J/22 Midwinters - Single point separates top three heading into finals

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 20 Mar 2016

2016 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 Christopher Howell

2016 J/22 Midwinter Championship - It couldn’t be much tighter at the top of the heap at the J/22 Midwinter Championship after four races were completed Saturday at Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Chris Doyle’s The Jug 4 1 and Terry Flynn’s Tejas are tied on points at 11 heading into the closing day of racing on Sunday.

Jeff Todd’s Hot Toddy rests just one point behind in the 26-boat fleet. Doyle is dropping an eight, leaving scores of three, five, one, two, and Flynn has tossed a six for a net tally of five, one, two, three. Todd is counting a one, three, two, six (throwing out a six). Even the fourth and fifth place boats are tied—Mike Marshall’s Bad News and Chris Wientjes—with 15 points each. At least two races with breeze are forecasted for Sunday with an 11:00 a.m. CDT start.

2016 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 © Christopher Howell

Saturday began with light breeze around four - six knots, as Wientjes snared victory from Chris Wilson’s Lil’ Puffy, and Todd took third. It was another photo finish in the next battle as winds picked up to eight - twelve. Flynn edged Todd by a nose, ahead of third-place Kurt Taken-Holtze’s Turn Down for What. Chris Doyle handily collected the next win as winds lightened a bit to six - eight knots, when Flynn and Marshall settled for the silver and bronze spots. In the final contest, Taken-Holtze was DSQ after protest, leaving Marshall, Chris Doyle and Flynn in the money.

Racing concludes Sunday.

2016 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 © Christopher Howell

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Results:

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Pos
1	11 / USA 1649	The Jug 4 1	Christopher Doyle	Youngstown YC	3	5	[8]	1	2	11T	1
2	14 / USA 707	Tejas	Terry Flynn	GBCA/ FWBC	5	[6]	1	2	3	11T	2
3	21 / 1464	Hot Toddy	Jeffrey Todd	Annapolis Yacht Club	1	3	2	[6]	6	12	3
4	23 / USA 1586	Bad News	Michael Marshall	NYYC	[10]	7	4	3	1	15T	4
5	10 / 754		Chris Wientjes	Noyc	[8]	1	6	4	4	15T	5
6	26 / CAY 1233	Just Leaving	Mike Farrington	CISC	6	4	5	[8]	5	20	6
7	3 / USA489	Mo' Money	Kevin Doyle	Youngstown YC	9	8	[13]	11	7	35	7
8	18 / 1085	Supper Club	Dale Currie	Jackson Yacht Club	7	10	9	[16]	14	40T	8
9	19 / 964	Two Dollar Pistol	James C Riddle	KLSC	11	9	[23]	9	11	40T	9
10	24 / 202	White Trash	Sean Clare	HIYC	2	18	11	[23]	15	46	10
11	12 / 1646	Baby Lips	Keith zars	LCYC	19	[23]	10	10	8	47	11
12	6 / 1318	Turn Down for What	Kurt Taken-Holtze	Wayzata Yacht Club	16	24	3	5	[27/DSQ]	48T	12
13	7 / CAN693	Broomstick	Ron Harris	Hudson	15	17	7	[21]	9	48T	13
14	25 / 1078	Lil' Puffy	Christopher Wilson	SSA	12	2	16	20	[22]	50	14
15	9 / 1552	Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork Chop	Christopher Princing	TawasBay Yacht Club	4	13	20	[25]	17	54	15
16	13 / 320	Bad Dog	LOUISE BIENVENU	NOYC	13	12	14	[18]	16	55	16
17	17 / 643	Warm Wet Ham	Bill Siemers	Wayzata Yacht Club	[23]	19	12	14	13	58	17
18	22 / USA 638	Fresh Aire	Joe Gibbs	Jackson YACHT Club	18	14	[24]	19	10	61	18
19	8 / 1043	Fast Company	Richard Heausler	BWYC	[20]	20	15	17	12	64	19
20	5 / 02	Hot Ruddered Bum	Galen Freeman	Ft Walton YC & Percy Priest YC	22	21	21	7	[27/RET-AF]	71	20
21	20 / 239	Untamed	Mark Hunter	Bluewater Bay Sailing Club	24	[25]	18	12	19	73T	21
22	2 / 1003	Cool Kids	Doug Davis	KLSC	14	15	[26]	24	20	73T	22
23	16 / 1467		Wayne Peacock	LCYC	21	[22]	19	13	21	74	23
24	27 / 919		Eric Simonson	GBCA / LYC	[26]	26	17	15	18	76	24
25	4 / 663	Wizard	Chip Carpenter	Southern Yacht Club	17	11	25	[26]	24	77	25
26	1 / 238	Eve 'n Keeled	Jennifer Grant	Ft Walton YC	[25]	16	22	22	23	83	26