J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club

J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club - Overall

by Christopher Howell 26 Feb 2018 05:18 PST 23-25 February 2018

The J/70 Midwinter Championship saw a different leader on each day, but Jack Franco's 3 Ball JT was on top when it counted. Coming into Sunday in fourth place, the Texas-based skipper with Bill Hardesty (main trimmer), Rob Lindley (bow) and Allan Terhune (headsail trimmer), secured a 5,2,4 to leap over a couple J/70 World Champions for the victory with J/70 hull #3.

Although Joel Ronning's Catapult won race 8 of 9, an 18 in the final contest left him in the silver position overall with 41 points. Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity also had a bullet on Sunday, but followed with a 29,7 to land in third overall with 42 points. Sixty-one boats completed nine races over three days at Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami, Florida.

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

"We just tried to be consistent with solid starts and minimal mistakes," summarized Franco. "We won the regatta without winning a race. At the last weather rounding of the last race, we were fourth and wanted to be defensive. We are not speedy off the wind since we're a little heavy." 3 Ball JT held their fourth position which was enough to secure the Championship. Franco credited Hardesty, who he has known since Hardesty was eight years old. "He is the king of tacticians!"

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Jenn & Ray Wulff's Joint Custody bested the 23-boat Corinthian division, with Jim Cunningham's Lifted and Nancy Glover's WinterWind rounding out the top three. Sunday's race winners were Duncan, Ronning and Brian Keane's Savasana in gorgeous conditions with a warm breeze around 10 knots.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	USA 3	JT	Jack Franco	2	4	7	BFD	8	3	5	2	4	35
2	USA 180	Catapult	Joel Ronning	1	3	3	15	9	2	7	1	18	41
3	USA 49	Relative Obscurity	Peter Duncan	6	12	8	1	3	4	1	29	7	42
4	USA 26	Midlife Crisis	Bruce Golison	4	5	1	3	1	5	13	17	19	49
5	USA 96	Savasana	Brian Keane	8	15	6	4	2	15	2	13	1	51
6	USA 167	USA 167	James Prendergast	3	2	11	14	4	29	14	3	6	57
7	USA 901	Team Vineyard Vines	John & Molly Baxter	9	16	26	2	11	23	18	10	15	104
8	USA 340	Rimette	John Brim	27	8	13	5	27	8	8	21	14	104
9	MON 1073	Mascalzone Latino	Vincenzo Onorato	16	RET	9	38	14	9	3	4	13	106
10	USA 246	Scamp	Will Welles	20	18	17	12	5	10	9	16	22	107
11	USA 819	NINE	Oivind Lorentzen	14	24	16	7	24	6	16	8	16	107
12	USA 403	Cloud Nine	Phil Haegler	7	13	5	19	17	19	15	14	28	109
13	USA 34	Perseverance	Bennet Greenwald	17	27	28	17	16	7	4	36	3	119
14	USA 839	Stampede	bruno Pasquinelli	22	1	2	13	BFD	14	UFD	6	5	125
15	USA 695	Polar	Doug Clark	34	34	10	22	10	16	10	9	17	128
16	USA 151	Reach Around	Thomas Bowen	26	9	14	25	26	11	22	7	21	135
17	USA 1310	Africa	Jud Smith	32	6	18	30	12	1	11	26	37	136
18	USA 494	Rosebud	Pamela Rose	5	30	DNS	11	BFD	13	24	5	2	152
19	USA 389	Hooligan: Flat Stanley Racing	Trey Sheehan	15	32	19	BFD	13	28	6	15	31	159
20	TUR 1118	Eker Kaymak	Ahmet Eker	10	RDG	RDG	29	BFD	18	26	11	10	163
21	USA 1042	Black River Racing	Douglas Strebel	25	21	23	21	BFD	12	12	23	27	164
22	USA 538	Bottle Rocket	David Schumann	12	20	4	BFD	7	17	UFD	25	23	170
23	USA 419	Joint Custody (Corinthian)	Jenn & Ray Wulff	44	11	15	53	19	35	17	20	12	173
24	USA 169	Empeiria	John Heaton	21	10	27	18	6	25	32	52	35	174
25	USA 94	Lifted (Corinthian)	Jim Cunningham	13	19	25	54	31	37	23	19	9	176
26	USA 233	WinterWind (Corinthian)	Nancy Glover	19	22	30	46	25	27	19	18	RET	206
27	USA 91	Carlos	Michael Sudofsky	18	31	36	8	BFD	41	33	24	29	220
28	USA 375	Lickity Split	Stanley Edwards	11	37	20	36	15	20	29	53	UFD	221
29	BRA 642	Caruru	Flavio Andrade	28	17	12	BFD	18	30	UFD	27	30	224
30	USA 585	Running Wild (Corinthian)	Peter Vessella	38	26	40	24	23	26	UFD	41	8	226
31	USA 501	Button Fly (Corinthian)	Andrew and Melissa Fisher	DSQ	7	21	10	21	39	UFD	31	44	235
32	BRA 1276	Highlanders	Selmo Nissenbaum	37	14	41	27	BFD	34	25	49	11	238
33	USA 498	Vamos!!	Pilar Tavella	30	29	22	40	20	33	UFD	28	41	243
34	USA 95	MUSE (Corinthian)	Heather Gregg	DNF	DNS	DNS	9	22	21	27	22	20	245
35	USA 40	B Squared	Bryan Cameron	47	45	33	16	30	31	21	38	38	252
36	USA 28	Flying None (Corinthian)	Ed Keller / Bill Lynn	35	36	38	41	28	32	20	33	40	262
37	USA 230	Rip Rullah	Bob Willis	23	43	24	42	32	42	UFD	40	24	270
38	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful (Corinthian)	kevin downey	24	46	DNS	6	BFD	22	30	34	50	274
39	USA 313	FM (Corinthian)	Tod Sackett	40	25	35	35	RET	BFD	37	12	32	278
40	USA 84	Bazinga!	Daniel Goldberg	29	38	37	26	BFD	40	42	39	45	296
41	USA 335	Nitemare	Amy Neill	36	35	43	23	29	49	UFD	42	47	304
42	USA 600	Azorra Racing	John Evans	54	48	50	28	37	47	28	45	25	308
43	USA 25	Rascal	Henry Brauer	31	RDG	32	31	BFD	24	UFD	37	UFD	310
44	USA 528	Simply Irresistible	Glenn Gault	43	40	31	50	42	36	41	43	36	312
45	USA 396	All that Jazz (Corinthian)	Val Shestopalov	39	33	34	48	BFD	53	38	35	34	314
46	USA 497	Chinook (Corinthian)	Frank McNamara	48	42	42	34	36	44	UFD	32	39	317
47	USA 179	USA 179	Dina Howell	45	44	45	20	33	50	36	48	DNF	321
48	USA 343	Truckin' (Corinthian)	Alex Meleney	41	28	54	33	34	45	UFD	51	46	332
49	USA 45	Wild Child (Corinthian)	Henry Filter	33	53	46	45	38	54	UFD	44	33	346
50	USA 310	Depeche (Corinthian)	Joey Kolisch	57	39	48	32	43	46	35	55	52	350
51	BRA 677	Victory	Buddy Cribb	46	50	39	43	40	BFD	UFD	47	26	353
52	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	Peter Firey	56	51	29	49	BFD	BFD	34	30	43	354
53	USA 229	Columbia	Nelson Mills	51	41	DNF	39	39	BFD	39	46	51	368
54	CAN 8	Hot Water	Mark Wolff	42	52	47	37	BFD	43	45	56	48	370
55	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow (Corinthian)	Rob Gorman	52	47	RET	47	35	BFD	31	DNF	42	378
56	USA 903	Playdate (Corinthian)	John Logue	53	57	49	52	41	38	44	59	UFD	393
57	USA 1153	Gaucho 3 (Corinthian)	Tiani Hausen	50	49	51	57	BFD	52	40	50	49	398
58	USA 37	lil' Grizzly (Corinthian)	Charles Bayer	55	54	44	51	44	51	46	54	54	398
59	USA 1154	Hull 1154 (Corinthian)	Zachary Segal	58	56	52	44	46	55	43	58	53	407
60	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	Al Poindexter	49	55	53	55	45	48	47	57	55	407
61	USA 42	USA 42 (Corinthian)	Richard Wagner	59	58	55	56	47	56	48	60	DNS	439