2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club

2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club - Overall

by Julie & Christopher Howell 3 Mar 2019 17:17 PST 1-3 March 2019

2017 J/24 World Champion Rossi Milev, on Clear Air, hoisted another Class perpetual trophy Sunday, taking the 2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL. With crew Dan Borrer, Gayle Gray, Vince Somoza (boat owner) and Mark Goodyear, the Ontario Canada-based helmsman led the team to net scores of 2,1,3,7,5,1,4 for 23 points.

2019 J 24 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Carter White's YouRegatta paced solid scores all weekend, earning him the silver position with 26 points. John Mollicone's Helly Hansen came on strong in the latter races to clinch the bronze spot with 28 points. Twenty-nine teams completed eight races from March 1-3.

2019 J 24 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

This event was Milev's first since the 2017 Worlds. "It felt great to be back," said Milev. "We didn't have the gears since we haven't sailed for a while, but every day, we got a little better." Although Gray and Goodyear were part of the World Championship crew, Borrer and Somoza were newcomers to Clear Air, yet "clicked from the get-go." The blue skies, solid seabreeze and temperatures hovering around 80 degrees were a welcome relief to the sub-zero conditions in Canada. About Davis Island, Milev summarized, "It's one of my favorite places in North America to sail. It's the friendliest yacht club by far. The breeze this weekend was unbelievable. I've sailed here a lot of times, and this is the steadiest I've ever seen it. On Saturday, we had 15 minutes on one tack, and we never got a shift."

Sunday's race winners were Milev and Mollicone. More info and complete results are available here.

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow Now	Sail No	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	63	Can 5362	Clear Air	Rossi Milev	2	1	14	3	7	5	1	4	23
2	27	USA 2785	YouRegatta	Carter White	1	12	6	4	3	6	3	3	26
3	1	USA 5287	Helly Hansen	John Mollicone	24	8	4	6	2	2	5	1	28
4	68	USA 58	bangor packet	Tony Parker	11	11	1	12	5	1	4	6	39
5	42	USA 799	Angel of Harlem	Robby Brown	7	2	3	2	11	7	8	RET	40
6	34	USA 3734	Miss Conduct	James Freedman	16	5	2	1	9	8	13	8	46
7	23	USA 5237	Honeybadger	Travis Odenbach	3	6	15	10	4	9	12	2	46
8	36	USA 2365	Baba Louie	Mark Laura	6	7	5	16	6	14	22	5	59
9	40	CAN 4025	4025	Evan Petley‑Jones	5	16	8	9	1	19	11	11	61
10	15	USA 1530	Mr. Hankey	Andrew Carey	4	20	17	13	12	4	2	16	68
11	37	USA 3750	SISU	James Bonham	17	26	10	7	15	10	14	9	82
12	22	USA 3223	Spoony Tactics	Todd Fedyszyn	9	22	13	11	13	11	7	UFD	86
13	20	USA 2720	Wind Monkey	Marcus Rogers	20	4	12	17	16	12	18	10	89
14	33	USA 3775	Blitz	A Constants	8	15	19	15	8	20	17	7	89
15	12	USA 5257	Mental Floss	Aidan Glackin	22	21	7	14	20	13	6	14	95
16	31	USA 2436	Habanero	Denny Vaughan	19	10	11	8	14	18	24	UFD	104
17	26	USA 267	BadMoon	Christopher Holmes	13	9	22	5	23	17	25	UFD	114
18	28	USA 2918	Sea Bags Women's Sailing Team	Erica Beck Spencer	18	25	21	20	19	16	9	15	118
19	17	USA 2917	Long Shot	John Poulson	10	13	23	18	22	21	21	13	118
20	13	USA 78	Buschwhacker	Dan Busch	25	3	9	19	25	25	20	18	119
21	41	USA 49	Ice Cube	Michael Quaid	12	23	28	21	10	3	27	UFD	124
22	21	USA 2185	The Dumpster	Frank Keesling	15	18	18	23	24	15	23	12	124
23	69	USA 4190	Supernatural FishCHIPPER	Kat Malone	14	14	24	22	18	23	19	22	132
24	2	USA 296	Super G	Matt Gibbs	UFD	17	UFD	25	17	22	10	17	138
25	32	USA 3262	DazeOff	John Hirsch	28	19	16	28	26	27	16	20	152
26	85	USA 1858	Sabatage	Seth Rosenthal	21	24	20	26	21	24	26	19	155
27	14	USA 1400	Bork! Bork! Bork!	Cory Huseby	23	27	25	29	27	29	15	UFD	175
28	77	USA 4306	The Goat	Darren Hill	26	28	26	24	29	28	28	21	181
29	72	USA 17	YellowTail	Sean Toro	27	29	27	27	28	26	29	23	187