2018 U.S. Finn National Championship at Fairhope Yacht Club

by North American Finn Class 9 Apr 2018 04:41 PDT 6-8 April 2018

2018 U.S. Finn National Championship prize winners © North American Finn Class

It was a chilly, overcast morning on Mobile Bay to start day Nationals final day.

The wind was up, at the moment, but predicted to steadily drop into the afternoon. We sailed out and warmed up with a brisk breeze that had interesting shifts and unexpected holes. The first start was called back with a general recall due to a large battle for the pin end. When the flag dropped for the second time everyone was well behaved and we were clean. The course became lite, shifty, and patchy. The leaders split the course and still came together at the top mark and fought for air all the way down the course. A breeze picked up a little bringing fleet back together on the run. With much approval from the fleet, the RC had the foresight to shorten course and see if anything would build. After some time, the RC sent us in to end the regatta.

This Regatta had every condition expected while racing the Finn. This was a true test to see who should be the US Finn National Champion. Congratulations to John Dane, the current North American Champion, and now the new US Finn Champion.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
1	USA 69	John Dane	1	3	1	1	[7]	1	3
2	CAN 35	Darrell Peck	2	2	3	2	1	[18]	6
3	USA 21	Gordon Lamphere	3	4	4	3	[16]	6	1
4	USA 9	Rob Coutts	4	5	7	8	2	2	[11]
5	USA 12	Stephen Landeau	7	12	2	5	12	4	[16]
6	USA 117	Michael Mark	8	1	8	12	[14]	12	2
7	USA 16	Rodion Mazin	6	[29/DNF]	6	4	8	5	17
8	CAN 7	Adam Nicholson	9	13	5	7	10	8	[18]
9	USA 11	Scott Griffiths	10	6	12	6	[15]	9	13
10	71	Adrian Pereira	[16]	8	10	11	13	11	7
11	USA 74	Henry Sprague	5	7	9	9	[29/DNC]	3	F
12	USA 40	Charles Rudinsky	13	10	[15]	15	3	10	14
13	USA 1201	David Brockbank	11	11	11	10	[20]	14	8
14	ITA 117	Pete McGriff	14	18	[22]	18	4	7	10
15	USA 1	Peter Frissell	[20]	14	14	13	11	15	5
16	USA 150	Louie Nady	12	15	19	[29/RET]	9	13	12
17	USA 23	Jim Hunter	18	[23]	18	16	5	20	9
18	USA 303	Joe Chinburg	17	9	13	14	17	[29/DNF]	20
19	USA 1011	Scott Frissell	22	17	[25]	24	6	19	4
20	CAN 1157	John Miller	15	16	16	17	19	16	[21]
21	USA 777	Chris Dabney	19	22	17	23	[24]	17	22
22	USA 88	James Bland	25	20	24	19	23	[29/DNF]	15
23	NED 941	Will Libcke	26	19	20	20	21	21	[29/DNC]
24	USA 4	Joe Burke	21	[26]	23	22	22	22	19
25	USA 231	Ben Hayes	24	21	[27]	21	18	23	23
26	USA 22	Terry Greenfield	23	24	21	[29/RET-BF]	C	C	C
27	USA 95	Hans Claesson	[29/DNF]	25	26	25	C	C	C
28	CAN 27	Simon Van Wonderen	[29/DNC]	C	C	C	C	C	C

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