30/ 1090	Stellar Jay	Turnham, Susan Mattis	23	23.00	23
24	26/ 1536	Hot Ticket	Adzick, Sandy	24	24.00	24
25	39/ 1574	Traction	Sackett, Tod	25	25.00	25
26	34/ 489	Mo' Money	Doyle, Kevin	26	26.00	26
27	22/ 1504	Battub	King, Aden	27	27.00	27
28	14/ 1509	CAN-1509	Jones, Stephen	28	28.00	28
29	37/ USA 707	Tejas	Flynn, Terry	29	29.00	29
30	11/ CAN 341	Alternative Girlfriend	Collins, Trevor	30	30.00	30
31	48/ 946	Shadow	Blodgett, Arthur	31	31.00	31
32	29/ 1262	Bearly	Rapp, Terry	32	32.00	32
33	23/ 1093	No Name	Martensson, Robert	33	33.00	33
34	10/ CAN 1644	Raised J	Koppernaes, Johan	34	34.00	34
35T	15/ CAN 959	Won Ton	Godin, David	37/TLE	37.00T	35T
35T	43/ 1038	Slingshot	Swanson, Kurt	37/TLE	37.00T	35T
35T	44/ 1589		Reinke, Eric	37/TLE	37.00T	35T
38	28/ 1532	Axe Wound	Moon, RJ	39/OCS	39.00	38

Notes

⁽¹⁾	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012
⁽²⁾	Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 2
⁽³⁾	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts