2018-19 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club

2018-19 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club - Weekend 1

by Julie or Christopher Howell 9 Dec 2018 22:08 PST 8-9 December 2018

Forty-seven J/70 teams traveled to Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida for the first weekend of the 2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series. Conditions on Saturday were sunny and warm with winds at 6-8 knots, allowing three races.

The passage of a cold front on Sunday brought rain and storms through Tampa Bay, keeping teams ashore. Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs earned the overall victory with scores of 7,2,4 for 13 points. Greiner Hobbs' Dark Horse placed second with 16 points, and Doug Strebel's Black River Racing followed in third with 18 points. The 14-boat Corinthian division was topped by Bob Willis' Rip Rullah, who notched a bullet in race 2.

2018/2019 J 70 Winter Series - photo © Christopher Howell

Each Friday of the Series, SAIL22 leads the Porch Series including a North Sails debrief. This weekend featured several races in which 33 boats were able to learn from on-water coaches, before heading in for a North Sails forum at the DIYC clubhouse.

Racing continues at Davis Island Yacht Club on January 4-6 and February 8-10.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Yacht Name	Owner / Skipper	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	USA 322	Russian Bogatyrs	Igor Rytov	7	2	4	13
2	USA 208	Dark Horse	Greiner Hobbs	3	7	6	16
3	USA 1042	Black River Racing	Douglas Strebel	8	3	7	18
4	USA 227	Norboy	Leif & Laura Sigmond	2	16	1	19
5	USA 695	Polar	Doug Clark	10	5	5	20
6	USA 230	Rip Rullah (Corinthian)	Bob Willis	6	1	14	21
7	USA 246	New Wave	Will Welles	1	21	2	24
8	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful	Kevin Downey	11	8	8	27
9	USA 420	E.L.E.	Matt Braun	17	11	9	37
10	USA 91	Carlos	Michael Sudofsky	16	4	19	39
11	USA 167	USA 167	James Prendergast	13	15	11	39
12	USA 602	Building A	Josh Goldman	12	10	18	40
13	USA 52	52	Charlie Schroeder	4	24	13	41
14	USA 178	Pony	Bill Draheim	15	18	10	43
15	USA 172	Space Force One	John and Marisa Koten	22	28	3	53
16	USA 677	Victory	Buddy Cribb	28	12	15	55
17	USA 6	T2	Hanson Bratton	9	25	24	58
18	USA 482	Vital Signs	John Morreale	19	9	31	59
19	USA 397	Hot Mess (Corinthian)	Rob Britts	5	17	41	63
20	USA 1025	Hot Ticket (Corinthian)	Mike Kirkman	24	6	35	65
21	USA 207	Reset	Peter Barrett	23	13	33	69
22	USA 343	Truckin'	Alex Meleney	20	39	16	75
23	USA 395	Semi Charmed (Corinthian)	Trevor Roach	14	29	34	77
24	USA 93	Wild Card	Kevin Morgan	18	22	SCP	77
25	USA 183	Pazzi (Corinthian)	Mark Gorman	26	26	25	77
26	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow	Rob Gorman	27	32	20	79
27	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	Peter Firey	25	19	37	81
28	USA 850	Mojito	Kelly Gray	39	20	22	81
29	USA 381	Tea Dance Snake (Corinthian)	Peter Bowe	34	36	12	82
30	USA 501	Button Fly	Andrew Fisher	32	33	21	86
31	USA 1034	Helium (Corinthian)	Mark Allen / Mike Welch	36	34	17	87
32	USA 613	Piranha (Corinthian)	Dave Dennison	33	27	28	88
33	USA 335	Nitemare	Amy Neill	38	14	38	90
34	USA 188	Chinook (Corinthian)	Carrie & Ed Austin	30	35	27	92
35	USA 40	B Squared	Bryan Cameron	31	31	32	94
36	USA 1371	Zebraic	Chester Whitley	21	30	UFD	102
37	USA 301	Sold	George Braddon	43	23	43	109
38	USA 411	Selkie (Corinthian)	Jack Wallace	35	46	29	110
39	USA 1157	McFly	Sean O'Brien	29	42	39	110
40	USA 171	Rasta Racing	Sean Hendrickson	42	44	26	112
41	USA 9	Afterberner	Brian Williams	37	37	40	114
42	USA 357	DangerMouse (Corinthian)	Taz Coffey	40	45	30	115
43	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	Al Poindexter	45	40	36	121
44	USA 97	Loki	Michael Zupon	41	41	42	124
45	USA 42	USA 42 (Corinthian)	Richard Wagner	47	38	45	130
46	USA 229	Columbia	Nelson Mills	44	43	44	131
47	USA 363	Down the Line	J World Annapolis	46	47	46	139