J/24 US National Championship launches in Seattle, Washington

by Julie and Christopher Howell on 20 May 2017

2017 J/24 US National Championship Christopher Howell

It was worth the wait on Friday for Keith Whittemore’s Tundra Rose at the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle. After a long day of anticipating breeze, 32 teams finally got to compete around 4:00 p.m. PDT in winds at four - six knots.

Two races went in the books with local Whittemore leading the pack with seven points. The Japanese team Siesta, led by Nobuyuki Imai, is a mere one point back. Will Welles and Matt Pistay are tied on points at 13 for third and fourth place, respectively.

2017 J/24 US National Championship © Christopher Howell

Whittemore won the opening contest, shadowed by Jakob Lichtenberg’s Hair of the Dog and Derek DeCouteau’s …and your little dog too! Welles commanded the second meeting, as winds increased to eight - ten knots. Imai and Pistay filled out the top three. Whittemore placed sixth in this race.

Racing continues through Sunday. For more information and complete results click here.

2017 J/24 US National Championship © Christopher Howell

Overall

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 32, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Bow #	Boat Name	Sail #	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	Total	Score	Home Port
1st	20	Tundra Rose	5399	Keith Whittemore	CYC	1.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	Seattle, WA
2nd	01	Siesta	5185	Nobuyuki Imai	WSC	6.0	2.0	8.0	8.0	Wakayama, Japan
3rd	03		5208	Will Welles	MDICSC	12.0	1.0	13.0	13.0	Portsmouth, RI
4th	37		2395	Matt Pistay	SYC	10.0	3.0	13.0	13.0	Seattle, WA
5th	16	Tremendous Slouch	5471	Scott Milne	CYC	5.0	11.0	16.0	16.0	Seattle, WA
6th	17	Alternate Facts	5253	Alex Simanis	CYC	8.0	8.0	16.0	16.0	Seattle, WA
7th	35	....and your little dog too!	5358	Derek DeCouteau	CYC	3.0	16.0	19.0	19.0	Redmond, WA
8th	15	Pearl	5477	Michael Johnson	CYC/SYC	16.0	4.0	20.0	20.0	Edmonds, WA
9th	13	Self Abuse	2845	Harry Dursch	CYC	7.0	14.0	21.0	21.0	Bellevue, WA
10th	19	R.Y.L.A.H.	4339	John Mason	CYC/SYC	9.0	12.0	21.0	21.0	Woodinville, WA
11th	28	Atom Ant	1980	Bob Kinsman	CYC	15.0	7.0	22.0	22.0	Bellevue, WA
12th	21	Baba Louie	2365	Mark Laura	CYC/SYC	13.0	9.0	22.0	22.0	Medina, WA
13th	18	Hair of the Dog	5354	Jakob Lichtenberg	CYC	2.0	24.0	26.0	26.0	Redmond, WA
14th	12	Spark	1238	Steve Travis	CYC	4.0	22.0	26.0	26.0	Mercer Island, WA
15th	07	Joyride	1890	Wayne Pignolet	SSA	14.0	17.0	31.0	31.0	Sandpoint, ID
16th	29	Big Tuna	617	Lucas Laffitte	SYC	11.0	21.0	32.0	32.0	Woodway, WA
17th	11	Suspence	3421	Carl Sheath	CYC	24.0	10.0	34.0	34.0	Seattle, WA
18th	27	Challenger	4272	Stuart Archer	SYS	30.0	5.0	35.0	35.0	Anacortes, WA
19th	30	Dancer	2625	Greg Gale	CYC	23.0	13.0	36.0	36.0	Bellevue, WA
20th	38	Irrational	3839	Bill Vlases/Chris Dukelow	CYC/SYC	17.0	20.0	37.0	37.0	Kent, WA
21st	33	MouseTrap	4000	Mark Prentice	CYC	19.0	19.0	38.0	38.0	Woodinville, WA
22nd	23	Jailbreak	2171	Lydia Volberding	CYC	21.0	18.0	39.0	39.0	Fox Island, WA
23rd	32	Roshambo	3747	Mark Daniel	CYC	28.0	15.0	43.0	43.0	Seattle, WA
24th	22	Djinn	3732	Nojan Moshiri	CYC	20.0	23.0	43.0	43.0	Seattle, WA
25th	24	Flyer	2854	Scott Galbraith	CYC	18.0	26.0	44.0	44.0	Seattle, WA
26th	06	Amuse Bouche	5352	Pete Sauer	NFYC	26.0	25.0	51.0	51.0	Kalispell, MT
27th	26	Ghost	5322	Phil Brzytwa	CYC	25.0	27.0	52.0	52.0	Seattle, WA
28th	08	Super G	296	Matt Gibbs	SSA	22.0	31.0	53.0	53.0	Sandpoint, ID
29th	05	Garage Sail	674	Tim Sauer	NFYC	27.0	29.0	56.0	56.0	Billings, MT
30th	31	Habanero	3746	Richard Bustamante	CYC	29.0	30.0	59.0	59.0	Lake Forest Park, WA
31st	10	Rhumba Girl	1826	Robert Hyslop	SSA	32.0	28.0	60.0	60.0	Spokane, WA
32nd	09	Jester	2505	Al Reuter	SSA	31.0	32.0	63.0	63.0	Spokane, WA