J/70 World Championship 2014 - Healy surfs into lead

by Jan Harley on 12 Sep 2014

Joel Ronning (87) and Jamestown’s Tim Healy (02) on Day three - J/70 World Championship 2014 Paul Todd/Outside Images http://www.outsideimages.com

J/70 World Championship 2014 - Newport, R.I. – After two days of qualifying, the 2014 J/70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen today saw the first races of the Championship Series that will decide the winner of this inaugural world championship. Based on their performance during the first two days of the regatta, the 86 teams are now racing in either the gold or silver fleet, with the championship crown going to the eventual victor in the gold fleet.

After being postponed ashore this morning until a thunderstorm threat had lifted, the competitors were once again sent out to do battle on Rhode Island Sound. Under partly cloudy skies, with breeze ranging from 12-18 knots out of the southwest, competitors were tested by another day of swells and seaweed that did little to help their results.

Tied on points to start the day were Joel Ronning of Minneapolis, Minn., on Catapult, and Rhode Island’s own Tim Healy on Helly Hansen, with the tie-break going in Ronning’s favor two days in a row. The story looked to be on replay when Ronning finished one-two to Healy’s two-one in the first two races. But Healy went on to win the third race of the day while Ronning earned and used his drop race on a 14th-place finish. Healy’s Helly Hansen is now the overall standings leader with 11 points, while Ronning sits second overall with 18 points.

'The New York Yacht Club Race Committee was watching a line of thunderstorms that dissipated as they got closer and actually passed to the north of us, so they just were on the safe side,' said Healy of the morning’s postponement. 'With the breeze expected to be good in the afternoon they didn’t have a problem with waiting a little bit and we ended up getting three really good races in, so it worked out. It probably maxed out around 15-16, so it was in the range of 12-16 knots from the SSW.'

With the sea state factoring in again, Healy agreed that the swells were giving the fleet more of a workout than they might have anticipated. 'Upwind it was really choppy. The boats are only 22-23 feet, so the key is to keep the momentum up and keep powering through the waves. If you can do that and keep the boat moving then you can extend a little bit and have good speed. The problem is you really can’t escape hitting bad waves. You’re going to pound a wave whether you like it or not every once in a while and then getting the boat back up to speed as fast as possible is a big deal. There also was a lot of seaweed out there and steering around the clumps of seaweed and making sure to keep your keel and rudder clear of it was also a big deal. Downwind it was perfect surfing conditions so working hard and getting the whole team to work together to catch waves really made a big difference too. Not only catching a wave but staying on it helps downwind and made a big difference in speed.'

Healy acknowledged that there is no one way to prepare for the constant pounding that Rhode Island Sound has served up two out of the three race days thus far, but those sailors whose general conditioning is good will fare better. 'The first day it [the breeze] was easterly and that was rough also. Downwind you have to work the boat, pump the sheets, stay in good shape that way. Your back, your core, everything has to be ready for that.'

Brian Keane’s Savasana on Day three - J/70 World Championship 2014 © Paul Todd/Outside Images http://www.outsideimages.com

Maintaining third, behind Healy and Ronning, in the standings is 2013 Bacardi® Miami Sailing Week class champion Brian Keane of Weston, Mass., at the helm of Savasana. Keane has 40 points and an 11-point cushion over Martin Kullman of St. Petersburg, Fla., on New Wave.

The big move of the day was made by 2013 J/70 North American Champion Heather Gregg-Earl of Boston, Mass., on Muse. Finishes of five-four-three today propelled her from 24th into fifth overall, which also makes Muse the top Corinthian team thus far in the series.

In the silver fleet, two California teams, Craig Tallman of Torrance, on Jaya, and Scott Deardorff of Santa Barbara on Cake, are tied on points (88). Mexico’s Marco Teixidor, on Cachondo, is third overall with 99 points. All three teams are Corinthian, i.e. they do not have any professional sailors aboard.

The September 8-13 competition is being hosted by New York Yacht Club at Harbour Court, with regatta headquarters at Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing Center.

Helly Hansen is presenting sponsor of the world championship, and North Sails is the Official Regatta Support Partner. Also enhancing the experience of competitors at the regatta will be Harken, Marlow Ropes, Newport Storm, Seadek Marine Products, Southern Spars, Torqeedo and Triad Trailers.

2014 J 70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen
Preliminary Cumulative Results

	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	R 5	R 6	R 7	R 8	R 9	R 10	R 11	R 12	R 13	T O	Total
World Championship Gold Racing
	One Design Division
		GOLD Fleet
		1.		USA 2	Helly Hansen	Tim Healy		2		2		2	1			3	2	1	1	[3]	11.0
		2.		USA 187	Catapult	Joel Ronning		1		1		1	4			8	1	2	14	[14]	18.0
		3.		USA 96	Savasana	Brian Keane	1			3	3		2		11		16	9	11	[16]	40.0
		4.		USA 246	New Wave	Martin Kullman	6			24	6		3		2		3	7	28	[28]	51.0
		5.		USA 95	MUSE	Heather Gregg Earl	23		13			9		11	13		5	4	3	[23]	58.0
		6.		USA 55	Joust	Tim Molony	16		2			6		2	37		7	6	20	[37]	59.0
		7.		USA 86	Stampede//Pour Judgement Racing	Patrick Wilson		7		12		13	5			14	15	3	6	[15]	60.0
		8.		USA 45	Wild Child	Henry Filter	17/ SCP		1			7/ SCP		6		4	19	27	9	[27]	63.0
		9.		USA 353	Heartbreaker	Robert Hughes	7			20	5		14		3		4	16	18	[20]	67.0
		10.		BRA 403	Bruschetta	Mauricio Santa Cruz		5	6		4			3		1	25	31	24	[31]	68.0
		11.		NED 69	Bliksem	Pieter Taselaar		8		14		33	15			2	9	18	2	[33]	68.0
		12.		USA 179	Africa	Jud Smith	14		10			14		20	1		10	19	4	[20]	72.0
		13.		USA 94	Lifted	Jim Cunningham	10			4	1		11		15		22	33/ SCP	12	[33]	75.0
		14.		USA 85	Dazzler	Allan Terhune, Jr		28	35		2			12		7	6	11	10	[35]	76.0
		15.		USA 326	Aquaholiks	Martin Johnsson	28		12			11		13	9		17	10	5	[28]	77.0
		16.		USA 69	USA 69	Joseph Colling / Lee Sackett		3		21		4	20			12	8	32	13	[32]	81.0
		17.		GBR 123	Team RAFBF Spitfire	Simon Ling	2			10	11		7		7		20	28	39	[39]	85.0
		18.		USA 217	Joint Custody	Jenn & Ray Wulff		6	5		12			10		17	12	36	33	[36]	95.0
		19.		USA 209	Trouble	Peter McChesney	5		29			18		9	4		33	22	16	[33]	103.0
		20.		USA 390	20/20	John Arendshorst	12		7			5		1	30		43	15	36	[43]	106.0
		21.		USA 48	Rascal	Will Welles	3		14			19		33	40		24	5	8	[40]	106.0
		22.		USA 171	Running Wild	Peter Vessella	13		3			23		24	20		13	13	30	[30]	109.0
		23.		USA 49	Relative Obscurity	Peter Duncan		25		8		17	8			11	38	33	7	[38]	109.0
		24.		USA 34	Perseverance	Bennet Greenwald	24			9	13		22		38		14	14	15	[38]	111.0
		25.		USA 26	Jungleland	Chris and Carolyn Groobey	17		11			10		17	12		18	38	27	[38]	112.0
		26.		GBR 557	Boats.com	Ian Atkins	4		23			3		5	24		32	40	23	[40]	114.0
		27.		USA 157	Spring	Dave Franzel		15		7		12	12			9	29	42	34	[42]	118.0
		28.		MEX 690	Vincitore	Erik Brockmann	18			16	7		17		6		36	21	38	[38]	121.0
		29.		USA 397	Hot Mess	Rob Britts		13		11		24	13			15	34	30	19	[34]	125.0
		30.		CHI 680	Flecha	Felipe Robles		26	8		14			25		10	26	34	17	[34]	126.0
		31.		USA 340	Rimette	John Brim	22			15	8		25		22		27	8	41	[41]	127.0
		32.		SWE 601	Rocad Racing	Mikael Lindqvist	26		4			7		4	28		39	29	32	[39]	130.0
		33.		USA 51	Black River Racing	Doug Strebel		9	42/ ZFP		26			15		6	23	12	44/ OCS	[44]	133.0
		34.		USA 482	X	Dan Cheresh		4		17		27	6			28	35	17	35	[35]	134.0
		35.		USA 40	B Squared	Bryan Cameron & Brian Elliott		12		5		20	24			22	28	25	26	[28]	134.0
		36.		USA 375	Lickity Split	Stanley Edwards	8			18	27		10		26		21	26	29	[29]	136.0
		37.		USA 167	Kraken	Gary Tisdale / Adam Burns		20	31		9			22		5	30	39	22	[39]	139.0
		38.		USA 11	Menace	Kerry Klingler	11		44/ ZFP			36		14	10		11	20	37	[44]	139.0
		39.		USA 159	Torqeedo	Chris Carroll		16	24		16			16		16	37	43	21	[43]	146.0
		40.		USA 389	Hooligan: Flat Stanley Racing	Trey Sheehan		11		34		8	9			36	41	23	31	[41]	152.0
		41.		CHI 687	Windmade	Juan Reid		17		6		16	30			30	31	37	25	[37]	155.0
		42.		USA 174	Magic Bus	Gregg Mylett		24	17		18			8		31	40	35	40	[40]	173.0
		43.		MEX 526	Lampuga	Roberto Escalante		14	35/ ZFP		10			29		18	42	41	42	[42]	189.0
Complete detailed results available at www.yachtscoring.com or www.yachtscoring.com/mobile

World Championship Silver Racing
	One Design Division
		SILVER Fleet
		1.		USA 59	Jaya	Craig Tallman		32		28		15	18			20	5	2		[32]	88.0
		2.		USA 351	Cake	Scott Deardorff		21	9		23			28		37	4	3		[37]	88.0
		3.		PUR 391	Cachondo	Marco Teixidor		22	19		24			26		13	8	13		[26]	99.0
		4.		USA 151	Reach Around	Thomas Bowen		27	20		20			31		24	1	10		[31]	102.0
		5.		USA 153	Surge	Geoffrey Pierini	15		34/ ZFP			25		19	31		2	11		[34]	103.0
		6.		USA 61	Sugar Daddy	Mark Ploch	9		44/ DSQ			40		18	8		28/ ZFP	1		[44]	104.0
		7.		USA 99	Nostalgia	Blake & Lud Kimbrough	20		18			41		7	35		16	9		[41]	105.0
		8.		USA 15	Junior	Tim Finkle		18		13		31	23			19	11	23		[31]	107.0
		9.		USA 073	Occams Razor	Walt and Tricia Pletcher		33		26		21	43			27	3	5		[43]	115.0
		10.		USA 64	Exit Strategy II	Jack Martin	29			25	29		36		17		7	8		[36]	115.0
		11.		BRA 493	To Nessa	Renato Faria		10	22		28			30		35	18	12		[35]	120.0
		12.		USA 222	Junkanoo	Suzy Leech	30			29	22		16		21		15	21		[30]	124.0
		13.		CAN 360	REX	Scott Weakley		31	44/ ZFP		15			34		26	6	17		[44]	129.0
		14.		GBR 433	Darwin Property Investment Management	Charlie Esse	25			23	40		27		41		10	6		[41]	131.0
		15.		USA 245	USA 245	Tyler Doyle		19		22		35	35			23	13	19		[35]	131.0
		16.		NOR 645	Norwegian Steam	Eivind Astrup	46/ DNF		24/ ZFP			28		23	44		9	4		[46]	132.0
		17.		USA 243	VitaminJ	Ted Johnson	33		21			22		32	23		12	24		[33]	134.0
		18.		USA 199	Mojito	Catharine Evans		23	16		34			35		25	23	15		[35]	136.0
		19.		USA 305	Soggy Dollar	Dave Vieregg	32			33	32		26		18		14	16		[33]	138.0
		20.		CAN 550	CAN 550	Stu McCrea		30	30		21			21		32	44/ ZFP	7		[44]	141.0
		21.		USA 589	Full Monty	Latane Montague	27			27	19		26.3/ RDG		32		25	22		[32]	146.3
		22.		USA 181	GB	Chris Lewis	19		37			26		38	34		31	14		[38]	161.0
		23.		USA 218	Tsunami	Thomas Iseler		46/ DSQ	43/ ZFP		17			27		21	36	18		[46]	162.0
		24.		RUS 6008	RUS 6008	Andrey Samoylov	31		36			29		39	14		22	33		[39]	165.0
		25.		BER 308	Elusive	Chuck Millican	39			30	30		28		27		34	29		[39]	178.0
		26.		USA 497	Chinook	Frank McNamara	38			38	38		31		19		26/ ZFP	30		[38]	182.0
		27.		USA 68	Noname	Ron Thompson		29		32		30	19			39	33	44/ DNF		[44]	182.0
		28.		USA 169	Empeiria	John Heaton	21		28			34		40	33		26	44/ ZFP		[44]	182.0
		29.		GER 252	Rosaroter Pinguin	Juergen Waldheim	34			31	37		39		25		20	44/ ZFP		[44]	186.0
		30.		USA 25	Papawheelie	Will Keyworth		40		19		32	33			41	29	34		[41]	187.0
		31.		USA 611	Artemis	George Eberstadt		37	32		36			37		29	24	31		[37]	189.0
		32.		MEX 686	DemoN	Diego Berho	46/ DNF			44/ DNC	45/ DNC		21		29		28	25		[46]	192.0
		33.		BRA 677	Sudoeste	Jose Vita		35	27		33			36		38	35	26		[38]	192.0
		34.		USA 373	Lucky To Be Racing	Charlie Henry	41			35	35		40		5		41	37/ ZFP		[41]	193.0
		35.		CAN 93	Dynamo	Anthony Gaffney	46/ DNF			44/ DNF	45/ DNF		29		36		21	20		[46]	195.0
		36.		USA 219	GetMyBoat	Collin Kirby	37			36	39		34		16		41/ ZFP	36/ ZFP		[41]	198.0
		37.		USA 220	Phoenix	Peter Firey		34		37		37	32			33	44/ ZFP	28		[44]	201.0
		38.		USA 309	Cloudsourced	Stuart Williams		39		40		42	38			34	30	27		[42]	208.0
		39.		USA 152	Sundog	Kathy Parks	36			41	25		37		42		38	32		[42]	209.0
		40.		USA 91	Carlos	Mike Sudofsky	35		44/ ZFP			39		41	43		27	31/ ZFP		[44]	216.0
		41.		USA 366	Asteria	Holly Fabyan		38	44/ ZFP		31			44/ RAF		40	43	36		[44]	232.0
		42.		AUS 7	Vamos	Tim Ryan		36		39		38	42			46/ DNC	42	37		[46]	234.0
		43.		USA 238	Zuni Bear	Rich Bergmann	46/ DSQ		44/ DSQ			45/ DSQ		42	39		37	35		[46]	242.0

2014 J 70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen
Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Cumulative Results

Bow		Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Owner/Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Race 13	T O	Total
World Championship Gold Racing
	One Design Division
		GOLD Fleet
		1.	95		USA 95	MUSE	J 70	Heather Gregg Earl	23		13			9		11	13		5	4	3	[23]	58.0
		2.	94		USA 94	Lifted	J 70	Jim Cunningham	10			4	1		11		15		22	33/SCP	12	[33]	75.0
		3.	58		USA 326	Aquaholiks	J 70	Martin Johnsson	28		12			11		13	9		17	10	5	[28]	77.0
		4.	6		GBR 123	Team RAFBF Spitfire	J 70	Simon Ling	2			10	11		7		7		20	28	39	[39]	85.0
		5.	29		USA 209	Trouble	J 70	Peter McChesney	5		29			18		9	4		33	22	16	[33]	103.0
		6.	37		USA 397	Hot Mess	J 70	Rob Britts		13		11		24	13			15	34	30	19	[34]	125.0
		7.	40		USA 40	B Squared	J 70	Bryan Cameron & Brian Elliott		12		5		20	24			22	28	25	26	[28]	134.0
		8.	67		USA 167	Kraken	J 70	Gary Tisdale / Adam Burns		20	31		9			22		5	30	39	22	[39]	139.0
		9.	27		USA 159	Torqeedo	J 70	Chris Carroll		16	24		16			16		16	37	43	21	[43]	146.0
		10.	74		USA 174	Magic Bus	J 70	Gregg Mylett		24	17		18			8		31	40	35	40	[40]	173.0


World Championship Silver Racing
	One Design Division
		SILVER Fleet
		1.	59		USA 59	Jaya	J 70	Craig Tallman		32		28		15	18			20	5	2		[32]	88.0
		2.	35		USA 351	Cake	J 70	Scott Deardorff		21	9		23			28		37	4	3		[37]	88.0
		3.	31		PUR 391	Cachondo	J 70	Marco Teixidor		22	19		24			26		13	8	13		[26]	99.0
		4.	99		USA 99	Nostalgia	J 70	Blake & Lud Kimbrough	20		18			41		7	35		16	9		[41]	105.0
		5.	73		USA 073	Occams Razor	J 70	Walt and Tricia Pletcher		33		26		21	43			27	3	5		[43]	115.0
		6.	5		BRA 493	To Nessa	J 70	Renato Faria		10	22		28			30		35	18	12		[35]	120.0
		7.	3		GBR 433	Darwin Property Investment Management	J 70	Charlie Esse	25			23	40		27		41		10	6		[41]	131.0
		8.	24		USA 245	USA 245	J 70	Tyler Doyle		19		22		35	35			23	13	19		[35]	131.0
		9.	43		USA 243	VitaminJ	J 70	Ted Johnson	33		21			22		32	23		12	24		[33]	134.0
		10.	30		USA 305	Soggy Dollar	J 70	Dave Vieregg	32			33	32		26		18		14	16		[33]	138.0
		11.	50		CAN 550	CAN 550	J 70	Stu McCrea		30	30		21			21		32	44/ZFP	7		[44]	141.0
		12.	89		USA 589	Full Monty	J 70	Latane Montague	27			27	19		26.3/RDG		32		25	22		[32]	146.3
		13.	9		USA 181	GB	J 70	Chris Lewis	19		37			26		38	34		31	14		[38]	161.0
		14.	18		USA 218	Tsunami	J 70	Thomas Iseler		46/DSQ	43/ZFP		17			27		21	36	18		[46]	162.0
		15.	54		BER 308	Elusive	J 70	Chuck Millican	39			30	30		28		27		34	29		[39]	178.0
		16.	47		USA 497	Chinook	J 70	Frank McNamara	38			38	38		31		19		26/ZFP	30		[38]	182.0
		17.	68		USA 68	Noname	J 70	Ron Thompson		29		32		30	19			39	33	44/DNF		[44]	182.0
		18.	4		GER 252	Rosaroter Pinguin	J 70	Juergen Waldheim	34			31	37		39		25		20	44/ZFP		[44]	186.0
		19.	70		MEX 686	DemoN	J 70	Diego Berho	46/DNF			44/DNC	45/DNC		21		29		28	25		[46]	192.0
		20.	77		BRA 677	Sudoeste	J 70	Jose Vita		35	27		33			36		38	35	26		[38]	192.0
		21.	32		USA 373	Lucky To Be Racing	J 70	Charlie Henry	41			35	35		40		5		41	37/ZFP		[41]	193.0
		22.	20		USA 220	Phoenix	J 70	Peter Firey		34		37		37	32			33	44/ZFP	28		[44]	201.0
		23.	56		USA 309	Cloudsourced	J 70	Stuart Williams		39		40		42	38			34	30	27		[42]	208.0
		24.	52		USA 152	Sundog	J 70	Kathy Parks	36			41	25		37		42		38	32		[42]	209.0
		25.	91		USA 91	Carlos	J 70	Mike Sudofsky	35		44/ZFP			39		41	43		27	31/ZFP		[44]	216.0
		26.	66		USA 366	Asteria	J 70	Holly Fabyan		38	44/ZFP		31			44/RAF		40	43	36		[44]	232.0
		27.	7		AUS 7	Vamos	J 70	Tim Ryan		36		39		38	42			46/DNC	42	37		[46]	234.0
		28.	38		USA 238	Zuni Bear	J 70	Rich Bergmann	46/DSQ		44/DSQ			45/DSQ		42	39		37	35		[46]	242.0

Protest Filing Report as of 12/Sep/2014 @ 04:01 AM

No.	Race #	Protesting		Protested	Reason	Hearing	Status	Jury Decision
1.	1	Reach Around ( USA 151)	vs	Tsunami (USA 218)			Closed	Tsunami DSQ
2.	1	Race Committee	vs	Vamos (AUS 7)			Closed	No RRS broken
3.	1	Race Committee	vs	Wild Child (USA 45)	races 1 & 3		Closed	#45 keeps finish plus 10% SCP in races 1 & 3 (in addition to any other penalties); boats in those races that finished behind #45 move up one place; #45 to race in Green fleet on Wednesday
4.	2	Reach Around ( USA 151)	vs	Sugar Daddy (USA 61)			Closed	61 DSQ
5.	4	Full Monty (USA 589)	vs	Redress - Race Committee			Closed	Redress - Average points for all races to date excluding race 4. No other boats scores shall change
6.		Race Committee	vs	Zuni Bear (USA 238)	Measurement protest		Closed	USA 238 DSQ from three races on Tuesday
7.	12	Lucky To Be Racing (USA 373)	vs	Carlos (USA 91)			Closed	withdrawn
8.	11	Sugar Daddy (USA 61)	vs	Redress - Race Committee			Closed	redress denied