Morgan Stanley J/22 Midwinter Championship at Southern Yacht Club

Morgan Stanley J/22 Midwinter Championship at Southern Yacht Club - Overall

by Julie & Christopher Howell 22 Mar 2021 12:55 AEDT 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).

2021 Morgan Stanley J/22 Midwinter Championship - Final Day - photo © Christopher Howell

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
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