2015 J/24 US National Championship - Battling hard for victory

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 25 May 2015 2015 J/24 US National Championship - It took all nine races to determine the victor at the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Berkeley Yacht Club in Berkeley, CA. Chris Snow’s Bogus and David Klatt’s Jaded came into the final day with just one point separating them, and in the end, it was still one single point that secured victory for Snow and his crew, which included current J/24 World Champion Will Welles (tactics), Chris Nesbitt (trim), Garth Reynolds (mast) and Doug Weitz (bow, a J/24 World Champion crew in 1995).

Bogus started off Sunday with a two, one, leaving them with a five-point advantage. Klatt did all he could in the final bout and took line honors, but Snow placed fifth which was exactly enough to win with 18 net points, to Klatt’s 19. Tokuma Takesue’s Gekko of Japan, with Mike Ingham as a crew member, took third with 32 points.

Pat Toole’s 3 Big Dogs opened the day with a victory, ahead of Snow and Michael Whitfield’s TMC Racing, while winds hovered around 10 knots on San Francisco Bay. Snow snagged the bullet in the next contest, as Klatt and Takesue rounded out the top three. Closing out the regatta in 12-14 knots of wind, Klatt claimed the final race win, trailed by Scott Milne’s Tremendous Slouch and Takesue.

The top five: Chris Snow, Bogus (18 points), David Klatt, Jaded (19), Tokuma Takesue’s Gekko (32), Pat Toole, 3 Big Dogs (36), Mark Laura, Baba Louie (43).

Twenty five boats competed over three days.

Results:

Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		Total	Pos
5208	Bogus	Chris Snow	SDYC		1	2	3	3	[6]	1	2	1	5		18	1
1892	Jaded	David Klatt	Ventura YC		3	4	1	2	1	5	[26/OCS]	2	1		19	2
JPN5449	GEKKO	Tokuma Takesue	Japan Sailing Federation		6	1	5	6	4	4	[8]	3	3		32	3
USA 5253	3 Big Dogs	Pat Toole	Santa Barbara YC		5	5	6	1	3	[14]	1	8	7		36	4
2365	Baba Louie	Mark Laura	SYC		2	7	4	4	2	3	[15]	11	10		43	5
USA 4906	TMC Racing	Michael Whitfield	Berkeley Yacht Club		4	6	7	[11]	7	10	3	6	8		51	6
USA 5471	Tremendous Slouch	Scott Milne	CYC Seattle		16/SCP	3	[26/RET]	8	10	2	6	21	2		68	7
126	GIGGLES	Natalie Penner	AYC		[18]	13	8	5	13	11	11	4	6		71	8
3421	Suspence	Carl Sheath	Corinthian Yacht Club, Seattle		12	9	7/SCP	7	9	[23/SCP]	10	13	13		80	9
5350	Feral Rooster	paul van ravenswaay	severn sailing association		7	8	[20/SCP]	18	5	8	18	14	9		87	10
USA1898	Critter	James Baurley	SMWYC		10	11	9	17/SCP	16	[20]	5	9	12		89	11
2394	Downtown Uproar	Darren Cumming	None		9	10	[23/SCP]	17/SCP	11	6	17	7	15		92	12
2160	TBD	Steve Hendricks	Santa Barbara Sailing Club		13	15	[22/SCP]	21/SCP	15	7	4	15	16		106	13
USA4268	Little Wing	Luther Strayer	Barstable YC		[26/RET]	12	11	14	18	12	16	10	14		107	14
2176	Evil Octopus	JASPER VAN VLIET	RYC		15	16	[21]	20	19	13	7	17	4		111	15
513	Shut up and drive	Val Lulevich	none		8	[22/SCP]	10	22	21	19	12	5	17		114	16
674	Garage Sail	Tim Sauer	North Flathead Yacht Club		14	14	14	13	14	22/SCP	14	12	[24]		117	17
4339	R.Y.L.A.H.	John Mason	CYC/SYC		16	21	[23]	23	12	20/SCP	9	16	20		137T	18
2950	Joss	Noel Morgan	Seattle CYC		17	18	16	10	20	16	[22]	22	18		137T	19
2257	Bullet	Thomas Tunberg	SBYC		[26/SCP]	19	20	19	17	9	20	24	11		139	20
3732	Djinn	Nojan Moshiri	CYC Seattle		20	20	13	[26/SCP]	22	24	13	19	26/SCP		157	21
USA 1036	Flight	Randall Rasicot	Richmond Yacht Club		23	[26/SCP]	12	17	24	26/SCP	19	18	19		158	22
3839	Irrational	Chris Dukelow	Seattle Corinthian		[26/SCP]	26/SCP	19	21	8	21	21	23	22		161	23
2722	Thunder Cookie	Jorge Martin-de-Nicolas	Austin Yacht Club		22	24	[26/SCP]	15	23	23	23	20	23		173	24
3316	woof	wally whittier	none		24	[25]	24	25	25	25	24	25	25		197	25