2014 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship - Day 2

by Jake Fish on 26 Sep 2014 The J/22 teams and the race committee patiently waited for breeze on a hot Thursday afternoon for the second day and were rewarded with two races to officially launch the 2014 U.S. Adult Championship, hosted by the Fort Worth Boat Club.

Eagle Mountain Lake greeted the competitors with glassy conditions and patchy breeze. The race committee attempted to start the championship on Wednesday to no avail. They waited it out again on Thursday and at 3:39 pm CDT, Race one finally began in very light breeze. The wind started to fade after the first leeward mark rounding, so the finish line was set up at the end of the third leg. Paul Wilson (Vineyard Haven Yacht Club) won Race one, followed by Bryan Dyer (Forth Worth Boat Club) and Benz Faget (Southern Yacht Club).

After the boat rotation, Race two started but was quickly abandoned due to lack of wind. Race two started after a lengthy postponement and despite limited wind and shifty conditions, four legs were completed. Faget won Race two, followed by Chris Doyle (Youngstown Yacht Club) and Dyer.

Teams are prepared to launch Friday morning at 9:00 am for a 10:00 am CDT start time. The championship concludes this Saturday.

The U.S. Adult Championship honors the traditional club vs. club competition by mixing the best elements of the former Mallory Trophy and Adams Cup events, while recognizing that sailors may be representing a community sailing organization.

A Texas style welcome reception, with a barbeque buffet, took place Wednesday night. Sailors were encouraged to wear their western attire and two-step to live country music. There was also be mechanical bull riding challenge, which served as outstanding entertainment for everyone involved.

 2014 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship complete results:

Bow/Sail	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2		Total	Pos
	Benz Faget/ Randall Richmond Thomas Sweeney	Southern Yacht Club/ Southern Yacht Club / New Olreans Yacht Club		3	1		4	1
7 /	Bryan Dyer/ Craig Johnson Matt Arno	Fort Worth Boat Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / Fort Worth Boat Club		2	3		5	2
2 /	Paul Wilson/ Brett Davis Reilly Scull Sonya Stevens	Vineyard Haven Yacht Club/ Holms Hole Sailing Association / New England Multihull Association / Vineyard Haven Yacht Club		1	5		6	3
3 /	Chris Doyle/ Peter Doyle Mike DeDario	Youngstown Yacht Club/ Youngstown YC / Youngstown Yacht Club		6	2		8T	4
5 /	Charlie Quigley/ Jason Maher David Bryan	BYC and BSC/ Boston yacht club / Boston Sailing Center		4	4		8T	5
6 /	Fred Meno/ Mike Schwinn Jeff Keller	Fort Worth Boat Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / FWBC		5	7		12	6
	Roger Dougal/ David Varn Meyer Moore	Columbia Sailing Club/ SAYRA / Columbia Sailing Club		8	6		14	7
1 /	Jake Scott/ Blake Billman Max Scott	Rush Creek Yacht Club/ Fort Worth Boat Club / Rush Creek Yacht Club		7	8		15	8
8 /	Mark deShong/ Luke Merchant Timothy Broome	Boston Harbor Yacht Club/ SBYC/  / Hull Yacht Club /		9	9		18	9
000 /	Jay Miles/ Caleb King Ryan Walsh	Park City Sailing/ Park City Sailing / Park City Sailing		10	10		20	10