Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship win to Wynsma

by Melges media on 25 Aug 2009 On the final day of racing at the Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, Eric Wynsma from East Grand Rapids, Mich. on Superfly was crowned the first ever Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Champion.

Along with his crew of Wally Cross and JP de Solar, they took the last day, light air conditions and the overnight lead from Pieter Taselaar on Bliksem. He just barely beat out Marc Hollerbach on Blackjack from Grosse Point, Mich. along with his sons Ian and Adam tied with equal points in second overall. Taselaar, with Michael Coxon and Williem Van Way finished in third overall.

Sunday’s racing was tough and quite challenging. Only one race was able to be held due to the excessively light conditions for a total of four races to make the Championship.

Harry Melges and Andy Burdick with Melges Performance Sailboats brought around the Sebago girls. Special thanks for their support as Sebago played an intricate part in the success of this event, as the top three top winning teams were outfitted with very cool Sebago shoes as prizes.

The International Audi Melges 20 Class Association would like to thank the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club and most especially Michael and Toby Kiss who worked so hard to make this event fantastic.

Looking ahead, the Audi Melges 20 fleet, in the U.S.A. and Europe is excited about the upcoming 2010 Schedule of Events. The class anticipates a great turn out. In particular, the next U.S. National Championship on beautiful Lake Geneva on August 27-29, 2010!

Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship 2009

Macatawa Bay Yacht Club

Bow	Nat	Sail #	Yacht Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total Pts
16	USA	116	Superfly	Eric Wynsma	Wally Cross JP del Solar	4.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	11.0
42	USA	21	ARM Candy	Marc Hollerbach	Adam Hollerbach Ian Hollerbach	1.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	11.0
29	USA	169	Bliksem	Pieter Taselaar	Michael Coxon Willem VanWaay	2.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	12.0
17	USA	17	Blink	John Arendshorst	Eric Ash Danielle Gamache	12.0	3.0	9.0	2.0	26.0
19	USA	119	Simplified Sophistication	Dave Hammett	Jim Gluek Jay Mitchell	3.0	9.0	2.0	12.0 TLE	26.0
13	USA	13	Bacio	Michael Kiss	Steve Sisson, Mitchell Kiss	6.0	6.0	7.0	8.0	27.0
02	ITA	112	Value Team	Benedetto Giallongo	Giulio Desiderato Fransesco Scarselli	5.0	10.0	4.0	9.0	28.0
27	USA	127	Flyer	Chuck Holzman	George Peet Pat Drummond	7.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	29.0
40	USA	132	Habit	Joe Williams	David Sligh, Seadon Wijsen	9.0	7.0	8.0	12.0 TLE	36.0
03	ITA	144	Sei Tu 20	Marco Morina	Lorenzo del Rio Iacopo Bargoni	8.0	8.0	15.0 DNF	6.0	37.0
21	USA			Amy Todd	Alex Stscherban Dell Todd	11.0	12.0	15.0 DNS	4.0	42.0
41	CAN	141		John Sherlock	Katie Mullen Mike Wolfs	10.0	15.0 DNF	15.0 DNS	5.0	45.0
30	USA	130	Macatawa Post Office	Erik Post	Alex Post Tony Tabb Graham Post	13.0	11.0	10.0	12.0 TLE	46.0
20	USA	103	Mojo	Dan Cheresh	Tac Boston Eric Vigrass	15.0 DNF	15.0 DNF	15.0 DNS	10.0	55.0

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