Julian Fernandez Neckelmann clutches advantage at J/70 North Americans

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 22 May 2016 2016 J/70 North American Championship - Two more races went in the books on Saturday at the Torqeedo J/70 North American Championship hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas. For Julian Fernandez Neckelmann’s Flojito y Cooperando, it was feast or famine as a 13 in the opening meeting briefly dropped him out of the regatta lead.

But a bullet in the day’s only other contest gave the Mexican team 17 net points, four in front of Bruce Golison’s Midlife Crisis (who recorded a five, eight today). Bruno Pasquinelli’s Stampede holds third place with 28 points, with Glenn Darden’s Hoss hot on his heals with 29. Racing concludes Sunday.

In breeze around six knots, Pasquinelli bested Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity, Robert Hughes’ Heartbreaker and the remaining 36 teams representing Brazil, Japan, Mexico and the USA. Following a pause to allow the wind to stabilize (which it did at 10 knots), Neckelmann and teenager Gannon Troutman’s Pied Piper renewed their Charleston Race Week battle, with Neckelmann earning the win. Brian Keane’s Savasana was third. Jack Franco’s 3 Ball JT holds a healthy lead in the 10-boat Corinthian division.

Results:


Division: Corinthian (10 boats)

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5	6		Total	Pos
1	26 / 3	3 Ball JT	Jack Franco [Corinthian][Open]	LIYC		3	2	[26]	6	19	25		55	1
2	33 / 51	Black River Racing	doug strebel [Open][Corinthian]	LYC		25	[30]	27	14	14	15		95	2
3	37 / 898	Christine Robin	Tracy Usher [Open][Corinthian]	St Francis Yacht Club		12	25	20	23	21	[29]		101	3
4	06 / USA 55	JOUST	Tim Molony [Open][Corinthian]	Southern Yacht Club		[32]	13	24	28	12	26		103	4
5	12 / 850	Mojito	Forbes Durdin [Open][Corinthian]	LYC		29	[34]	30	4	30	21		114	5
6	21 / 159	Torqeedo	Brandon Flack [Open][Corinthian]	Mudheads		28	28	17	[34]	28	34		135	6
7	13 / 818	Rascal	Henry Brauer [Corinthian][Open]	Eastern Yacht Club		31	24	19	[38]	29	33		136	7
8	03 / 382	Zombie	Kristen Robinson [Open][Corinthian]	Annapolis Yacht Club		[37]	37	35	29	20	36		157	8
9	02 / 98	usa98	Alfred Poindexter [Open][Corinthian]	lakewood y c		38	[39]	34	33	39	37		181	9
10	07 / USA 529	Bazinga	Robert McMahan [Open][Corinthian]	Lakewood Yacht Club		[42/OCS]	38	36	36	36	39		185	10

Division: Open (41 boats)

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5	6		Total	Pos
1	24 / 384	Flojito y Cooperando	Julian Fernandez Neckelmann [Open]	Club Nautico Valle de Bravo		1	3	1	11	[13]	1		17	1
2	43 / USA 26	Midlife Crisis	Bruce Golison [Open]	ABYC		2	1	5	[16]	5	8		21	2
3	09 / 86	STAMPEDE	bruno pasquinelli [Open]	fwbc		10	8	4	5	1	[13]		28	3
4	19 / 852	Hoss	Glenn Darden [Open]	Fort Worth Boat Club		[23]	4	3	3	10	9		29	4
5	44 / US 49	Relative Obscurity	Peter DUNCAN [Open]	American Yacht Club		14	7	2	[22]	2	5		30T	5
6	32 / USA 353	Heartbreaker	Robert Hughes [Open]	Macatawa Bay		4	9	[22]	7	3	7		30T	6
7	36 / BRA-650	Cloud Nine	Phil Haegler [Open]	Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club		5	10	[25]	1	7	20		43T	7
8	10 / USA 248	Scamp	Will Welles [Open]	MDICSC		[19]	16	10	2	9	6		43T	8
9	42 / 96	Savasana	Brian Keane [Open]	Beverly Yacht Club		16	[18]	15	9	4	3		47	9
10	26 / 3	3 Ball JT	Jack Franco [Corinthian][Open]	LIYC		3	2	[26]	6	19	25		55	10
11	40 / 389	Hooligan Flat Stanley Racing	Trey Sheehan [Open]	Put-in-Bay YC		9	5	14	[25]	17	11		56	11
12	34 / 602	Building A	Josh Goldman [Open]	Cedat Point YC		20	21	7	10	6	[31]		64	12
13	15 / 157	Spring	Dave Franzel [Open]	Boston Sailing Center		27	6	6	13	[34]	17		69	13
14	25 / 230	Izula	Robert Willis [Open]	Columbia Yacht Club		6	[35]	13	12	8	35		74T	14
15	41 / BRA641	OceanPact	haroldo solberg [Open]	ICRJ		11	17	8	26	[33]	12		74T	15
16	11 / USA 839	Reach Around	Thomas Bowen [Open]	Annapolis YC		22	12	[31]	17	24	4		79T	16
17	27 / 187	Catapult	Joel Ronning [Open]	Wayzata Yacht Club		7	31	[35/ARB]	8	23	10		79T	17
18	08 / 419	Joint Custody	Jennifer Wulff [Open]	Annapolis Yacht Club		18	15	12	[35]	26	18		89	18
19	18 / 820	Nasty Baby	Rick Schaffer [Open]	FWBC		8	22	[33]	15	18	28		91	19
20	38 / USA364	USA364	David Kerr [Open]	Edgewater Yacht Club		[33]	23	16	21	15	19		94	20
21	33 / 51	Black River Racing	doug strebel [Open][Corinthian]	LYC		25	[30]	27	14	14	15		95	21
22	05 / 546	Zounds powered by Nautalytics	Jay Lutz [Open]	Lakewood YC		[35]	26	11	18	11	30		96T	22
23	29 / USA 171	Running Wild	Peter Vessella [Open]	St Francis YC		21	[29]	21	24	16	14		96T	23
24	01 / 181	GB	Chris Lewis [Open]	LYC		24	[27]	9	19	22	27		101T	24
25	37 / 898	Christine Robin	Tracy Usher [Open][Corinthian]	St Francis Yacht Club		12	25	20	23	21	[29]		101T	25
26	06 / USA 55	JOUST	Tim Molony [Open][Corinthian]	Southern Yacht Club		[32]	13	24	28	12	26		103	26
27	35 / #34	Parseverance	Bennet Greenwald [Open]	San Diego Yacht Club		15	11	29	[31]	31	22		108	27
28	23 / USA 380	Pied Piper	Gannon Troutman [Open]	Fishing Bay YC		30	[32]	32	23/RDG	25	2		112	28
29	12 / 850	Mojito	Forbes Durdin [Open][Corinthian]	LYC		29	[34]	30	4	30	21		114T	29
30	14 / USA 497	Chinook	Frank McNamara [Open]	Eastern Yacht Club		13	[33]	18	27	32	24		114T	30
31	17 / 175		Matthew Romberg [Open]	Austin Yacht Club		26	19	28	[30]	27	16		116	31
32	39 / USA167	USA167	James Prendergast [Open]	Chicago Yacht Club		34	14	[42/DSQ]	20	37	23		128	32
33	21 / 159	Torqeedo	Brandon Flack [Open][Corinthian]	Mudheads		28	28	17	[34]	28	34		135	33
34	30 / JPN 809	Esmeralda	Makoto Uematsu [Open]	JSAF		17	20	[38]	32	35	32		136T	34
35	13 / 818	Rascal	Henry Brauer [Corinthian][Open]	Eastern Yacht Club		31	24	19	[38]	29	33		136T	35
36	03 / 382	Zombie	Kristen Robinson [Open][Corinthian]	Annapolis Yacht Club		[37]	37	35	29	20	36		157	36
37	02 / 98	usa98	Alfred Poindexter [Open][Corinthian]	lakewood y c		38	[39]	34	33	39	37		181	37
38	04 / 530	ApolloJ	bruno vibert [Open]	HYC		36	36	37	37	[38]	38		184	38
39	07 / USA 529	Bazinga	Robert McMahan [Open][Corinthian]	Lakewood Yacht Club		[42/OCS]	38	36	36	36	39		185	39
40	28 / 50	Rogue Warrior	Bruce McDonald [Open]	AYC		[42/DNS]	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS		210T	40
40	20 / USA	Baby Doll	Wiley ROGERS [Open]	Lakewood Yacht Club		[42/DNS]	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS	42/DNS		210T	40