J/24 Midwinter Championship at Shake-A-Leg in Miami, FL - Day 1
by Julie & Christopher Howell 27 Feb 2021 17:12 AEDT
February 26-28, 2021
The J/24 Midwinter Championship kicked off for 29 boats at Shake-A-Leg in Miami, FL with four races completed.
Teams reveled in the pristine conditions on Biscayne Bay with winds at 8-10 knots, sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. Carter White on Wind Monkey shot out to the early advantage with all top four finishes for 8 points. Helming Jesus Lizard, John Mollicone stands in second place with 16 points. Floridian Robby Brown's Angel of Harlem is in third with 28 points.
White's Wind Monkey earned their first bullet of the day in race one, ahead of James Freedman's Miss Conduct and Mollicone's Jesus Lizard. Brown's Angel of Harlem grabbed the next win, with White and Mollicone again cracking the top three. Trailing White's second victory in race three were Nadia Daggett's Mustache Ride and Val Shestopalov's Victoria. Mollicone secured his silver position for the day with a victory in Friday's final battle, followed by Aidan Glackin's Mental Floss and Freedman.
Racing continues through Sunday.
Results after Day 1:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Yacht Name | Skipper / Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | USA 2720 | Wind Monkey | Marcus Rogers / Carter White / Chris Lombardo / Kelly Franklin Colby / Molly White | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 79 | USA 3379 | Jesus Lizard | John Mollicone / Paul Abdullah / Mike Marshall / Nick Turney / Dan Borrer | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | 99 | USA 799 | Angel of Harlem | Robby Brown / Richard Shellow / Steve Lowery / Kevin Ratigan / Beaujeaux Delapouyade | 11 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | 57 | USA 5257 | Mental Floss | Aidan Glackin / Bruce Nash / Chris Fischer / Kris Werner / TBD | 5 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | 32 | USA 3235 | Mustache Ride | Nadia Daggett / Kathryn Booker / Kate O'Donnel / Rachel Green / Geoff Becker | 9 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | 8 | USA 5208 | Honeybadger | Travis Odenbach / Patrick Wilson / Chris Stocke / Brad Braddon / Monica Morgan | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | 75 | USA 3775 | Blitz | Al Constants / Dave Constants / Mike Constants / Steve Constants / Dave Hammond | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | 37 | Usa 5237 | Tyrus | Kirk Reynolds / Kira Munger / Mike Wilde / Mike Stasko / KJ Wolaver | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | 34 | USA 3734 | Miss Conduct | James Freedman / Angel Shellenberger / Chris Corley / Theo Hasse | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | 28 | PUR 2928 | Urayo | Gilberto Rivera / Jaime Balzac / Pablo Mendez / Melvin Gonzalez / Efrain Logo | 7 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 39 |
| 11 | 96 | JAM 3696 | Main squeeze | Eammon Delisser / Luke lawrence / tim banks / Ed cabassa | 6 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 12 | 26 | USA 4862 | Victoria | Val Shestopalov / Alex Birukoff / Alexey Vasiliev / Victor / Ivan Shestopalov | 14 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| 13 | 35 | USA 5235 | Caramella | Frederick Wiedeke / Eric Wiedeke / Glenn Brown / Keith Hankins / Michelle Handy | 12 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 54 |
| 14 | 84 | USA 5484 | Roadie | Dan Busch / Nikki Bruno / Rob Rauf / Tom Wells / Kelly Busch | 20 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 56 |
| 15 | 3 | USA 2391 | Bad Neighbor | Matt Gibbs / Kaci Gibbs / Ginjer Yachechak / Brian Tyrrell / Valerie Bucholtz | 13 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 59 |
| 16 | 33 | USA 5333 | Team Exit Strategy | Rick Jarchow
Jr / Jason Chavez / Erick Rodriguez / Brian Schultz | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 59 |
| 17 | 23 | USA 423 | Kelly Holmes‑Moon Boat Grant | Erica Trejo / Kurban Ali / Rich Graef / Mateo Rodriguez / Katie Nelson | 16 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 66 |
| 18 | 16 | USA 3416 | Scouts' Honor | Mark Pincus / Scott Giering / Nick Doyle / Corrie Allen / Jillian Aydelotte | 22 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 72 |
| 19 | 42 | USA 4208 | Shadowplay | Stephen Carr / Robert Sengberg / Steven Sengberg / Peck Sukphisit | 19 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 72 |
| 20 | 62 | USA 3262 | Dazeoff | John Hirsch / Michael Beattie / Jacob Fisker‑Anderson / Arjola Miruku / Ian Hunter | 18 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 74 |
| 21 | 98 | USA 2998 | Shockwave | Peter Fischel / Logan Pfeifer / John Skinner / Zak McCloud | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 79 |
| 22 | 94 | USA 2843 | Muy Muy | Ernesto Mendoza / Richard Kauffman / Andreas Flebbe / Cris Garcia / Alejandro Carrera | DNF | 24 | 5 | 27 | 86 |
| 23 | 55 | USA 555 | USA‑555 | Charles Bumgardner / David Manley / Eilis McLaughlin / Jarad Cronin / Jack Drury | 24 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 92 |
| 24 | 2 | USA 2502 | SSR DS | Seth Rosenthal / Chris Jackson / Mya Kwasniewski / Sandy Thayer / Ansley Turner | 21 | 23 | DSQ | 21 | 95 |
| 25 | 91 | USA 4591 | Jibaro | Alfredo & Dorian Sambolin / Atilio Renon / Cathy Buller / Rachel Hoffman / Crissy Diaz (alternate) | 27 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 101 |
| 26 | 58 | USA 1758 | Andele Andele | oliver Waite / Eduardo Luaces / Patricia Murphy / Viviane Savorin / Joaquin Vinaas / Raul Gonzalez | 25 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 102 |
| 27 | 17 | USA 2217 | Pigs in Hiding | Bill Wingrove / Tarry Grimsdale / Ed Ruark / Dawn Narramore / Lorelei Sells | 23 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 103 |
| 28 | 72 | USA 5172 | Erika II | V. Andres Martinez / Oscar Kramer / Lorie Meser / Elliot Levi / Cristina DeProspero | 26 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 106 |
| 29 | 64 | USA 4464 | Fortitude | James Thurlow / Will Kibler / Matt Alburn / Emma Gourain / Michael McCorkendale | DNF | DNF | 25 | 23 | 108 |