J/88 North American Championship at Chicago Yacht Club - Day 3
by Julie & Christopher Howell 11 Aug 2018 18:27 PDT
9-12 August 2018
Some teams did more swimming than sailing at the J/88 North American Championship on Saturday, part of the Verve Cup Offshore Regatta at Chicago Yacht Club.
After a long postponement, 14 J/88s finally embarked on one race, which was enough for Laura Weyler's Hijinks to return to the top of the leaderboard. Hijinks' bullet, paired with an 8 by day two leader Ben Marden's Banter, leaves Weyler's crew with a six-point advantage heading into the final day of the Championship on Sunday.
Douglas Newhouse's Yonder maintained third place with 32 points.
Following Hijinks in Saturday's lone contest in about 6 knots of breeze were Mike Bruno's Wings and Newhouse's Yonder.
Results after Day 3:
| Pos | Bow | Sail No | Yacht Name | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 27 | USA 27 | Hijinks | Laura Weyler | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 21 | USA 21 | Banter | Ben Marden | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | 35 | USA 35 | Yonder | Douglas Newhouse | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | 9 | USA 80 | Wings | Mike Bruno | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | SCP | 5 | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | 24 | USA 24 | Deviation | Iris Vogel | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | 39 | USA 93 | Seaweed | Tim Finkle | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | 29 | USA 29 | Dutch | John & Jordan Leahey | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
| 8 | 18 | USA 88 | Exile | Andy Graff | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 63 |
| 9 | 28 | USA 82 | Blondie 2 | Tod Patton | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 65 |
| 10 | 46 | USA 64 | BLUE | Brian O'Malley | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 73 |
| 11 | 30 | USA 30 | Windsong | Tim Wade | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 86 |
| 12 | 15 | USA 83 | Hokey Smoke | Richard and Lori Stearns | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 91 |
| 13 | 12 | USA 12 | Rambler | Benjamin Wilson | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 101 |
| 14 | 1 | USA 89 | Slyaza II | Gordon Dill | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 112 |