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2014 Viper 640 North American Championship – No pain, no gain on day 3

by Buttons Padin on 7 Sep 2014
2014 Viper 640 North American Championship Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing
A solid sea breeze and short chop made the third day of the 2014 Viper North Americans one for the record books. Epic conditions prevailed for the third day in a row, with a bit more breeze added for extra measure. With three straight days of planning conditions, Viper sailors will remember this regatta for a while.

Local sailors Jay Golison, Steve Flam, and Mike Bradley dominated the day with a two – one - one - one to move up to fourth, but Jeff Grange, Tedd White and Chris Parker held onto their lead, with second and third only four points behind going into the final day.

The Alamitos Bay Yacht Club race committee got off four races, totaling 11 of the 14-race target for the championship. As the afternoon progressed, there was some attrition as the winds got into the low 20s. Upwind, it was skippers barking 'hike…the break’s over!' The crews, with their thighs burning in pain from hiking, could only look aft from hiking and say 'what break?' The race committee shortened the beats from 1.4 miles at the start of the regatta to 1.0 miles, and everyone looked forward to the runs when speeds hit 15 knots on Friday afternoon.

Left: your regatta leaders in order on the starboard tack layline: 149, 38, and 211. © Peter Howson / www.yachtracing.us
Left: your regatta leaders in order on the starboard tack layline: 149, 38, and 211. © Peter Howson / www.yachtracing.us



When the fleet returned to ABYC’s docks, the results showed that it was still a three-boat regatta. However, the score totals have converged. Jeff Grange, Tedd White and Chris Parker, sailing on Venom, have led wire-to-wire. Today’s line score of one – seven – two - nine gives Grange 26 points, with his lead cut from eight points to four points. In second, for the second day, is local star Kevin Taugher, sailing with Mike Pentecost and Chuck Tripp. Taugher was OCS in race 10, but his five – two – OCS - two scoreline have him breaking a tie with 30 points with Canadian Brad Boston, Curtis Florence and Chad Corning. Boston remained in third with scores of three – four – three - three today.

The daily first, an engraved bottle of Goslings Rum, goes to Golison, who showed his dominance in big air with local knowledge thrown in. On Thursday night, the three different race winners opened themselves up for fleet Q&A after video analysis and chalk talk from Alex Camet at North Sails, followed by rum bottles for daily winners, best broach of the day, fleet spirit (to the Viper that supplied the most post-race beers on the dock), and true grit awards for those in the middle of the pack.

Friday night’s festivities will include a banquet, a Q&A panel with sailmakers from Doyle, North and Ullman, and more daily prizes that bear little resemblance to the score sheet. With three more races scheduled on Saturday, and an outside ocean racecourse, this one will be settled on the water, as long surf and swells kicked up from Hurricane Norbert offshore allow sailors to traverse the Long Beach channel in the morning.

Peter Bauer, Class Admin Buttons Padin, and Chris Foley decide to check for kelp with the spinnaker up. Foley not pictured. © Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing
Peter Bauer, Class Admin Buttons Padin, and Chris Foley decide to check for kelp with the spinnaker up. Foley not pictured. © Bronny Daniels / Joy Sailing



 Complete Results: 

Rank Bow Nat SailNo Boat Skipper Club Crew 1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Total Nett
1st 16
CAN		 211 Jackpot Brad Boston Sarnia Yacht Club Curtis Florence, Charles Corning 3.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 (9.0) 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 44.0 35.0
2nd 17
USA		 38 Hot Mess Kevin Taugher Alamitos Bay YC Mike Pentecost, Chuck Tripp 5.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 (35.0 OCS) 2.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 74.0 39.0
3rd 23
USA		 149 Venom Jeff Grange Santa Barbara YC Tedd White, Chris Parker 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 2.0 (9.0) 9.0 3.0 2.0 49.0 40.0
4th 4
USA		 204 It's All Good Jay Golison Alamitos Bay YC Steve Flam, Mike Bradley 14.0 4.0 12.0 (35.0 DNC) 2.0 1.0 10.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 94.0 59.0
5th 50
USA		 153 Last Call Alex Steele Balboa YC Katie McDowell, Jonathan Cressy 4.0 (12.0) 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 10.0 6.0 12.0 8.0 7.0 90.0 78.0
6th 5
AUS		 215 ECLIPSE Rod Beurteaux Yacht Club Chris O'Keefe, Murray Howsen 11.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 1.0 9.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 7.0 (20.0) 6.0 99.0 79.0
7th 1
USA		 222 Panda Capacitor Peter Beardsley Larchmont YC Jay Rhame, Rachael Beardsley, Rachael Dougherty 6.0 16.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 13.0 (24.0) 14.0 3.0 4.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 134.0 110.0
8th 34
USA		 254 Mambo Kings Justin Scott Riverside Dyer Dinghy Association Jessie Kirteland, Chad Proctor 10.0 (17.0) 6.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 12.0 15.0 5.0 5.0 15.0 7.0 11.0 134.0 117.0
9th 25
USA		 148 F.N.G. James Sears Alamitos Bay YC Phil Toth, Shannon Heausler 2.0 10.0 13.0 8.0 12.0 (18.0) 11.0 18.0 13.0 9.0 8.0 3.0 12.0 9.0 146.0 128.0
10th 3
USA		 223 Cobra Tim Carter Alamitos Bay YC Patricia Lapadula, Steve Bloemeke 7.0 9.0 14.0 7.0 (17.0) 6.0 6.0 10.0 12.0 16.0 12.0 16.0 6.0 8.0 146.0 129.0
11th 60
AUS		 183 OLD SCHOOL Racing Mark Griffith RPAYC Mal Clark, Dave Taylor 17.0 6.0 9.0 11.0 16.0 (19.0) 8.0 9.0 10.0 7.0 13.0 17.0 17.0 13.0 172.0 153.0
12th 41
USA		 130 Amateurs Mark Folkman King Harbor YC Mike Galloway, Jeff Johnson 8.0 11.0 10.0 17.0 24.0 11.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 15.0 16.0 8.0 11.0 (35.0 DNF) 192.0 157.0
13th 21
USA		 152 Seco Tu Pelo Pat Gibson HYC Max Hardage, Jeff Jones 9.0 7.0 8.0 14.0 (25.0) 14.0 19.0 16.0 11.0 8.0 10.0 22.0 14.0 10.0 187.0 162.0
14th 18
USA		 23 Clown School Todd Downey TPYC Cody Schlub, Eddy Terchunian 16.0 13.0 20.0 16.0 4.0 10.0 13.0 13.0 19.0 14.0 (35.0 DNC) 2.0 10.0 18.0 203.0 168.0
15th 15
USA		 GBR 146 Little Wing Antony Chapman Arizona YC Lucien Sahali, Grant Hill (20.0) 8.0 17.0 15.0 13.0 16.0 12.0 17.0 16.0 11.0 15.0 11.0 9.0 17.0 197.0 177.0
16th 32
USA		 174 Boomslang Geoff Fargo SBSC A. Tucker Atterbury, Spencer Stephen 19.0 (26.0) 18.0 13.0 20.0 17.0 14.0 11.0 14.0 12.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 12.0 216.0 190.0
17th 8
USA		 34 Snake Eyes Nigel Brownett Alamitos Bay YC Andrew Kerr, Glenn Van Heel 18.0 18.0 21.0 3.0 11.0 7.0 18.0 19.0 17.0 19.0 11.0 14.0 15.0 (22.0) 213.0 191.0
18th 2
USA		 104 Locomotion Ed Feo Alamitos Bay YC Dave Millett, Nick Lounsberry 12.0 15.0 11.0 20.0 8.0 20.0 21.0 7.0 5.0 (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNC 10.0 23.0 14.0 236.0 201.0
19th 7
USA		 212 Boiling Point Craig Walker Alamitos Bay YC Danial Milefchik, Keith Magnusson 15.0 (35.0 DNF) 19.0 22.0 10.0 22.0 20.0 27.0 21.0 13.0 21.0 19.0 19.0 15.0 278.0 243.0
20th 11
USA		 129 Kaa Garrett Johns Anacortes Yacht Club David Way, Steven Orsini 22.0 14.0 15.0 24.0 22.0 21.0 16.0 15.0 20.0 (25.0) 18.0 23.0 18.0 20.0 273.0 248.0
21st 9
CAN		 191 Moistened Bint John Leyland Alamitos Bay YC David Phillips, Dennis Lefeaux 28.0 25.0 23.0 21.0 27.0 24.0 17.0 (32.0) 22.0 21.0 19.0 24.0 16.0 16.0 315.0 283.0
22nd 27
USA		 187 BOLT Carson Reynolds Balboa YC Jon Novak, Rene Levert 13.0 24.0 16.0 12.0 18.0 15.0 15.0 24.0 18.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 330.0 295.0
23rd 40
USA		 GBR 138 V Douglas Johnstone CYC Jim Miller, Liz Hjorth 23.0 20.0 25.0 18.0 21.0 23.0 22.0 22.0 27.0 (35.0 OCS) 23.0 21.0 25.0 26.0 331.0 296.0
24th 22
CAN		 87 Oshunmare Steven Chapman Britannia Yacht Christoph, Ledent, Joann Abbot 25.0 23.0 24.0 19.0 23.0 27.0 26.0 20.0 25.0 18.0 24.0 (28.0) 27.0 21.0 330.0 302.0
25th 10
USA		 159 Wild Hogs Peter Bauer Larchmont Yacht Club Chrisptopher Foley, Edward Padin 31.0 (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 29.0 12.0 28.0 31.0 24.0 17.0 17.0 18.0 21.0 19.0 352.0 317.0
26th 12
USA		 25 Sweet Ride Matt Harden DCYC Tim Kraft, Peter Brigadious 24.0 19.0 27.0 (35.0 DNC) 26.0 28.0 23.0 23.0 26.0 22.0 25.0 27.0 24.0 23.0 352.0 317.0
27th 70
USA		 131 Dragonfly Rafe Beswick South Sound Sailing Society   26.0 21.0 22.0 23.0 32.0 25.0 25.0 28.0 23.0 23.0 20.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 373.0 338.0
28th 6
USA		 46 heroin Greg Jackson Arizona Yacht Club Chrisann Tortora, John Mayall 21.0 22.0 26.0 25.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 21.0 31.0 24.0 35.0 DNC 26.0 26.0 25.0 387.0 352.0
29th 20
USA		 209 Jolly Roger Tyler Wolk Bahia Corinthian YC Kristina Miller, Shane Corwin 30.0 29.0 30.0 (35.0 DNC) 15.0 33.0 30.0 26.0 28.0 35.0 DNF 35.0 DNC 25.0 22.0 24.0 397.0 362.0
30th 52
USA		 133 Hyper Viper Court Roberts Cameron Forsberg, David Weihs   27.0 27.0 28.0 28.0 19.0 26.0 32.0 25.0 32.0 (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNC 20.0 29.0 35.0 DNF 398.0 363.0
31st 14
USA		 110 BB Dennis Palmieri Alamitos Bay YC Brett Alred, Tom Blanton 32.0 31.0 (35.0 DNC) 27.0 30.0 32.0 31.0 33.0 33.0 20.0 22.0 30.0 30.0 28.0 414.0 379.0
32nd 24
USA		 81 US 81 Bob McHugh Cedar Point YC David Lynn, Michael Cosgrove 33.0 30.0 (35.0 DNC) 35.0 DNC 31.0 30.0 29.0 30.0 30.0 26.0 35.0 DNC 29.0 28.0 27.0 428.0 393.0
33rd 13
CAN		 151 TBD George Gluecksmann VRC Alec Caterson, Warren Fitzgerald 29.0 28.0 29.0 26.0 28.0 29.0 (35.0 DNS) 34.0 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 448.0 413.0
34th 33
USA		 21 wave*ohs Chris Ganne FYC Arthur Vasenius, Bryant Humann (35.0 DNF) 35.0 DNF 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 33.0 31.0 27.0 29.0 29.0 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 35.0 DNC 464.0 429.0
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