J/111 North American Championship at Macatawa Bay Yacht Club - Overall
by Julie & Christopher Howell 22 Sep 2018 10:22 AEST
18-21 September 2018
2018 J/111 North American Championship © J/111 International Class Association
Peter Wagner's Skeleton Key improved his J/111 resume by adding the 2018 J/111 North American Championship to his 2017 J/111 World Championship title. With crew John Collins (bow), Nick Gibbens (headsail trimmer), John Hayes (mast), Dave Lyons (spinnaker trimmer), John Pernick (main trimmer), Cory Schillaci (pit) and Seadon Wijsen (tactician), the St. Francis Yacht Club member recorded no scores lower than a sixth in the no-discard, eight-race series.
Skeleton Key ended with 18 points, including three bullets. Jim Connelly's Slush Fund secured the silver position with 36 points, just one ahead of Bradley Faber's Utah and Rob Ruhlman's Spaceman Spiff who tied on points at 37 for third and fourth, respectively. Sixteen teams competed over the three-day event hosted by Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Holland, MI.
In breeze sometimes sustained over 20 knots, Friday's race winners were Faber's Utah, Jeffrey Davis' Shamrock and the trio of Karl Brummel, Steve Henderson and Mike Mayer on Kashmir. However, race 6 was later abandoned due to an improper action by the Race Committee.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Yacht Name | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
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| 1 | USA 115 | Skeleton Key | Peter Wagner | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | USA 119 | Slush Fund | Jim Connelly | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 36 |
| 3 | USA 90 | Utah | Bradley Faber | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | USA 93 | Spaceman Spiff | Rob Ruhlman | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | USA 61666 | Shamrock | Jeffrey Davis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | USA 117 | No Quarter | Mark & Colin Caliban | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | USA 12 | Kashmir | Karl Brummel
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | USA 47 | Rowdy | Richard Witzel | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 52 |
| 9 | USA 28 | Warlock | Tom Dickson | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 63 |
| 10 | USA 60909 | Bravo | Andrew Ward/Sedgwick Ward | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 64 |
| 11 | USA 24 | Momentus | Kevin Saedi & Raman Yousefi | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 75 |
| 12 | USA 102 | Evonne.com/3 | John Yonover | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 81 |
| 13 | USA 43 | Solution | Tracy Brand | DSQ | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | DNC | DNC | 82 |
| 14 | USA 112 | Pura Vida | John Kalanik | 14 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 10 | DNF | 82 |
| 15 | USA 100 | Variance | Carl Hanssen | 12 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 14 | DNC | 95 |
| 16 | USA 20 | Shmokin Joe | Jeff Schaefer | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | DNC | DNC | 109 |