2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship at Fort Walton Yacht Club

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

by Julie & Christopher Howell 18 Mar 2019 11:41 AEDT 14-17 March 2019

Three J/22 World Champions joined forces at the J/22 Midwinter Championship this year, and they didn't need much luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day to take home the title. On Bad News, Mike Marshall with crew Zeke Horowitz and Todd Hiller never finished lower than fifth in the 30-boat fleet, and were able to hit the docks early to let their fellow competitors battle it out for the remaining places.

Marshall won the J/22 World Championship in 2016 in Kingston, ON Canada with Hiller as crew, and Horowitz won last fall in Annapolis, MD. Bad News kept scores of 1,5,2,4,1,1,4,1 for 19 net points in the nine-race series. That was 21 points in advance of second place finisher Jeff Todd on Hot Toddy. Third place went to Casey Lambert's Blackburn Marine Racing. Sunday's race winners were Chris Doyle's The Jug 4 1, Marshall and David Muller's Call The Ball. Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, FL hosted the Championship from March 15-17.

2019 J/22 Midwinter Championship - Day 3 - photo © Christopher Howell

Marshall credited his team for doing "99 percent of the work." He explained, "Zeke called stellar tactics upwind in a super shifty venue. Todd called breeze downwind and talked about how we were doing relative to other boats. So, I could change what I needed to if we were going slow or keep trying to do what I was doing if we were going fast." Marshall said all the competitors would be happy to come back to Fort Walton Beach again, summarizing it was "great sailing, flat water, really shifty and a super inviting yacht club."

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow / Sail	Boat Name	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	20 / USA 1578	Bad News	Mike Marshall	1	5	2	4	1	1	4	1	[32/DNC]	19
2	30 / 1464	Hot Toddy	Jeffrey Todd	8	3	3	6	9	3	5	[13]	3	40
3	18 / USA 307	Blackburn Marine Racing	Casey Lambert	6	1	[14]	7	6	8	9	2	4	43
4	6 / USA 1649	The Jug 4 1	Chris Doyle	2	9	[12]	11	2	4	1	8	10	47
5	10 / USA1501	Pressure Drop	Mark Foster	7	14	9	2	4	5	3	[20]	9	53
6	7 / USA‑489	Mo' Money	Kevin Doyle	5	2	1	15	12	14	6	3	[32/RET]	58T
7	21 / 669	Call The Ball	David Muller	3	4	19	[21]	3	10	13	5	1	58T
8	22 / USA 1552	Team Award & Sports/Evil Dr. Pork Chop	Christopher Princing	4	7	8	9	10	7	[20]	4	12	61
9	28 / 1318	Turn Down For What	kurt taken‑holtze	10	16	13	[18]	8	9	2	6	5	69
10	15 / 1043	Fast Company	Richard Heausler	16	11	4	5	[18]	16	8	10	2	72
11	29 / USA 1510	Gray Duck	Allison Thompson	9	6	10	14	14	6	10	[15]	11	80
12	4 / 1559		NICOLE CURRAN	14	10	5	16	5	19	[32/OCS]	11	6	86
13	17 / USA 949	Corner of Sanity and Madness	Chris Junge	12	[27]	7	13	7	12	11	17	14	93
14	32 / 754		Chris Wientjes	11	8	16	[20]	19	20	15	7	15	111
15	25 / 365		Vincent Ruder	15	[22]	21	17	15	2	12	16	16	114
16	24 / 964	Two Dollar Pistol	James Riddle	20	19	18	19	13	11	17	[21]	7	124
17	31 / 24	HNL	Doug Weakly	13	17	6	3	11	13	[32/DNC]	DNC	DNC	127
18	9 / USA 707	Repeat	Farley Fontenot	17	21	11	[32/OCS]	16	18	14	9	22	128
19	16 / 239	Untamed	Ian Hunter	18	15	20	8	[27]	15	19	12	24	131
20	1 / 663	Wizard	Chip Carpenter	26	12	22	12	20	26	[32/OCS]	18	8	144
21	13 / 238	Eve \'n Keeled	Jennifer Grant	22	23	15	23	[25]	22	7	23	13	148
22	12 / 892	Payaso	Karen Glass	[24]	18	23	1	21	21	22	24	19	149
23	A 2	Hot Ruddered Bum	Galen Freeman	21	[26]	17	26	26	17	16	14	17	154
24	14 / 206	Why Knot?	Tom Hadel	19	13	24	[25]	22	23	21	19	18	159
25	27 / 698	Grain H2O	John Snyder	25	25	[27]	10	17	24	24	25	21	171
26	26 / 364	Bling	Lynn Simpson	28	20	26	24	28	[32/RET]	18	22	20	186
27	5 / 1003	Cool Kids	Doug Davis	23	24	25	22	24	25	23	[26]	23	189
28	3 / 216	Sweet Baby J	Phil Cooper	[30]	28	28	27	29	28	26	27	25	218
29	23 / 830	Jailbird	Josh Richline	27	29	29	28	23	27	25	[32/DNC]	DNC	220
30	19 / 679	Bruh	Ted LISCHER	29	[32/DNF]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	253
31	2 / 666	Moving Kinda Slo	Joseph P. Carson	[32/DNC]	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	256