J/70 Corinthian US National Championship at Little Traverse Yacht Club - Day 2
by Julie & Chris Howell 10 Aug 18:26 PDT
8-11 August 2019
Thirty-six all-amateur teams again reveled in glorious conditions on Little Traverse Bay in Michigan for the J/70 Corinthian US National Championship.
Chris Kostanecki's Jennifer moved to the top of the leaderboard, rebounding from a sixth in Saturday's opening contest (eventually discarded) with a 1,2 to hold a three-point advantage after six races. Friday's frontrunner Scott Sellers' Tres Burritos ended the day successfully, but two lower finishes in the earlier competitions dropped him to second place with 16 points. Peter Vessella's Sistership is five points in arrears of Sellers for third place.
Winds between 12-14 knots, puffy white clouds and temperatures in the 70s greeted racers on the middle day of the Championship. Henry Filter's Wild Child got off on the right foot in race four, topping Vessella's Sistership and Dave Dennison's Piranha. Kostanecki's Jennifer triumphed in the next battle, as Tod Sackett's FM and Peter Bowe's Tea Dance Snake got in on the action too. Sellers' Tres Burritos then got their third bullet of the regatta, shadowed by Kostanecki and Bowe.
Jackson Benvenutti of North Sails was again on the water to offer helpful advice to the Corinthian sailors. Racing concludes Sunday.
Results after Day 2:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Yacht Name | Skipper/Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 28 | USA 370 | Jennifer | Chris kostanecki / Matt Sessions / Carlos Robles / Scott Kozinchik | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 37 | USA 548 | Tres Burritos | Scott Sellers / Hannah Sellers / Merritt Sellers / Owen Beckley / Holt Condon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | 39 | USA 898 | Sistership | Peter Vessella / Tracy Usher / Christy Usher / Mike Bishop | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | 44 | USA 45 | Wild Child | Henry Filter / Alex Stout / Will Wagner / Jen Sturmer | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | 36 | USA 381 | Tea Dance Snake | Peter Bowe / Mike McNamara / Todd Jenner / Matt Alisch | 10 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | 27 | USA 316 | Pale Horse | Jake Christy / Steve Rozelle / Mark Teborek / Charles Trost | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | 6 | USA 390 | Berteau Group | Sarah Renz / Mark Renz / Matt Clark / Will Holz | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 8 | 35 | USA 613 | Piranha | Dave Dennison / Trevor Davis / Thorn Turner / Kevin Kenny | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 9 | 25 | USA 1143 | Measure Twice | Michael Duff / Mike Duff / Robert Duff / Robb Matthews / Preston Carey | 7 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 10 | 3 | USA 326 | Aquaholiks | Martin Johnsson / August Hernandez / Lindsay Hernandez / Jorgen Johnsson | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
| 11 | 18 | USA 313 | FM | Tod Sackett / Blair Hamilton / Dave Kerr / Tom Sessions | 12 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 40 |
| 12 | 5 | USA 40 | B Squared | Bryan Cameron / Daniel Cameron / Phil Peterson / Steve Thomas | DSQ | 8 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 48 |
| 13 | 24 | USA 1025 | Hot Ticket | Mike Kirkman / Rob Ramirez / Jim Thompson / John Morreale | 11 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 76 |
| 14 | 33 | USA 220 | Phoenix | Peter Firey / Roger Link / Eric Mentzell / Sean Nunes | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 76 |
| 15 | 17 | USA 487 | Escape | Polk Wagner / Ellie Wagner / Jason Doyle / Madeline Swarthout / Claire Fink | 14 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 83 |
| 16 | 20 | USA 1034 | Helium | Mark Allen / Mike Welch / Mark Allen / Fred Blackmer / Brian Beaudet | 13 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 87 |
| 17 | 31 | USA 1157 | McFly | Sean O'Brien / John McNeil / Ryan Higgins / Anders McCarthy / Ansley O'Brien | 18 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 24 | RET | 91 |
| 18 | 26 | USA 1029 | Miss Killer | Don Glover / Don Glover / Grant Glover / Jim Goran / Ravi Subramanian | 30 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 93 |
| 19 | 7 | USA 549 | Black Pearl | Adam Bowen / Bridget Bowen / Rowan Elwart / Michael Schreiber | 19 | 32 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 95 |
| 20 | 38 | USA 171 | Rasta Racing | Sean Hendrickson / The Rev Petey Crawford / Rob Thomas / Alan Block | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 95 |
| 21 | 1 | USA 9 | Afterberner | Brian Williams / Isabel Dziuba / Thomas Libcke / Harrison George / Brian Williams | 22 | 26 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 101 |
| 22 | 45 | USA 1023 | Luxury Problems | Dan Klaasen / John Hill / Bryan Brieden / Dunne Saal | 20 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 102 |
| 23 | 2 | USA 423 | American Flyer | Steve Knoop / Patrick Rice / Richard Martin / Annie Baumann | 17 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 110 |
| 24 | 10 | USA 379 | Brumby | Merritt Keffer / Martin Grin / Chris Keffer / David McVicker | 26 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 29 | 114 |
| 25 | 22 | USA 224 | Little Traverse Sailors | LTS Race Team / Trip Wagner / Kate Moran / Jack Miller / Caroline Grin | 31 | 21 | OCS | 26 | 15 | 21 | 114 |
| 26 | 41 | USA 68 | uno mas | David Schoene / Len Guenther / Lauren Schoene / Matt Schoene | 16 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 114 |
| 27 | 15 | USA 489 | Downtowner | Jeff Towner / Eric Wynsma / Ben Finkelstein / JT Ludington | 29 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 118 |
| 28 | 42 | USA 241 | USA 241 | Al Poindexter / blake caskey / kevin orff / doug strebel | 23 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 118 |
| 29 | 4 | USA 2 | Ayacucho | James Gary / Taz Coffey / Edward Gary / Patrick Seidel | 25 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 118 |
| 30 | 30 | USA 905 | Pronto | Alison Hill / Chris Ford / Ella Cantera / Luke Baker / Ben Tolzdorf | 27 | 16 | 12 | 29 | RET | DNS | 121 |
| 31 | 46 | CAN 318 | Cry Havoc | Ralph Neate / Ralph Neate / James Neate / Hubert Czajkowski / Chad Dowshenko | 24 | 17 | 31 | DSQ | 21 | 30 | 123 |
| 32 | 16 | USA 324 | Ebisu | Glenn Sheets / Tim Buisch / Minh Ha / John McCree | 28 | 27 | OCS | 28 | 31 | 23 | 137 |
| 33 | 50 | USA 152 | Sundog | Chal Curtis / Josh Curtis / Victoria Curtis / Meredith Moran / Libby Forsen | 33 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 150 |
| 34 | 9 | USA 1032 | Bamm‑Bamm | Steven Briggs / Jonathon DeWindt / Eric Villasen / Ailene Hicks | 32 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 161 |
| 35 | 13 | USA 187 | Catapult | Nicolie Hendrickson / Mary Foster / Wendy Helberg / Deb Hazelett | 34 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 169 |
| 36 | 11 | USA 647 | Bula | Michael Mandell / Dave Lauser
Jr / Garry Bonner / Jeff Moore | DNS | DNC | DNC | 34 | 33 | 34 | 175 |