Kerry Klinger wins the J80 NA's again

by Lynn Fitzpatrick, US Editor, Sail-World.com on 16 Nov 2007

Kerry Klinger won the J80 North Americans for the second consecutive time and the third time in his career. This year's crew of Lifted included Doug Lynn, Neil Bresnan and John Bowden. The crew of Lifted got off to a shaky start during Friday's racing with a TLE.ZPF. As with seven of the other competitors in the 33-boat fleet, they were over early in one of the four general recalls and tried to sail through shifty light air with lots of holes.

Only six boats finished before the time limit expired, and Lifted was not one of them. Lifted's finishes improved over the weekend and they finished off the seven-race series with four bullets and won the regatta by nine points. Bruno Pasquenelli and Glenn Darden and their Texan crews were second and third with 29 and 31 points, respectively. Eastport Yacht Club of Annapolis, MD hosted the regatta.

2007 J-80 North Americans
Series Standing - seven races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:56:33 PM EST

Division: J-80 (33 boats)

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total Points	Pos
1	11/ 1001	USA 1001	Kerry Klinger	NY	[15/TLE,ZFP]	8	4	1	1	1	1	16.00	1
2	5/ 554	Tiamo	Bruno Pasquinelli	TX	2	4	5	4	3	[24]	7	25.00	2
3	17/ 528	Yoko	Glen Darden	TX	15/TLE,ZFP	1	1	2	10	[22]	2	31.00	3
4	15/ 156	Emotional Rescue	Jahn Tihansky	MD	8/TLE	3	3	3	13	[19]	3	33.00	4
5	13/ 155	FKA	Les Beckwith	NH	8/TLE	5	9	6	[27]	7	6	41.00	5
6	77/ 77	Hammertime	Steve Hammerman	TX	8/TLE	[23]	2	5	5	17	11	48.00	6
7	14/ 399	C'est Nasty	Rick Schaffer	TX	1	10	16	[22]	6	13	4	50.00	7
8	19/ 19	Rumor	John Storck, Jr.	NY	8/TLE	2	6	7	28	3	[30]	54.00	8
9	25/ 255	Angry Chameleon	Brian Robinson/Kristen Robinson	MD	[15/TLE,ZFP]	7	10	12	9	9	13	60.00	9
10	30/ 381	Relentless	Dave Coughlin	NY	8/TLE	12	11	8	7	16	[22]	62.00	10
11	33/ 176	Thrown Together	Geoffrey Pierini	NJ	6	6	8	9	11	23	[27]	63.00	11
12	29/ 739	Christe	John DiMatteo	NY	5	17	7	11	25	2	[28]	67.00	12
13	31/ 59	Church Key	Chris Chadwick	CT	8/TLE	21	[29]	18	16	10	5	78.00	13
14	23/ 118	Falcon	Dave Pulzone	MD	8/TLE	[26]	14	17	14	6	20	79.00	14
15	7/ 357	Dragonfly	Chris Johnson	MD	8/TLE	9	[23]	23	12	20	8	80.00	15
16	12/ 405	Raptor	Don Trask	NC	15/TLE,ZFP	13	22	15	4	14	[23]	83.00	16
17	26/ 738	Lucky Frog	Benjamin M. Schwartz	NY	3	[22]	20	13	18	15	16	85.00	17
18	27/ 352	352	Blake Fleetwood	NY	4	[31]	21	21	26	4	9	85.00	18
19	10/ 146	Hummer	Chris Kingsley	MD	15/TLE,ZFP	[24]	24	16	15	5	10	85.00	19
20	18/ 285	Crush	Mark Gorman	NJ	8/TLE	[32]	26	20	8	12	15	89.00	20
21	21/ 588	Gallant Fox	Ryan Dempsey	NH	15/TLE,ZFP	16	19	19	[24]	8	12	89.00	21
22	20/ 284	Avet	Curt Johnson	CA	15/TLE,ZFP	19	13	[28]	2	28	24	101.00	22
23	1/ 52	Pinocchio	Bob Knowles	NH	8/TLE	11	18	27	19	18	[29]	101.00	23
24	8/ 888	Outrageous	Michael Jones	NC	8/TLE	20	12	24	21	[25]	19	104.00	24
25	6/ 265	Gustosa	Kevin Hayes/Jeff Kirchoff	NH	8/TLE	14	25	14	30	[31]	18	109.00	25
26	4/ 11	#11	Ron Landman/Paul Erickson	CA	8/TLE	25	[31]	26	20	21	14	114.00	26
27	2/ 829	Bone Chillin'	Alan Simonini/Robbie Lawrance	NC	15/TLE,ZFP	29	17	[30]	22	11	21	115.00	27
28	24/ 60	Stacked Deck	Christian Graf/Cathi Anderson	MD	15/TLE,ZFP	18	15	10	31	[34/DNC]	34/DNC	123.00	28
29	32/ 364	Born 2 Run	Rick Hanson	PA	8/TLE	15	27	[31]	23	30	26	129.00	29
30	22/ 259	Spank Me	Bob Limoggio	NY	8/TLE	28	28	29	17	29	[31]	139.00	30
31	16/ 808	Wired	Henry DeGroot	MA	8/TLE	33	[34/DNC]	34/DNC	33	26	17	151.00	31
32	9/ 9	Willy T	Spencer Raggio	NY	8/TLE	30	30	[32]	32	27	25	152.00	32
33	28/ 443	Underdog	Tom Behrle	MD	8/TLE	27	32	25	29	[34/DNC]	34/DNC	155.00	33

Notes
(1) Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2005-2008
(2) Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 2
(3) Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts
Information is provisional and subject to modification

Principal Race Officer: Jeff Borland
Jury Chair: Angelo Buscemi

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