J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club

J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club - Day 2

by Christopher Howell 25 Feb 2018 06:34 PST 23-25 February 2018

Another picture-perfect day on Biscayne Bay was clouded for several of the 61 teams at the J/70 Midwinter Championship who bore Black Flag penalties. Bruce Golison's Midlife Crisis survived to take over the top spot after six races of the planned nine-race series. By way of a 3,1,5 on Saturday, the California-based skipper has tallied all top-five finishes and therefore able to drop a 5 for just 14 net points.

Joel Ronning's Catapult, the day one leader, dropped to second overall after adding a 15,9,2. Tossing the 15 leaves Catapult with 18 net points. Also in the mix heading into the final race day on Sunday is Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity who moved up to third with 22 net points. Andrew & Melissa Fisher's Button Fly leads the 23-boat Corinthian division.

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 - photo © Christopher Howell

With sunny skies and warm temperatures, the winds were again in the mid-teens for the Championship hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami, Florida. Black Flag penalties were scattered through the fleet in each of Saturday's races. The BFDs didn't hamper Duncan who kicked off his solid day with a victory in the opening battle, trailed by John & Molly Baxter's Team Vineyard Vines and Golison. It was Golison earning his second bullet of the event in the next race, ahead of Brian Keane's Savasana and Duncan. Jud Smith's Africa took a turn in the lead position in race 6, as Ronning and Jack Franco's 3BallJT completed the top three.

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 - photo © Christopher Howell

This regatta is the final opportunity for teams to qualify for the 2018 J/70 World Championship in Marblehead, MA, with four Open and two Corinthian spots available. Racing concludes Sunday.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Yacht Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	USA 26	Midlife Crisis	4	5	1	3	1	5	14
2	USA 180	Catapult	1	3	3	15	9	2	18
3	USA 49	Relative Obscurity	6	12	8	1	3	4	22
4	USA 3	JT	2	4	7	BFD	8	3	24
5	USA 167	USA 167	3	2	11	14	4	29	34
6	USA 96	Savasana	8	15	6	4	2	15	35
7	USA 839	Stampede	22	1	2	13	BFD	14	52
8	USA 538	Bottle Rocket	12	20	4	BFD	7	17	60
9	USA 901	Team Vineyard Vines	9	16	26	2	11	23	61
10	USA 403	Cloud Nine	7	13	5	19	17	19	61
11	USA 340	Rimette	27	8	13	5	27	8	61
12	USA 246	Scamp	20	18	17	12	5	10	62
13	USA 1310	Africa	32	6	18	30	12	1	67
14	USA 819	NINE	14	24	16	7	24	6	67
15	USA 169	Empeiria	21	10	27	18	6	25	80
16	USA 34	Perseverance	17	27	28	17	16	7	84
17	USA 151	Reach Around	26	9	14	25	26	11	85
18	MON 1073	Mascalzone Latino	16	RET	9	38	14	9	86
19	USA 695	Polar	34	34	10	22	10	16	92
20	USA 501	Button Fly (Corinthian)	DSQ	7	21	10	21	39	98
21	USA 375	Lickity Split	11	37	20	36	15	20	102
22	USA 1042	Black River Racing	25	21	23	21	BFD	12	102
23	BRA 642	Caruru	28	17	12	BFD	18	30	105
24	USA 389	Hooligan: Flat Stanley Racing	15	32	19	BFD	13	28	107
25	TUR 1118	Eker Kaymak	10	RDG	RDG	29	BFD	18	116
26	USA 494	Rosebud	5	30	DNS	11	BFD	13	121
27	USA 233	WinterWind (Corinthian)	19	22	30	46	25	27	123
28	USA 419	Joint Custody (Corinthian)	44	11	15	53	19	35	124
29	USA 94	Lifted (Corinthian)	13	19	25	54	31	37	125
30	USA 91	Carlos	18	31	36	8	BFD	41	134
31	USA 498	Vamos!!	30	29	22	40	20	33	134
32	USA 585	Running Wild (Corinthian)	38	26	40	24	23	26	137
33	USA 25	Rascal	31	RDG	32	31	BFD	24	149
34	BRA 1276	Highlanders	37	14	41	27	BFD	34	153
35	USA 40	B Squared	47	45	33	16	30	31	155
36	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful (Corinthian)	24	46	DNS	6	BFD	22	160
37	USA 230	Rip Rullah	23	43	24	42	32	42	163
38	USA 335	Nitemare	36	35	43	23	29	49	166
39	USA 28	Flying None (Corinthian)	35	36	38	41	28	32	169
40	USA 84	Bazinga!	29	38	37	26	BFD	40	170
41	USA 95	MUSE (Corinthian)	DNF	DNS	DNS	9	22	21	176
42	USA 343	Truckin' (Corinthian)	41	28	54	33	34	45	181
43	USA 179	USA 179	45	44	45	20	33	50	187
44	USA 528	Simply Irresistible	43	40	31	50	42	36	192
45	USA 313	FM (Corinthian)	40	25	35	35	RET	BFD	197
46	USA 497	Chinook (Corinthian)	48	42	42	34	36	44	198
47	USA 396	All that Jazz (Corinthian)	39	33	34	48	BFD	53	207
48	USA 310	Depeche (Corinthian)	57	39	48	32	43	46	208
49	USA 600	Azorra Racing	54	48	50	28	37	47	210
50	USA 45	Wild Child (Corinthian)	33	53	46	45	38	54	215
51	BRA 677	Victory	46	50	39	43	40	BFD	218
52	CAN 8	Hot Water	42	52	47	37	BFD	43	221
53	USA 229	Columbia	51	41	DNF	39	39	BFD	232
54	USA 903	Playdate (Corinthian)	53	57	49	52	41	38	233
55	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow (Corinthian)	52	47	RET	47	35	BFD	243
56	USA 37	lil' Grizzly (Corinthian)	55	54	44	51	44	51	244
57	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	56	51	29	49	BFD	BFD	247
58	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	49	55	53	55	45	48	250
59	USA 1154	Hull 1154 (Corinthian)	58	56	52	44	46	55	253
60	USA 1153	Gaucho 3 (Corinthian)	50	49	51	57	BFD	52	259
61	USA 42	USA 42 (Corinthian)	59	58	55	56	47	56	272