J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club

J/70 Midwinter Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club - Day 1

by Christopher Howell 23 Feb 2018 23:06 PST 24-25 February 2018

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship © Christopher Howell

Among the 61 teams at the J/70 Midwinter Championship are multiple J/70 World Champions and those from other Classes. One of those Champions is Joel Ronning on Catapult, who leapt to the first day's advantage at the Midwinters hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami, Florida.

It's was a postcard day on Biscayne Bay with breeze in the mid- to upper-teens, sunshine and temperatures in the 80s. 2016 J/70 World Champion Ronning opened with a bullet and added a pair of thirds for 7 points in three races. Bruce Golison's Midlife Crisis started with a 4,5, then won Friday's last contest to hold second overall with 10 points. Jack Franco's 3 Ball JT is in third with 13. Jim Cunningham's Lifted leads the 24-boat Corinthian division.

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - photo © Christopher Howell

Ronning's Catapult earned the initial victory of the event, with Franco and James Prendergast comprising the top trio. Bruno Pasquinelli's Stampede got the race two win, shadowed by Prendergast and Ronning. Golison ended Friday on a positive note, along with Pasquinelli and Ronning, as 1,2,3.

This regatta is the final opportunity for teams to qualify for the 2018 J/70 World Championship in Marblehead, MA, with four Open and two Corinthian spots available. Racing continues through Sunday.

2018 J/70 Midwinter Championship - photo © Christopher Howell

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Owner/Skipper	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	USA 180	Catapult	Joel Ronning	1	3	3	7
2	USA 26	Midlife Crisis	Bruce Golison	4	5	1	10
3	USA 3	JT	Jack Franco	2	4	7	13
4	USA 167	USA 167	James Prendergast	3	2	11	16
5	USA 839	Stampede	bruno Pasquinelli	22	1	2	25
6	USA 403	Cloud Nine	Phil Haegler	7	13	5	25
7	USA 49	Relative Obscurity	Peter Duncan	6	12	8	26
8	USA 96	Savasana	Brian Keane	8	15	6	29
9	USA 538	Bottle Rocket	David Schumann	12	20	4	36
10	USA 340	Rimette	John Brim	27	8	13	48
11	USA 151	Reach Around	Thomas Bowen	26	9	14	49
12	USA 901	Team Vineyard Vines	John & Molly Baxter	9	16	26	51
13	USA 819	NINE	Oivind Lorentzen	14	24	16	54
14	USA 246	Scamp	Will Welles	20	18	17	55
15	USA 1310	Africa	Jud Smith	32	6	18	56
16	BRA 642	Caruru	Flavio Andrade	28	17	12	57
17	USA 94	Lifted (Corinthian)	Jim Cunningham	13	19	25	57
18	USA 169	Empeiria	John Heaton	21	10	27	58
19	USA 389	Hooligan: Flat Stanley Racing	Trey Sheehan	15	32	19	66
20	USA 375	Lickity Split	Stanley Edwards	11	37	20	68
21	USA 1042	Black River Racing	Douglas Strebel	25	21	23	69
22	USA 419	Joint Custody (Corinthian)	Jenn & Ray Wulff	45	11	15	71
23	USA 233	WinterWind (Corinthian)	Nancy Glover	19	22	30	71
24	USA 34	Perseverance	Bennet Greenwald	17	27	28	72
25	USA 695	Polar	Doug Clark	34	34	10	78
26	USA 498	Vamos!!	Pilar Tavella	30	29	22	81
27	USA 91	Carlos	Michael Sudofsky	18	31	36	85
28	MON 1073	Mascalzone Latino	Vincenzo Onorato	16	RET	9	87
29	USA 501	Button Fly (Corinthian)	Andrew and Melissa Fisher	DSQ	7	21	90
30	USA 230	Rip Rullah (Corinthian)	Bob Willis	23	43	24	90
31	BRA 1276	Highlanders (Corinthian)	Selmo Nissenbaum	37	14	41	92
32	USA 25	Rascal	Henry Brauer	31	32	32	95
33	USA 494	Rosebud	Pamela Rose	5	30	DNS	97
34	USA 313	FM (Corinthian)	Tod Sackett	40	25	35	100
35	USA 585	Running Wild (Corinthian)	Peter Vessella	38	26	40	104
36	USA 84	Bazinga!	Daniel Goldberg	29	38	37	104
37	USA 396	All that Jazz (Corinthian)	Val Shestopalov	39	33	34	106
38	USA 28	Flying None (Corinthian)	Ed Keller / Bill Lynn	35	36	38	109
39	USA 335	Nitemare	Amy Neill	36	35	43	114
40	USA 528	Simply Irresistible	Glenn Gault	44	40	31	115
41	USA 343	Truckin' (Corinthian)	Alex Meleney	41	28	54	123
42	USA 40	B Squared	Bryan Cameron	48	45	33	126
43	USA 1037	Mr. Pitiful (Corinthian)	kevin downey	24	46	DNS	132
44	USA 45	Wild Child (Corinthian)	Henry Filter	33	53	46	132
45	USA 497	Chinook (Corinthian)	Frank McNamara	49	42	42	133
46	TUR 1118	Eker Kaymak	Ahmet Eker	10	DNS	DNS	134
47	USA 179	USA 179	Dina Howell	46	44	45	135
48	USA 677	Victory	Buddy Cribb	47	50	39	136
49	USA 220	Phoenix (Corinthian)	Peter Firey	57	51	29	137
50	CAN 8	Hot Water	Mark Wolff	43	52	47	142
51	USA 310	Depeche (Corinthian)	Joey Kolisch	58	39	48	145
52	USA 1153	Gaucho 3 (Corinthian)	Tiani Hausen	51	49	51	151
53	USA 600	Azorra Racing	John Evans	55	48	50	153
54	USA 37	lil' Grizzly (Corinthian)	Charles Bayer	56	54	44	154
55	USA 229	Columbia	Nelson Mills	52	41	DNF	155
56	USA 241	USA 241 (Corinthian)	Al Poindexter	50	55	53	158
57	USA 903	Playdate (Corinthian)	John Logue	54	57	49	160
58	USA 382	Surrender to the Flow (Corinthian)	Rob Gorman	53	47	DNF	162
59	USA 1154	Hull 1154 (Corinthian)	Zachary Segal	59	56	52	167
60	USA 42	USA 42 (Corinthian)	Richard Wagner	60	58	55	173
61	USA 95	MUSE (Corinthian)	Heather Gregg	DNF	DNS	DNS	186