2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club

2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club - Weekend 2

by Julie & Christopher Howell 6 Jan 22:14 PST 5-6 January 2019

2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series Weekend 2 at Tampa, Florida © Christopher Howell

Fifty-five J/70 teams traveled to Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida for the middle weekend of the 2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series. Joel Ronning's Catapult took the victory with 24 points in five races.

Ronning fell ill on Saturday morning, so Wendy Reuss stepped in to helm the team to scores of 5,2,3,1 in gorgeous conditions (winds around 15 knots with higher gusts, under a cloudless sky). Catapult was two notches behind Travis Odenbach's B Squared after day one.

Light winds around 6 knots allowed only one race on Sunday, with Ronning feeling better and returning as Catapult skipper. They finished 13th, but Odenbach landed 20th, giving the Catapult team the weekend victory (Odenbach totaled 29 overall points). Brian Keane's Savasana placed third with 33 points. The 18-boat Corinthian division was topped by Andrew Fischer's Button Fly.

Each Friday of the Series, SAIL22 leads the Porch Series, which included a Racegeek Clinic. The weekend also featured practice races in which teams were able to learn from on-water coaches in moderate breeze as a cold front was passing through the Tampa Bay area.

Racing concludes at Davis Island Yacht Club on February 8-10.

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow No	Sail No	Boat Name	Owner / Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R5	R5	Pts
1	36	USA 180	Catapult	Joel ronning	5	2	3	1	13	24
2	40	USA 40	B Squared	Travis Odenbach	1	3	1	4	20	29
3	96	USA 96	Savasana	Brian Keane	3	1	5	2	22	33
4	37	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful	Kevin Downey	7	4	23	3	2	39
5	8	USA 208	Dark Horse	Greiner Hobbs	6	15	9	6	5	41
6	46	USA 246	New Wave	Will Welles	2	11	4	7	21	45
7	56	USA 695	Polar	Doug Clark	4	5	11	24	9	53
8	10	USA 1042	Black River Racing	Douglas Strebel	21	8	28	5	1	63
9	67	USA 167	USA 167	James Prendergast	22	7	2	13	19	63
10	5	USA 501	Button Fly (Corinthian)	Andrew Fisher	10	12	16	15	12	65
11	88	USA 26	Key Player (Corinthian)	Eddie Keller	13	23	8	16	7	67
12	2	USA 602	Building A	Josh Goldman	24	10	7	25	3	69
13	30	USA 230	Rip Rullah (Corinthian)	Bob Willis	28	18	14	11	4	75
14	28	USA 528	Simply Irresistible	Glenn Gault	16	14	12	8	28	78
15	27	USA 227	Norboy	Leif & Laura Sigmond	26	16	13	23	10	88
16	69	USA 169	Empeiria	John Heaton	23	6	10	17	33	89
17	20	USA 420	E.L.E.	Matt Braun	19	29	20	12	15	95
18	78	USA 178	Pony	Bill Draheim	29	9	25	21	14	98
19	29	USA 229	Columbia	Nelson Mills	11	13	27	9	45	105
20	99	USA 322	322	Rod Luka	15	17	35	27	11	105
21	50	USA 850	Mojito (Corinthian)	Forbes Durdin	9	22	18	10	52	111
22	22	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	Peter Firey	17	28	42	19	17	123
23	6	USA 6	T2	Hanson Bratton	36	32	6	18	38	130
24	77	USA 677	Victory (Corinthian)	Buddy Cribb	25	33	15	32	25	130
25	43	USA 2	Spoony Tactics	Todd Fedyszyn	14	UFD	21	20	24	136
26	91	USA 91	Carlos	Michael Sudofsky	30	20	39	22	26	137
27	11	USA 411	Selkie (Corinthian)	Jack Wallace	27	37	17	14	43	138
28	81	USA 381	Tea Dance Snake (Corinthian)	Todd Jenner	40	24	22	BFD	8	150
29	65	USA 1025	Hot Ticket (Corinthian)	Mike Kirkman	18	40	29	33	34	154
30	93	USA 93	Wild Card	Kevin Morgan	12	19	37	BFD	31	155
31	7	USA 207	Reset	Peter Barrett	31	25	34	29	42	161
32	35	USA 335	Nitemare	Amy Neill	33	34	30	RDG	40	169
33	34	USA 1034	Helium	Mark Allen / Mike Welch	41	41	44	28	16	170
34	83	USA 183	Pazzi (Corinthian)	Mark Gorman	20	36	38	37	39	170
35	13	USA 613	Piranha (Corinthian)	Dave Dennison	37	30	32	39	35	173
36	72	USA 172	Planet Claire	John & Marisa Koten	8	27	48	BFD	37	176
37	1	USA 301	Sold	George Braddon	49	39	47	36	6	177
38	95	USA 395	Semi Charmed (Corinthian)	Trevor Roach	44	26	41	40	27	178
39	18	USA 188	Chinook (Corinthian)	Carrie & Ed Austin	39	42	40	RDG	18	179
40	15	USA 1157	McFly	Sean O'Brien	35	21	24	BFD	44	180
41	33	USA 343	Truckin'	Alex Meleney	45	44	19	41	32	181
42	85	USA 87	SPYC Junior Team	Heather Kerns	50	38	43	30	30	191
43	41	USA 1	D2 Racing	Dan&Danette Gross	38	43	45	31	36	193
44	84	USA 482	Vital Signs	John Morreale	42	47	33	26	46	194
45	21	USA 1371	USA 1371	Chet Whitley	34	35	51	DNF	23	199
46	71	USA 171	Rasta Racing (Corinthian)	Jeff Solum	46	49	26	35	47	203
47	57	USA 357	DangerMouse (Corinthian)	Taz Coffey	43	45	31	42	48	209
48	24	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	Al Poindexter	47	46	36	DNF	41	226
49	97	USA 97	Loki (Corinthian)	Michael Zupon	32	RET	49	38	53	229
50	16	BRA 616	Mancha Negra	Peter Siemsen/ Pedro Camargo	48	31	46	DNF	50	231
51	9	USA 9	Afterberner	Brian Williams	51	48	50	34	49	232
52	63	USA 363	Down the Line	J World Annapolis	53	DNF	DNC	DNC	29	251
53	42	USA 42	USA 42 (Corinthian)	Richard Wagner	52	50	DNF	DNS	51	265
54	82	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow	Rob Gorman	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	282
55	52	USA 52	USA 52	Charlie Schroeder	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	282