2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club

2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club - Day 2

by Julie & Christopher Howell 17 Mar 2019 11:36 AEDT 14-17 March 2019

A shifty weather pattern following a cold front challenged the 30 J/22s on the middle day of the J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Mike Marshall's Bad News flourished in the conditions, posting a 4,1,1 on the day for 9 net points in six races. Discarding a 5 from race two, the 2016 J/22 World Champion not only broke the day one tie for first place, but has secured a 14-point advantage over his closest followerJeff Todd's Hot Toddy. Places two through five are all within five points of each other, heading into the final day of competition on Sunday. Following Todd is Mark Foster's Pressure Drop, whose solid day shot him into third place. Then, just one notch behind him are Casey Lambert's Blackburn Marine Racing and Chris Doyle's The Jug 4 1.

2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Day 2 - photo © Christopher Howell

In winds between 10-15 knots Saturday, Karen Glass' Payaso opened triumphantly, with Foster and Doug Weakly's HNL next. Marshall then earned his second of three bullets in the Championship thus far, in advance of Chris Doyle and David Muller's Call The Ball. Closing out the day's final top three were Marshall, Vincent Ruder and Todd.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat Name	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	20 / USA 1578	Bad News	Mike Marshall	1	[5]	2	4	1	1	9
2	30 / 1464	Hot Toddy	Jeffrey Todd	8	3	3	6	[9]	3	23
3	10 / USA1501	Pressure Drop	Mark Foster	7	[14]	9	2	4	5	27
4	18 / USA 307	Blackburn Marine Racing	Casey Lambert	6	1	[14]	7	6	8	28T
5	6 / USA 1649	The Jug 4 1	Chris Doyle	2	9	[12]	11	2	4	28T
6	7 / USA‑489	Mo' Money	Kevin Doyle	5	2	1	[15]	12	14	34
7	22 / USA 1552	Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork Chop	Christopher Princing	4	7	8	9	[10]	7	35
8	21 / 669	Call The Ball	David Muller	3	4	19	[21]	3	10	39
9	29 / USA 1510	Gray Duck	Allison Thompson	9	6	10	[14]	14	6	45
10	31 / 24	HNL	Doug Weakly	13	[17]	6	3	11	13	46
11	4 / 1559		NICOLE CURRAN	14	10	5	16	5	[19]	50
12	17 / USA 949	Corner of Sanity and Madness	Chris Junge	12	[27]	7	13	7	12	51
13	15 / 1043	Fast Company	Richard Heausler	16	11	4	5	[18]	16	52
14	28 / 1318	Turn Down For What	kurt taken‑holtze	10	16	13	[18]	8	9	56
15	25 / 365		Vincent Ruder	15	[22]	21	17	15	2	70
16	32 / 754		Chris Wientjes	11	8	16	[20]	19	20	74
17	16 / 239	Untamed	Ian Hunter	18	15	20	8	[27]	15	76
18	24 / 964	Two Dollar Pistol	James Riddle	[20]	19	18	19	13	11	80
19	9 / USA 707	Repeat	Farley Fontenot	17	21	11	[32/OCS]	16	18	83
20	12 / 892	Payaso	Karen Glass	[24]	18	23	1	21	21	84
21	1 / 663	Wizard	Chip Carpenter	[26]	12	22	12	20	26	92
22	27 / 698	Grain H2O	John Snyder	25	25	[27]	10	17	24	101T
23	14 / 206	Why Knot?	Tom Hadel	19	13	24	[25]	22	23	101T
24	13 / 238	Eve \'n Keeled	Jennifer Grant	22	23	15	23	[25]	22	105
25	A 2	Hot Ruddered Bum	Galen Freeman	21	[26]	17	26	26	17	107
26	5 / 1003	Cool Kids	Doug Davis	23	24	[25]	22	24	25	118
27	26 / 364	Bling	Lynn Simpson	28	20	26	24	28	[32/RET]	126
28	23 / 830	Jailbird	Josh Richline	27	[29]	29	28	23	27	134
29	3 / 216	Sweet Baby J	Phil Cooper	[30]	28	28	27	29	28	140
30	19 / 679	Bruh	Ted LISCHER	29	[32/DNF]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	157
31	2 / 666	Moving Kinda Slo	Joseph P. Carson	[32/DNC]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	160