2018 J/109 North American Championship at Larchmont Yacht Club - Preview
by J/Boats 10 Oct 2018 06:00 PDT
11-14 October 2018
Tastes Like Chicken's crew plans on keeping up their consistency to win the North American Championships © Rick Roberts
After an incredibly successful weekend introducing young college sailors to the wonders of big-boat sailing, the J/109 fleet now changes tacks and focuses on their 2018 J/109 North American Championship. All the boats that participated in promoting the growth of college sailors in offshore sailing are also sailing the J/109 N.A.'s; a total of twenty entries from across the board from the northeast to the southwest.
Again, Larchmont YC will be hosting the fleet for racing on Long Island Sound from October 14th to 21st. Initial forecasts promise the racing will be wet, cool, and windy to start with, a sunny break in between, a perhaps having to deal with the "tail feathers" of Hurricane Michael that dealt a devastating blow to the Florida Panhandle by Sunday afternoon.
The top crews in the Corinthians Division include the following:
- Bill Rogers- BIG BOAT from Breakwater YC in Sag Harbor, NY
- Ted Herlihy's family crew on GUT FEELING from New Bedford YC in South Dartmouth, MA
- Albrecht Goethe's HAMBURG from Lakewood YC in Seabrook, TX
- Adrian Begley's MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN from Storm Trysail Club in Larchmont, NY
- Jack Forehand's STRATEGERY from Pequot YC in Fairfield, CT
- Bill Kneller's VENTO SOLARE from Coasters Harbor YC in Newport, RI
The leading crews in the Open/ Professional Division include these top teams (one Cat 3 permitted per boat):
- Tom Sutton's LEADING EDGE from Lakewood YC in Houston, TX with Tom Meeh as main/ tactician
- David Rosow's LOKI from Pequot YC in Fairfield, CT with Kerry Klingler as main/ tactician
- Carl Olsson's MORNING GLORY from Larchmont YC in Larchmont, NY with Max Skelley as tactician
- David & Maryellen Tortorello's PARTNERSHIP 3 from Black Rock YC in CT with Seadon Wijsen as tactician
- Bill Sweetser's RUSH from Annapolis YC in Annapolis, MD with Tom Babel as tactician.
For more J/109 North American Championship sailing information,
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