J/105 North American Championship at Little Traverse Yacht Club - Day 2
by Christopher Howell 28 Jul 2018 19:08 AEST
26-29 July 2018
While the weather on Little Traverse Bay turned cooler, Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer's Mandate stayed hot at the J/105 North American Championship hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI. Mandate recorded their fourth and fifth bullets of the Championship, and added a second, to tally just 7 points in the six races so far. Bruce Stone's Gryphon maintained second place with 12 points and Bill Zartler's Deja Voodoo third with 21 points.
A misty sky, 60-degree temperatures and winds at 10-15 knots greeted the 15 teams Friday. The top three in the day's first race matched the same trio as all of Thursday's races: Mandate, Gryphon and Deja Voodoo. Stone's Gryphon broke into the top spot in the next contest, ahead of McLaughlin and Wilmer's Mandate and Jon Weglarz's The Asylum. The Mandate team returned to their familiar position in Friday's final battle, with Stone's Gryphon in second and Weglarz's The Asylum back in third.
Racing continues through Sunday.
Results after day 2:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | CAN 83 | Mandate | Terry McLaughlin / Rod Wilmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | USA 29 | Gryphon | Bruce Stone | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | USA 130 | Deja Voodoo | Bill Zartler | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | USA 673 | The Asylum | Jon Weglarz | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | USA 444 | Phantom | Cynthia & Jim Best | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | USA 124 | Blue Flash | Matthew Arno | 7 | 4 | 10 | RET | 6 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | USA 617 | Pterodactyl | Mark Symonds | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 49 |
| 8 | USA 349 | Sealark | Clark Pellett | 15 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 51 |
| 9 | USA 52105 | Green Flash | Jane Enterline | 11 | 8 | DSQ | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 |
| 10 | USA 507 | Buzz | Mark Gurney | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 55 |
| 11 | USA 359 | Caught in Traffic | David Pierce | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 56 |
| 12 | USA 424 | Flying Pig | Mike Sheppard | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 64 |
| 13 | USA 263 | Manitou | Jay Vander Wall | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 72 |
| 14 | USA 50638 | Esprit d'Ecosse | Judith & Ross McLean | 14 | 14 | 7 | DNS | 14 | 15 | 80 |
| 15 | USA 416 | Wind Shadow | Jim Murphy | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 80 |