Sonar World Championship Day 2 - Smith the Master leads

by Andrea Watson on 3 Oct 2009
Sonar World Championship day two.

Marblehead sailmaker Jud Smith, master of many classes, continued to lead the Sonar Worlds at the end of the second day of racing. His 15th and second, combined with a 2 – 3 – 4 the first day gave him a 26-point total and pulled him into a six point lead over David Franzel of Boston, who came through today’s two heavy air races with a 3 – 17.

Long Island Sound again bared its autumn teeth with a south easterly gusting into the 20s and when the flood tide change to ebb, there was a short, sharp sea that made the upwind legs a challenge for helmsmen and the downwind legs a wave-rider’s dream. As on day 1 of the regatta, the temperature was in the 50s and multiple layers was the dress of the day.

Four-time North American Sonar champion Peter Galloway continued to press the leaders and with today’s finishes of 17 – 1 is eight points behind Franzel in third place.

With five races completed, three more are scheduled for Saturday and at least one for Sunday. After the sixth race there will be one throw-out, which will undoubtedly juggle the scores, but with a 15th to drop, Smith will be sitting on finishes of 2-3-4-2 and whatever the weekend brings.

In fourth place going into the weekend is Karl Ziegler of Darien, Ct. whose family home looks out on the racecourse. His first place in the second race of the day gave him a five-race total of 49.

Friday began for the 58-boat fleet with a flat calm, which slowly turned into an exceptionally shifty south-easterly, which forced the race committee to set and re-set the course four times. With a scheduled start of 10 am it was about noon before the fleet got off the line. From there the wind and sea built, but big shifts continued to play a major part in the outcome throughout the afternoon.

Noroton YC
2009 Sonar Worlds
Oct. 1-4, 2009
FINAL RESULTS  Oct. 2, 2009
Series Summary

Pl	Sail #	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	Tot
1	USA564	Jud Smith	2	3	4	15	2	26
2	USA369	Dave Franzel	7	4	1	3	17	32
3	USA701	Peter Galloway	5	12	5	17	1	40
4	USA411	Karl Ziegler	19	22	3	2	3	49
5	USA728	Robert Wilber	6	9	11	18\ZFP	8	52
6	USA506	Colin Gordon	4	16	14	5	14	53
7	USA605	Bob Monro	8	8	12	14	24\ZFP	66
8	USA619	Lee Morrison	10	23	21	11	6	71
9	USA654	Luke Raymond	9	13	22\ZFP	1	30\ZFP	75
10	USA787	Sam Altreuter	15	1	23	7	33	79
11	USA400	Alfred Constants	21	24	16	13	5	79
12	USA653	Bill Lynn	3	2	6	29	42\ZFP	82
13	USA772	Scott Harrison	26	11	24	4	19	84
14	USA425	Erik Goethert	12	19	22	10	21	84
15	USA390	Alex Meleney	23	6	18	22	22	91
16	USA811	Kurt Winkelmann	33	20	15	20	4	92
17	USA704	Jim Miller	13	31	13	28	20	105
18	USA360	Craig Sinclair	36	42	8	8	15	109
19	USA454	Ed Sweeney	16	29	20	33	13	111
20	USA1	Skip Shumway	1	32	27	12	40\ZFP	112
21	USA544	Rick Meyers	22	41	2	21	27	113
22	USA632	Jim Crane	18	28	17	24	31	118
23	USA652	Rick Dominique	25	7	29	50\ZFP	10	121
24	FRA739	Fabrice Levet	41	15	7	49	11	123
25	USA682	Michael McAllister	34	34	25	16	23	132
26	NOR421	Einar Haukeland	32	26	34	9	36	137
27	USA503	Peter Wells	35	43	9	37	16	140
28	USA570	Eric Johnson	17	33	26	57\SCP	9	142
29	USA733	Kevin Shehan	14	21	42	41	24	142
30	USA547	Peter Frisch	20	27	30	59\RAF	7	143
31	USA751	Scott Mogle	30	10	35	27	42	144
32	USA690	Larry Ehrhardt	24	36	19	19	46\ZFP	144
33	USA674	Rick Doerr	11	5	37	37\ZFP	59\ZFP	149
34	AUS1	Colin Harrison	39	17	28	39	35	158
35	USA451	Sue Miller	28	25	33	18	59\DNF	163
36	CAN553	Paul Tingley	48	14	41	30	38	171
37	USA585	Bill Rothwell	31	18	51\ZFP	38\ZFP	47	185
38	GBR685	Ewan MacKay	38	35	32	55\ZFP	25	185
39	IRE694	John Twomey	27	30	38	54\ZFP	43	192
40	USA487	Eric Kamisher	42	40	31	52\ZFP	29	194
41	USA712	Howard Vickery	43	47	44	31	37	202
42	USA573	Bahar Gidwani	50	46	49	44	26	215
43	USA646	Gary Coventry	56	50	36	34	39	215
44	USA669	K.C. Hart	40	45	50	35	45	215
45	USA633	Bruce Kirby	59\DNC	59\DNC	45	23	32	218
46	USA616	John Schultz	52	38	40	50	40	220
47	USA546	Zach Shapiro	29	37	59\DNC	59\DSQ	48	232
48	USA418	Bruce McArthur	55	39	48	46	44	232
49	USA568	Bob Baskind	46	48	47	45	46	232
50	USA391	Martin Fossen	44	44	52	53	41	234
51	USA753	Joseph Hoffman	45	51	46	48	49	239
52	USA446	Donald Holst	37	49	51	47	59\DNC	243
53	USA777	Jen French	49	53	59\DNF	36	52	249
54	USA756	David Orner	47	54	43	52	55	251
55	USA726	Michael Aignorn	51	55	55	51	51	263
56	USA539	Michael Lucas	57	52	54	54	53	270
57	USA650	Peter Bujosa	54	56	53	59\*1	54	276
58	USA706	Laurance Wagner	53	57	56	56	56	278

 

For more information and final results go to: www.sonarworlds.org