2018 U.S. Finn National Championship at Fairhope Yacht Club
by North American Finn Class 9 Apr 2018 21:41 AEST
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 | Pts |
|---|
| 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 | |
