J/105 North Americans - Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer in action

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 21 Oct 2016 Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer’s Mandate revelled in the blustery conditions on day one of the Stella Artois J/105 North American Championship, hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club in New York.

In winds between 16-20 knots, the Canadian team on Mandate lined up perfect scores in Thursday’s three races to take a five-point lead over second place Damian Emery on Eclipse (four, two, two for eight points). Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault’s Good Trade is in third with nine points (two, four, three).

Thirty-seven teams representing Bermuda, Canada, Great Britain and the USA took to the waters of Long Island Sound for the 11 a.m. kick-off of the Championship. McLaughlin and Wilmer, winner of the North American crown in 2014, dominated the fleet. Behind them in race one were the Stone/Breault husband and wife team on Good Trade and Adrian Owles on Mad Blue. Local favorite Eclipse earned the silver spot in the middle battle, with David Greenhouse’s Skipperdee in the bronze position. The top three in the final contest matched the top three overall for the day: Mandate, Eclipse and Good Trade.

Racing continues through Sunday.

2016 Stella Artois J 105 North American Championships - Preliminary Cumulative Results    

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total North American Championships Racing One Design Division J 105 1. 23   CAN 83 Mandate J 105 Terry McLaughlin / Rod Wilmer 1 1 1 3.0 2. 10   USA 50 Eclipse J 105 Damian Emery 4 2 2 8.0 3. 14   USA 96 Good Trade J 105 Bruce Stone / Nicole Breault 2 4 3 9.0 4. 8   GBR 8 Mad Blue J 105 Adrian Owles 3 5 7 15.0 5. 32   CAN 110 Hey Jude J 105 James Rathbun 6 6 4 16.0 6. 35   USA 50848 Skipperdee J 105 David Greenhouse 11 3 5 19.0 7. 1   USA 334 loulou J 105 Paul Beaudin 7 7 6 20.0 8. 30   USA 304 allegro semplicita J 105 Fred deNapoli 5 8 9 22.0 9. 11   USA 64 Revelation J 105 George and Alex Wilbanks 8 9 8 25.0 10. 39   USA 65 Solution J 105 David Willis 10 16 10 36.0 11. 33   USA 175 Strange Brew J 105 Randy Bourne 9 11 18 38.0 12. 38   USA 274 Trifecta J 105 Thom Hering 14 10 17 41.0 13. 24   CAN 267 Live Edge J 105 Michael Mountford 16 13 15 44.0 14. 2   USA 170 Conundrum J 105 Harald Edegran / Jeremy Henderson 13 15 16 44.0 15. 12   BER 490 Distant Passion J 105 James Macdonald 15 18 12 45.0 16. 7   USA 585 Arete J 105 Za & Libby Jelliffe 19 19 11 49.0 17. 3   USA 323 Stratos J 105 Marcus Wunderlich 17 20 14 51.0 18. 5   USA 488 Shakedown J 105 Jordan Mindich 20 17 21 58.0 19. 13   USA 167 Peregrina J 105 Josh Burack 28 12 22 62.0 20. 40   USA 649 Radiance J 105 Bill Lakenmacher 12 14 40/RET 66.0 21. 25   USA 324 Young American J 105 Young American Jr. Big Boat Team 18 29 19 66.0 22. 27   USA 344 Two Feathers J 105 Mark Masur 23 21 23 67.0 23. 28   USA 418 Echo J 105 Greth Lester 22 35 13 70.0 24. 6   USA 194 Magic J 105 Gary and Ann Myer 24 22 24 70.0 25. 19   USA 19 skål J 105 Paul Zajac 25 32 20 77.0 26. 9   USA 567 Venturesome J 105 Bob Zannetti 21 23 33 77.0 27. 36   USA 627 Tolo J 105 Richie Palmer 30 25 26 81.0 28. 29   USA 680 Synergy J 105 David Spence 26 27 28 81.0 29. 15   USA 472 Doctor Jazz J 105 Arthur Topilow 29 28 25 82.0 30. 22   USA 625 Reckless J 105 Steven Marenakos 32 24 30 86.0 31. 31   USA 448 Cush J 105 Gardner Horan 33 26 27 86.0 32. 20   USA 171 Bigamy J 105 dennis meichel 34 31 29 94.0 33. 4   USA 336 Hornet J 105 Dennis Driscoll 27 40/SCP 31 98.0 34. 34   USA 63 63 J 105 Steven & Hoyt Masur 36 30 32 98.0 35. 37   USA 385 Clean Slate J 105 Marc Berkowitz 37 34 34 105.0 36. 18   USA 249 LauraBea J 105 Max Kalehoff 35 40/RET 35 110.0 37. 17   USA 421 Bella J 105 Harry DiOrio 31 40/RET 40/RET 111.0 38. 16   USA 340 Big E.Z. J 105 Eric Bicknese 40/DNC 40/DNC 40/DNC 120.0 39. 21   USA 493 Tonto J 105 Fred Darlington 40/DNC 40/DNC 40/DNC 120.0