2019 J/24 World Championship at Miami, Florida - Overall

by Julie & Christopher Howell 26 Oct 2019 22:43 PDT 19-26 October 2019

Keith Whittemore's Furio entered the final two races of the 41st J/24 World Championship with a nine-point advantage, and quickly slammed the door on the competition by dominating race nine of 10. With crew Shelby Milne, Willem Van Waay, Mark Rodgerd and Brian Thomas, the Seattle-based team has been crowned 2019 J/24 World Champions, topping 78 other eager competitors in Miami, FL.

Following their bullet to start Saturday, long-time J/24 sailor Whittemore placed eighth in the final contest, five notches better than his closest challenger Rossi Milev's Clear Air. Although 2017 J/24 World Champion Milev placed second behind Whittemore in Saturday's first match, Furio was able to cover in race 10 to officially clinch victory with 41 points to Milev's 57. Chris Stone's Velocidad assembled an impressive Championship for third place (66 points).

Whittemore's highest finish in prior World Championships was third, and he has been a bridesmaid at more than one major Championship. Five J/24 World Champion helmsmen were among this fleet, and Whittemore smiled, saying, "Being able to beat those guys feels really, really, really good!" He added, "Today was scary. When we drove down, we said we really need to win the first race, so the second race isn't a complete mess." The plan worked perfectly when Furio started at the pin, and got a header. "We could cross everybody. We were frankly gone at that point and extended our lead. We'd struggled up every first beat of every race. That was the first time where something happened, and we said this is going to be really good!"

The IJCA also awarded its perpetual trophies:

• Jaeger Women's Trophy to Erica Spencer, Sea Bags Women's Sailing Team, USA
• Under-25 Turner Trophy to Matthew Miranda, Team Outrageous on the Kelly Holmes-Moon Grant Boat, USA

Seventy-nine teams from 19 nations (Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, Grenada, Hungary, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States) completed 10 races from October 22-26.

Overall Results:

Pos	Bow No	Sail No	Yacht Name	Skipper / Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	78	USA 5325	Furio	Keith Whittemore / Shelby Milne / Willem Van Waay / Mark Rodgerd / Brian Thomas	4	3	7	3	33	2	1	12	1	8	41
2	62	CAN 5362	Clear Air	Rossi Milev / Mark Goodyear / Victor Diaz de Leon / Vince Somoza / Jeremy Edwards	1	6	14	1	3	16	11	6	2	13	57
3	76	USA 5476	Velocidad	Christopher Stone / Mike Marshall / Pat O'Connor / Billy Perkins / Brian Kamilar	5	2	4	14	4	7	26	5	8	17	66
4	53	USA 5443	Nautalytics	Mike Ingham / Quin Schwenker / Justin Coplan / Max Holzer / Marianna Schoke	2	14	39	7	8	5	14	4	9	5	68
5	51	USA 5237	Honeybadger	Travis Odenbach / Patrick Wilson / Scott Nixon / Collin Kurby / Chad Atkins	22	19	19	5	9	1	8	11	5	1	78
6	25	CAN 4025	Lifted	Evan Petley‑Jones / Peter Soosalu / Matt Soosalu / Ben Maloney / Shawn Kaiser	12	16	29	6	5	35	4	9	3	9	93
7	10	BRA 37	Bruschetta	Mauricio Santa Cruz / Daniel Santiago / Fernando Tovar Gioia / Alex Saldanha / Fernando Costa De Souza	27	UFD	11	20	10	8	9	1	6	3	95
8	99	USA 799	Angel of Harlem	Robby Brown / Mark Liebel / Martin Koleman / Steve Liebel / Ron Hyatt	7	12	3	29	RET	23	6	8	7	2	97
9	35	USA 5235	Buckaroo	Will Welles / Jeff Linton / Erik Rexsford / Chris Morgan / Monica Morgan	13	24	13	21	6	14	13	2	19	4	105
10	58	USA 58	bangor packet	Tony Parker / William Bomar / James Niblock / Zeke Horowitz / Ross Dierdorff	15	1	6	2	2	27	17	24	25	25	117
11	23	USA 3223	Spoony Tactics	Todd Fedyszyn / Chris Stocke / Jackson Benvenutti / Catherine Hamman / Genoa Fedyszyn	3	33	22	11	13	42	22	22	4	6	136
12	26	JPN 4085	Fox	Keiji Kondo / Wataru Kondo / Kazuhiro Kahara / Shiraishi Junichiro / Takeshi Koga	6	43	1	15	29	BFD	7	29	24	14	168
13	50	JPN 5450	Gekko Diana	Kohei Ichikawa / Shunsube Mori / Hirohisa Kojima / Tushiki Imai / Keisuke Tomamoto / Mika Yamashita	70	45	16	43	1	3	18	15	11	33	185
14	1	GER 5316	Hungriger Wolf	Fabian Damm / Thorsten Paech / Jonas Lyssewski / Moritz Boeoek / Jannik Duehren	11	65	23	4	36	30	16	13	23	31	187
15	3	ARG 5499	Elvis	Nicolas Cubria / Mario Cubria / Hernan Cubria / Fernando Bertrand / Martha Parker	31	11	21	47	20	26	19	26	18	18	190
16	39	GER 5475	JJONE	Daniel Frost / Timo Chorrosch / Felix Leupold / Jeronimo Landauer / Daniel Schwarze	17	9	8	17	16	BFD	BFD	3	29	16	195
17	49	JPN 5449	Gekko	Tokuma Takesue / yudai ishiyama / takafumi miyamoto / chieko saito / masunobu matsushita / hiroaki matsuyama	60	28	44	10	19	6	3	40	20	36	206
18	38	JPN 5185	Siesta	Nobuyuki Imai / Daichi Wada / Yasuhiro Okamoto / Kiseki Yoshii / Fumia Kato	24	SCP	BFD	27	23	12	5	7	21	7	206
19	37	HUN 37	Orange Blossom	Balazs Tomai / gabor nagy / robert sarina / marton munka / balazs goldi	76	22	24	18	38	4	37	23	15	28	209
20	30	USA 1530	Mr. Hankey	Andrew Carey / Steph Helms / James Barnash / Spencer Howe / John Enwright	18	30	2	13	UFD	33	38	27	31	19	211
21	69	JPN 4886	Lull	Sumiyo Kaneko / haruhito yamazaki / urara fujii / fumihiro machiyama/kouhei kudo / hideyuki kitagawa / hiroshi murakami	33	7	56	44	35	9	28	34	13	10	213
22	87	USA 5287	Helly Hansen	John Mollicone / Paul Abdullah / Tim Healy / Matt Coughlin / Dan Rabin	34	42	40	38	UFD	13	2	10	14	30	223
23	65	USA 2365	Baba Louie	Mark Laura / Lance McDonough / Kurt Danmeier / Nick Turney / Melanie Edwards	8	21	34	45	27	17	43	20	27	27	224
24	57	USA 5257	Mental Floss	Aidan Glackin / Kris Werner / Bruce Nash / Stave Jackson / Eemon Glackon	57	13	62	54	11	29	10	21	10	26	231
25	71	GBR 4271	Wind Monkey	David Cooper / Paul Williams / Izzy Savage / Dave Hale / Ian Parkinson	21	27	26	9	14	SCP	42	28	35	RDG	233.3
26	75	USA 3775	Blitz	Al Constants / Steve Constants / Michael Constants / Dave Hemman / David Constants	19	UFD	15	36	22	28	41	31	12	34	238
27	96	JAM 3696	Main Squeeze	Eamonn Delisser / Patty Amaducci / Tim Banks / Danielle September / Ed Cabassa	44	70	35	8	39	18	25	19	45	22	255
28	11	USA 3750	SISU	Jay Greenfield / Max Lopez / John Goldberry / Patrick Murphy / TBD	37	53	12	59	32	11	12	30	26	42	255
29	83	USA 5183	Evita	Steve Shaw / Tim Porter / Geoffrey Becker / Evan West / Danny Lawless	26	15	32	16	52	31	15	32	48	RET	267
30	45	GBR 4265	Madeleine	Duncan McCarthy / Steve Phelphs / Rob Clarke / ANdrew Taylor / Hanna McCarthy	50	41	57	57	24	20	29	16	16	15	268
31	27	MEX 4029	Monster Fish	Kenneth Porter / Gerrit Neil Vandermerch / Daniel Banos / Francis Hawley / Camila Stepehnson	36	73	27	25	UFD	15	27	36	32	11	282
32	47	CAN 3935	Terrapin	Michael Howarth / Julian Howarth / Olliver Hanley / Spencer Obrian / Benjamin Gravelle	28	58	18	35	12	25	44	RET	42	23	285
33	22	USA 5471	Tremendous Slouch	Scott Milne / Thomas Niccoli / Jim Barrett / Harry Durseh / Rob Green	16	29	33	37	37	32	30	41	39	37	290
34	46	USA 4202	Redline	Mike Stasko / Austin Zauner / Gavin Smith / Dean Grandcelli / Kile McGraw	30	18	20	63	15	DNC	21	45	56	46	314
35	32	USA 1132	SpoilSport	Stuart Challoner / Brian Taborda / Barbara Gold / Steve Lopez / Ben McAndrews	59	59	31	65	17	43	45	18	22	20	314
36	68	USA 2785	YouRegatta	Carter White / Molly WHite / Ted Widele / Michael McCallister / Chris Lombardo	9	8	RET	24	47	22	32	17	RET	DNC	319
37	72	SWE 4896	Front Runner	Per‑Håkan Persson / Peter Nielsen / Monica Persson / Ellie Harding / Per Andersson	64	74	17	51	21	38	33	RDG	28	35	327.1
38	56	USA 5356	Jackwagon	Peter Sauer / Alex Simanis / Joe Wernan / Elishia Vanluven	40	10	9	68	44	52	52	35	40	47	329
39	81	GER 5208	Bogus	Stefan Karsunke / Brad Braddon / Hauke Kruss / Carsten Kerschies / Jens Tschentscher	58	37	66	75	43	37	20	14	49	12	336
40	36	USA 2736	Boreas	Finn Hadlock / Eliza Price / Emmet Todd / Anna Parker / Griffin Primeau	39	31	54	62	25	19	47	49	30	44	338
41	84	USA 5484	2	Dan Busch / Corine Sachett / Rob Rauf / Rick Pokerny / Eric Wiedeae	54	40	48	23	28	47	51	39	44	21	341
42	21	GRN 4167	Die Hard	Robbie Yearwood / Matt Venotte / Neil Hutchinson / Augustus Reader / Holly Trew	38	68	52	56	26	41	40	42	43	24	362
43	41	USA 4242	Motorhome	Mark Soya / Rob Evans / Mimi Evans / Bernard Soya / Ian Solum	71	34	38	66	54	45	23	BFD	17	29	377
44	93	CAN 3729	A‑salt	Edmond Rees / Rakesh Patel / Paul Chouinard / Eliot Rees / Daniel Sheedy	20	4	49	19	49	67	BFD	55	38	RET	381
45	85	USA 2185	The Dumpster	Frank Keesling / Jereme Mase / Mike Earl / Eric Fause / Vivian Keesling	53	39	30	48	30	44	48	50	51	45	385
46	73	USA 1208	Rumming On Empty	Ryan Lashaway / Olivia Lashaway / Pete Danulewich / Beth Shnioke / Jim Herold	32	47	28	42	65	62	56	46	37	40	390
47	59	BAR 2420	Bunga Bunga	Charles Gloumeau / Cyril Lecrenay / Jason Tindale / Roderick Mascoll / Allan Jason Trotter	72	72	68	72	40	10	24	33	36	51	406
48	34	USA 3734	Miss Conduct	James Freedman / Chris Corley / Angel Shellenberger / Mike Lefebure / Tyler Bullard	45	52	37	77	34	46	54	56	34	48	406
49	40	CAN 4140	Taz	Nick Jako / Tom Oliver / Samantha Webster / Mike Masnsfield / Amy Abraise	47	35	59	40	31	51	BFD	48	52	49	412
50	28	PUR 2928	Urayo	Gilberto Rivera / Marco Teixidor / Francisco Velez / Pablo Beale / Jaime Balzac	10	49	36	34	41	61	46	BFD	BFD	57	414
51	20	GER 5420	Rotopfau	Lars Haeger / Maike Hass / Magnus Joensson / Anders Berg / Martin Peterson	67	64	70	22	46	55	34	38	53	39	418
52	77	GBR 4177	Chaotic	Nick Phillips / Tom Monty / Annie Lush / Cara Phillips / Matt Hardy / Sandra Hardy	43	50	73	70	7	21	36	DSQ	46	RET	426
53	18	USA 2918	Sea Bags Women's Sailing Team	Erica Spencer / Joy Martin / Hilary Noble / Katie Drake / Emily Carville / Karen Fallon	23	46	53	58	59	56	57	44	57	32	426
54	15	MEX 5265	Caspian	Jorge Castillo / Guillermo Parodi / German Silbermann / Luiz Alvarez / Tomas Rosenseld	56	61	46	33	45	39	35	60	61	DSQ	436
55	55	USA 5008	Usual Suspects	David Breitner / dougan Buffinton / John Gray / Paul Jacobs	35	32	RET	50	18	40	63	59	60	DNC	437
56	43	USA 423	Grant Boat	Matthew Miranda / Eric Johnson / John Brendel / Joe Plisic / Sophia Henn	66	17	51	52	62	49	58	54	47	52	442
57	2	USA 240	Shake n Bake	Daniel Cameron / Steve Thomas / Bryan Cameron / Kevin Morgan / Ted Plendge	46	5	10	28	UFD	36	RET	DNS	DNC	DNC	445
58	24	GBR 4248	Majic	James Torr / George Watson / Hamish Mcilwee / Harry Willett / James Randall	52	48	42	55	67	48	31	BFD	64	38	445
59	52	USA 5277	Evil Octopus	Jasper Van Vliet / John Pytlak / Steve Meyers / Jessica Ludy	48	38	69	41	51	57	62	53	41	55	446
60	82	USA 3215	Carpe Diem	Christopher Fischer / Brian Simkins / Casey Firth / Will Harris / Larry Murphy	14	26	43	30	56	53	RET	DNS	65	RET	447
61	61	CAN 1964	Drivers Wanted	Ted Bartlewski / Irek Zubko / RObert Burek / Macheck Sadowski	41	44	5	32	61	RET	61	57	68	DNC	449
62	29	USA 1829	CCS Water Women	Amy Woodard / Gina Shan / Katie Johnson / Margaux Bacro‑Duverger / Wendy McKenzie / Mary Corbett	42	71	47	39	48	24	RET	DNS	59	53	463
63	48	TTO 1948	AmBush Too	Stephen Bushe / Matthew Mungal / Andrew Affoo / William Bushe / Philipp Archie	75	51	64	74	58	34	39	SCP	33	60	469
64	5	USA 2260	Level Pelican	Crisp McDonald / Catherine Bost / Ervin Grove / Megan Place / James Howard	49	20	45	67	DNS	RET	59	47	66	43	476
65	60	GBR 4245	Unity lets	Matthew Conyers / jackie Hayle / Joe Cross / Simon Dinger / Carole Dinger	77	25	63	61	53	50	64	51	58	54	479
66	67	USA 267	BadMoon	Christopher Holmes / David Hayslip / Johanna Holmes / Dave Lornet / Victoria Hielscher	29	55	41	49	63	68	68	DNS	69	56	498
67	80	HUN 5280	Jinge	Norbert Farago / Imre Scholtz / Laszlo Gyorgy Kiska / Mate Szabo / Norbert Farago	68	UFD	25	12	57	DNF	BFD	37	62	BFD	501
68	12	USA 1858	Sabotage	Seth Rosenthal / Ben Givens / Stephan Antworth / Chris Jackson / Beau Pelayouyade	62	60	50	76	68	60	53	52	50	58	513
69	66	GBR 4266	Flying Colours	William Pollock / Bruce Voss / Tilo Pape / Viv Allen / Lorna Graham	51	54	67	31	42	63	60	BFD	71	RET	519
70	4	JPN 4459	Hangover	Masato Iizuka / Hiroshi Higashi / Yoshiyuki Katsura / Hiroyuki Kinoshita / Satoshi Morikawa	25	62	65	53	71	64	66	BFD	70	63	539
71	44	AUS 5058	Wildfire	Ron Thomson / Doug McGregor / Jo Barnes / Rory Groves / Jordan Sunkel‑Lozell	65	23	71	79	50	DSQ	50	43	RET	DNC	541
72	63	AUS 4464	Two Dogs	Jack Fullerton / Ramzey El Hila / Megan Aulich / Anssi Paatero / Anthony Moore	78	75	61	78	60	58	49	58	55	61	555
73	54	CAN 5254	CAN 5254	Nathan Bresett / Lisa Bresett / Tom Nelson / Richard West	55	69	RET	60	69	69	67	62	67	50	568
74	17	KOR 7777	Summer Santa	Gyeongwon Jo / Changsoo Ryu / Jinho‑Lee / Kidong Park / Donghee Lee	DSQ	UFD	58	46	66	65	55	BFD	63	59	572
75	31	JPN 5317	Jellyfish	Yoichi Matsumoto / Satoshi Watanabo / Shohei Koide / Shuichi Iida / Takeshi Kasuga	73	66	60	69	64	71	65	61	54	62	572
76	14	USA 2314	Zia	Patrick Frisch / Lori Dillard / David Rech / Ernesto Mendoza / Zach Segal	61	57	55	64	55	59	BFD	63	DNC	DNC	574
77	16	AUS 5333	J Force	Warren Campbell / James Campbell / Paul Field / David Bailey / Maddie Linton	63	63	74	26	RET	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	626
78	64	CHI 5464	Team Valdivieso	Miguel Salinas / Fernando Gonzalez / Felipe Molinas / Estevan Ruiz / Patty Bryan	74	36	72	73	70	70	BFD	RET	72	DNC	627
79	42	FRA 1742	Le Lion	Lionel Nicolai / DANIEL ROCHA / AMY BENNETT / PAUL NICOLAI / VALERIE BACHOTTZ	69	67	BFD	71	UFD	66	69	RET	73	64	639