VX One North American Champ - Four races on opening day lead to tie
by Julie and Christopher Howell on 18 Jul 2014
VX One - North American Championships VX One USA
Four races were completed as the VX One North American Championship got underway Thursday, hosted by Newport Yacht Club in Newport, Rhode Island. Brian Bennett’s Bennett Racing and Chris Alexander’s Isabelita are locked in a tie for first place at 15 points each. Bennett notched a one, seven, two, five, while Alexander tallied three, five, five, two. Tom Chiginsky’s VX140 holds third place with 21 points.
It was Bennett who began the championship with a victory, while the team of Phip Hallowell and Chuck Brown on The Wagon took the silver position. Alexander placed third. Jeff Jones’ Animal r2 GFlash moved to the top spot in race two as Chiginsky and Lawrence Frost’s Flash Gordon filled out the top three. The Hallowell/Brown duo snatched the win in the following contest, tailed by Bennett and Paul Currie’s Wild Deuces. Chiginsky ended the day on a high note, as did Alexander and Donovan Brennan’s Team Smuggler behind him.
Racing continues through Saturday for the 19 VX Ones, representing Canada, New Zealand, the Virgin Islands and the United States.
VX One - Series Standing - 4 races scored:
|
Sail
|
Boat
|
Skipper
|
Yacht Club
|
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
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Total
|
Pos
|
|
NZL 175
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Bennett Racing
|
Brian Bennett
|
SSS
|
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
|
15T
|
1
|
|
124
|
Isabelita
|
Chris Alexander
|
Gulfport Yacht Club
|
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
|
15T
|
2
|
|
140
|
VX140
|
Tom Chiginsky
|
None
|
|
7
|
2
|
11
|
1
|
|
21
|
3
|
|
171
|
the wagon
|
phip/chuck hallowell/brown
|
ida lewis/ new york
|
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
7
|
|
22
|
4
|
|
169
|
Animal r2 GFlash
|
Jeff Jones
|
Lake Belton yacht club
|
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
6
|
|
24
|
5
|
|
USA 170
|
Team Smuggler
|
Donovan Brennan
|
New Orleans Yacht Club
|
|
6
|
13
|
7
|
3
|
|
29
|
6
|
|
128
|
Flash Gordon
|
Lawrence Frost
|
SOUTHERN
|
|
5
|
3
|
15
|
13
|
|
36
|
7
|
|
USA 148
|
|
Kevin Northrop
|
Pass Christian YC
|
|
8
|
6
|
14
|
9
|
|
37
|
8
|
|
CAN 222
|
Wild Deuces
|
paul currie
|
RCYC
|
|
15
|
14
|
3
|
8
|
|
40
|
9
|
|
178
|
Blue Flame
|
Timothy Pitts
|
USVI
|
|
11
|
4
|
6
|
20/OCS
|
|
41T
|
10
|
|
116
|
Commando
|
Andrew Walford
|
St Petersburg YC
|
|
12
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
|
41T
|
11
|
|
107
|
Honey Ryder
|
John Kirkpatrick
|
NBYC
|
|
4
|
15
|
4
|
20/OCS
|
|
43T
|
12
|
|
152
|
Satisfaction
|
Jim Myers
|
WHYC
|
|
16
|
10
|
13
|
4
|
|
43T
|
13
|
|
125
|
The Spaniard
|
Rob Doolittle
|
Pont. Y.C.
|
|
13
|
11
|
9
|
12
|
|
45
|
14
|
|
USA 150
|
SeaFlight
|
Terry Greenfield
|
Buccaneer YC
|
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
20/DNF
|
|
50
|
15
|
|
108
|
MilkoWay
|
Paulo Milko
|
Sail Newport
|
|
14
|
17
|
16
|
11
|
|
58
|
16
|
|
145
|
Flash Rider
|
Michael Norris
|
MBYC
|
|
17
|
16
|
17
|
14
|
|
64
|
17
|
|
167
|
Blue Lobster
|
Bob Maccini
|
Sail Newport
|
|
20/DNF
|
20/DNF
|
20/DNS
|
20/DNS
|
|
80T
|
18
|
|
USA 142
|
Q Ball
|
Oliver Slesar
|
LCYC
|
|
20/DNS
|
20/DNS
|
20/DNS
|
20/DNS
|
|
80T
|
18
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