Morgan Stanley J/22 Midwinter Championship at Southern Yacht Club - Overall
by Julie & Christopher Howell 21 Mar 2021 18:55 PDT
March 18–21, 2021
Glenn Darden's Baby Doll bested 29 other teams to secure the 2021 J/22 Midwinter Championship hosted by Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA.
All nine scheduled races were completed in mostly breezy and lumpy conditions on Lake Pontchartrain. Darden, of Fort Worth, TX, with crew Marcus Eagan, Jackson Benvenutti and Sarah Raymond won Sunday's opening race. Travis Odenbach's Honeybadger, just one point off the pace at the start of the day, placed seventh. Honeybadger stormed back to win the final contest, however Baby Doll placed fourth and secured the Championship with 16 net points (Odenbach ended with 20). Casey Lambert's Blackburn Marine Racing put together a solid weekend for third place (40 points).
Darden's team members are all in the New Orleans area. He praised them, adding, "Marcus and Jackson are wizards of this lake." The group practiced last weekend at the local Mardi Gras Regatta. Darden summarized the Midwinters' conditions as, "Very streaky and shifty all three days. We like the lump with the breeze. We got off the line well, which was probably our key."
Overall Results:
| Pos | Bow No / Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
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| 1 | 16 / 1076 | Baby Doll | Glenn Darden | Fort Worth BC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [13] | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | 26 / 1542 | Honeybadger | Travis Odenbach | Rochester YC | 1 | [10] | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 06 / 1531 | Blackburn Marine Racing | casey lambert | Lakewood YC | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | [21] | 5 | 40 |
| 4 | 17 / 1501 | Pressure Drop | Mark Foster | CCYC | 4 | 5 | [RET‑BF] | 18 | 9 | RDG | 1 | 3 | 3 | 52 |
| 5 | 43 / 918 | TILT | Alexander Schwinn | Lakewood YC / Fort Worth BC | 9 | [13] | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 61 |
| 6 | 05 / 206 | Why Knot? | Mitch Guess | Shreveport YC | [14] | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 64 |
| 7 | 01 / 1043 | Rebound Girl | Richard Heausler | Bay Waveland YC / Southern YC | [DNS] | DNS | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 66 |
| 8 | 33 / 954 | Fats | Benz Faget | Southern YC/ NOYC | 3 | 6 | [14] | 9 | 3 | DNE | 3 | 13 | 2 | 70 |
| 9 | 20 / 863 | USA 863 | Jon Larson | Lakewood YC | 10 | 4 | 12 | 7 | [15] | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | 08 / 870 | Wild Tchoupitoulas | J.Dwight LeBlanc | Southern YC | 12 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 8 | [RET‑BF] | 4 | 7 | 76 |
| 11 | 24 / 1024 | Carnival Time | tommy meric jr. | Southern YC | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | [20] | 12 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 79 |
| 12 | 18 / 1646 | VooDoo Baby | Keith zars | Lake Canyon YC | 5 | [25] | 9 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 80 |
| 13 | 35 / 814 | STAMPEDE | Colin Feik | Oklahoma City BC | 8 | 8 | 18 | 10 | [21] | 14 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 97 |
| 14 | 12 / 754 | USA 754 | Chris Wientjes | New Orleans YC | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | [16] | 4 | 15 | 15 | 102 |
| 15 | 03 / 752 | Miss Conduct | James Freedman | Dallas Corinthian YC | 13 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 19 | [27] | 22 | 108 |
| 16 | 23 / 964 | Humbucker | Ted Lischer | Perry YC | 18 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 10 | [23] | 9 | 17 | 110 |
| 17 | 13 / 893 | Toy Monster | Joseph Kuebel | Southern YC | 17 | 18 | [DNS] | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 120 |
| 18 | 07 / 919 | Troublemaker | Kevin Orff | Lakewood YC | 11 | 19 | 19 | 13 | [26] | 21 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 124 |
| 19 | 15 / 1578 | Bad Pony | Scott Binzer | Louisville SC | 19 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 22 | [RET] | 128 |
| 20 | 25 / 788 | Juicy | Alyssa Thomas | Jacomo SC | 20 | 17 | 17 | 16 | [24] | 19 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 139 |
| 21 | 04 / 830 | Veloce v2.2 | Josh Richline | Corpus Christi YC | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 18 | [DNS] | 144 |
| 22 | 09 / 1754 | Lola | Louise Bienvenu | New Orleans YC | 22 | 20 | 21 | [24] | 22 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 158 |
| 23 | 02 / 663 | Wizard | Chip Carpenter | Southern YC / Storm Trysail Club | 23 | 24 | [OCS] | 22 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 166 |
| 24 | 30 / 1271 | Dog Shot | Ryan Schwend | Rush Creek YC | 21 | 21 | 23 | [27] | 13 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 167 |
| 25 | 29 / 689 | Grain H20 | John Snyder | ERYC | 24 | 26 | [DNS] | 25 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 175 |
| 26 | 74 / 1646 | My Girl | Steven Pracht | Shreveport YC | [RET‑BF] | 22 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 192 |
| 27 | 14 / 748 | Men's Kouch | robert Hughes | Southern YC | 26 | 23 | 22 | [30] | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 201 |
| 28 | 22 / 1081 | Cayenne | Deborah Grimm | SYC / NOYC / LPWSA / CSA | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | 26 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 209 |
| 29 | 31 / 1050 | Zulu Time | David Ebbrecjt | Weatherby Lake YC | 25 | [DNS] | DNS | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 211 |
| 30 | 10 / 8 | Whistling Wind III | Billy Marchal | Southern YC | [DNC] | DNC | DNC | 28 | 28 | DNS | DNS | 30 | RET‑BF | 241 |