2015 VX One North American Championship - A solid start

by Julie & Christopher Howell on 6 Oct 2015 The VX One North American Championship, hosted by Gulfport Yacht Club in Gulfport, MS, got off to a solid start with four races completed for 28 teams. Marcus Eagan’s Cajun Underwriting holds the early advantage after posting scores of one, two, six, two for 11 points. Three points behind is Donovan Brennan’s Smuggler. 2014 North American Champion Chris Alexander’s Isabelita Con Queso rests in third with 27 points.

As the opening contest got underway under partly sunny skies, winds were eight knots, but dropped a bit by the time of the finish. Eagan crossed the line first, ahead of Brennan and Bill Griffin. Brennan moved up to the top spot in race two as the shifty breeze rose to eight - ten knots and overcast arrived. Eagan dropped to the second position, and Alexander placed third. Isabelita Con Queso claimed the next victory, while John Potter and Dustin Brennan followed. A new name, Matt Haddon, won the final bout, as Eagan and Potter rounded out the top trio while the sun returned.

Racing continues through Wednesday.

Results:

VX ONE (28 boats)

Series Standing - 4 races scored

Pos	Sail	Boat	Rating	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4		Total	Pos
1	177	Cajun Underwriting	0	Marcus Eagan	Bay-Waveland Yacht Club		1	2	6	2		11	1
2	124	Isabelita Con Queso	0	Chris Alexander	Gulfport Yacht Club		6	3	1	16		26	2
3	222	Wild Deuces	0	Paul Currie	RCYC		5	4	9	14		32	3
4	176	kill bill	0	bill griffin	Wadawanuck		2	10	12	10		34T	4
5	195		0	Brian Bennett	SSS		10	8	8	8		34T	5
6	135	Bob Sled	0	Robby Brown	Davis Island YC		4	5	20	6		35	6
7	201	Smuggler	0	Donovan Brennan	NOYC		29/RET	1	7	4		41	7
8	187	VX One	0	John Potter	Beaufort Yacht & sailing Club		14	24	2	3		43	8
9	196	My Sharona	0	George Gamble	Pensacola Yacht Club		3	7	11	25		46	9
10	159	Angry Baboon	0	Kenny Wolfe	RCYC		7	9	25	9		50	10
11	205		0	Matt Haddon	British Exiles YC		8	29/OCS	15	1		53T	11
12	161	Happy Ending	0	Vernon Green	OCBC		15	12	21	5		53T	12
13	150	????	0	Dustin Brennan	NOYC		9	18	3	27		57T	13
14	178	Cruzan Rhode	0	Timothy Pitts	NBYC		12	13	13	19		57T	14
15	164	Akula	0	Shawn Cina	OCBC		24	26	5	7		62T	15
16	175	This side down	0	Jeff Eiber	Edgewater yacht club		17	16	16	13		62T	16
17	204	Reversal of Fortune	0	Jeffrey Progelhof	Rush Creek Yacht Club		20	20	4	23		67	17
18	169	THE ANIMAL	0	Jeff Jones	LBYC		11	6	24	28		69	18
19	170	Mongoose	102	Kevin Blank	Tammany Yacht Club		25	11	19	15		70	19
20	125	The Spaniard	0	Rob Doolittle	Pont. Y.C.		16	25	10	20		71	20
21	152		0	Beat Steffen	Sailing Club Hallwil, Switzerland		18	22	22	12		74T	21
22	142	Cool Change	0	Peter Van Rossem	Kingston Yacht Club		13	21	14	26		74T	22
23	128	Flash Gordan	0	Lawrence Frost	Southern Yacht Club		22	15	23	17		77	23
24	200	Rosebud	0	Justin Howard	Oklahoma City Boat Club		19	14	28	18		79	24
25	122	SeaFlight	0	Darrell Peck	Vancouver Lake Sailing Club		26	17	17	21		81	25
26	116	Andrew Walford	0	Andrew Walford	St Petersburg Yacht Club		23	19	18	22		82	26
27	197	Second Line	0	Shelley Caplan	BWYC		27	27	26	11		91	27
28	132	Chevere	0	Cesar Roca	BucYC/MYC		21	23	27	24		95	28