J/70 Winter Series 3 at Davis Island Yacht Club

by Julie & Chris Howell 11 Feb 2019 16:45 AEDT 9-10 February 2019

Forty-nine J/70 teams qualified to win the 2018-2019 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida by competing in at least two of the three weekends with the same boat and skipper.

Brian Keane's Savasana repeated as Series Champion, including a commanding performance this weekend that including four bullets in seven races. Picture perfect conditions closed the Series with two days of sunshine, temperatures in the 70s and breeze in the teens. The Corinthian division was won by Bob Willis's Rip Rullah. Both skippers now qualify for the 2020 World Championship at California Yacht Club.

2019 J/70 Winter Series 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Greiner Hobbs' Dark Horse finished second overall for the Series, followed by Kevin Downey's Mr. Pitiful in third.

The popular J/70 Winter Series spans three weekends of racing between early December and February, allowing participants to store their boats onsite for a reasonable fee. Additionally, on each Friday of the Series, SAIL22 led the Porch Series to offer practice races and coaching.

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow No	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	96	USA 96	Savasana	Brian Keane	1	1	1	6	1	6	5	15
2	46	USA 246	New Wave	Will Welles	2	2	13	7	8	1	1	21
3	37	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful	Kevin Downey	3	5	19	1	22	2	3	33
4	69	USA 169	Empeiria	John Heaton	12	4	11	3	14	14	4	48
5	56	USA 695	Polar	Doug Clark	5	8	20	11	11	9	6	50
6	28	USA 528	Simply Irresistible	Glenn Gault	15	6	42	2	12	7	10	52
7	88	USA 28	Key Player (Corinthian)	Eddie Keller	6	28	8	4	7	4	43	57
8	30	USA 230	Rip Rullah (Corinthian)	Bob Willis	7	7	3	15	3	42	23	58
9	8	USA 208	Dark Horse	Greiner Hobbs	4	18	6	10	2	43	21	61
10	10	USA 1042	Black River Racing	Douglas Strebel	27	10	4	8	9	13	20	64
11	20	USA 420	E.L.E.	Matt Braun	11	14	21	9	13	5	13	65
12	2	USA 602	Building A	Josh Goldman	8	3	5	23	29	20	7	66
13	27	USA 227	Norboy	Leif & Laura Sigmond	18	12	15	19	25	8	2	74
14	99	MEX 1152	Black Mamba (Corinthian)	Fernando Perez	21	13	2	18	16	36	24	94
15	17	BRA 616	Mancha Negra	Peter Siemsen/ Pedro Camargo	RET	DNC	7	17	24	3	9	112
16	77	USA 677	Victory	Buddy Cribb	13	15	36	28	33	15	11	115
17	81	USA 381	Tea Dance Snake (Corinthian)	Peter Bowe	20	9	26	30	37	19	17	121
18	61	USA 62	Blazer (Corinthian)	Christopher Culver	38	39	18	13	4	11	38	122
19	93	USA 93	Wild Card	Kevin Morgan	14	47	44	40	6	12	12	128
20	7	USA 207	Reset	Peter Barrett	22	19	25	33	32	16	16	130
21	29	USA 229	Columbia	Nelson Mills	10	27	30	5	35	32	28	132
22	72	USA 172	Planet Claire	John & Marisa Koten	9	34	31	14	27	26	26	133
23	11	USA 411	Selkie (Corinthian)	Jack Wallace	19	29	14	41	10	38	25	135
24	95	USA 395	Semi Charmed (Corinthian)	Trevor Roach	17	22	22	38	26	17	33	137
25	13	USA 613	Piranha (Corinthian)	Dave Dennison	25	24	10	20	40	40	19	138
26	34	USA 1034	Helium (Corinthian)	Mark Allen / Mike Welch	34	20	24	24	34	18	22	142
27	78	USA 178	Pony	Bill Draheim	26	38	43	12	15	10	48	144
28	22	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	Peter Firey	42	17	28	43	17	31	14	149
29	73	USA 397	Hot Mess (Corinthian)	Rob Britts	29	11	16	35	36	25	DNC	152
30	33	USA 343	Truckin' (Corinthian)	Alex Meleney	37	25	12	26	20	34	37	154
31	15	USA 1157	McFly	Sean O'Brien	24	30	35	21	28	22	31	156
32	18	USA 188	Chinook (Corinthian)	Carrie & Ed Austin	47	32	17	37	21	35	15	157
33	65	USA 1025	Hot Ticket (Corinthian)	Mike Kirkman	16	49	27	25	18	29	42	157
34	6	USA 6	T2	Hanson Bratton	36	40	32	22	19	37	18	164
35	82	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow (Corinthian)	Rob Gorman	33	26	9	RDG	48	47	32	170
36	4	USA 183	Pazzi (Corinthian)	Mark Gorman	31	21	37	31	31	27	30	171
37	91	USA 91	Carlos	Michael Sudofsky	DNC	DNC	50	45	5	23	8	183
38	50	USA 850	Mojito	Forbes Durdin	28	23	23	27	41	50	DNC	192
39	3	USA 903	Playdate	john logue	30	31	29	36	44	24	45	194
40	84	USA 482	Vital Signs (Corinthian)	John Morreale	44	16	40	34	30	48	41	205
41	1	usa 301	Sold	George Braddon	32	35	34	RET	46	21	39	207
42	57	USA 357	DangerMouse (Corinthian)	Taz Coffey	35	46	45	RET	23	33	27	209
43	35	USA 335	Nitemare (Corinthian)	Amy Neill	40	44	39	32	45	28	36	219
44	71	USA 40	Boreas	Finn Hadlock	23	41	41	44	39	41	35	220
45	21	USA 1371	Confidence Interval	Chester Whitley	45	36	47	29	42	30	46	228
46	55	USA 1	D2 Racing (Corinthian)	Dan & Danette Gross	DNC	43	46	16	49	44	34	232
47	24	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	Al Poindexter	46	33	33	39	43	51	47	241
48	9	USA 9	Afterberner	Brian Williams	43	42	38	46	50	46	29	244
49	36	USA 684	Yeah Yeah...	Al Minella	41	37	48	42	47	45	40	252
50	52	USA 52	52	Charlie Schroeder	39	48	49	47	38	49	DNC	270
51	63	USA 363	Down the Line	J World Annapolis	48	45	51	RET	51	39	44	278