J/105 Chesapeake and J/35 Mid-Atlantic Championships, Opti Halloween, and More Racing

SpinSheet Racing Roundup Oct. 26-27

Happy Halloween week, racing sailors! Annapolis was a hotbed of racing activity last weekend from AYC’s Championships to Opti racing, while down south they “frostbite” raced. Here’s your racing roundup for the weekend of October 26-27.

AYC Championship Action

Annapolis Yacht Club racing committees were busy over the weekend with the J/105 Chesapeake Championships, the J/35 Mid-Atlantics, and the Opti Halloween Howl. Find top three results for all below. Find full AYC results here… and SpinSheet photos by Will Keyworth here.

J/105 (One Design - 20 Boats)

1. Mirage, Cedric Lewis / Fredrik Salvesen , USA - 1 -1 -2 ; 4

2. Good Trade, Bruce Stone / Nicole Breault , USA - 5 -2 -1 ; 8

3. Doghouse, AJ Libby , USA - 8 -4 -5 ; 17

J/35 (One Design - 5 Boats)

1. Aunt Jean, James Sagerholm / Jerry Christofel , USA - 1 -1 -2 ; 4

2. T-Bone, Bruce Artman , USA - 2 -2 -1 ; 5

3. Abientot, Roger Lant , USA - 3 -3 -3 ; 9

Opti Overall (17 boats)

1. Rule, Amelon          Opti Blue         3          1          1          1          1          [8]        7.00     1

2. Arepally, Ava         Opti Red         6          2          2          [7]        3          3          16.00   2

3.Perkins, Ashton       Opti White      2          4          3          3          4          [10]      16.00   3

Opti Blue (6 boats)

1. Rule, Amelon          Opti Blue         3          1          1          1          1          [8]        7.00     1

2. Mastromarco, Conor           Opti Blue         7          9          7          9          6          [12]      38.00   2

3. Kulynych Irvin, Alders       Opti Blue         8          [17]      10        13        15        1          47.00   3

Opti Red (8 boats)

1. Arepally, Ava         Opti Red         6          2          2          [7]        3          3          16.00   1

2. Webb, Luca Opti Red         4          [6]        6          2          5          2          19.00   2

3. MacWilliams, Owen           Opti Red         1          3          [14]      6          7          4          21.00   3

Opti White (3 boats)

1. Perkins, Ashton          Opti White      2          4          3          3          4          [10]      16.00   1

Southern Bay Scene

This just in from Lin McCarthy’s Southern Bay Racing News You Can Use…

FROSTBITE #1 is in the books (at Hampton Yacht Club)

Avast, me hearties, let the first sentence read, “It was a cloudy, windy, rainy day . . . .” It blew like stink, 20 knots and gusting, for the entire race and included a frog-drowner shower at the finish line.

A perfect day for racing, though, ‘cause there was WIND for the fourteen (14) boats in the opening FROSTBITE SERIES race Sunday. It was the perfect chance to test drive those boat show  foulies, too! 

PHRF A (8 boats) 1.Ian Hill, Sitella; 2.Phil Briggs, Feather; 3.Neil Ford and Lis Biondi, Danger Paws.  

PHRF B/C (4 boats) 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 2.Ben Cuker, Callinectes; 3.Paul Clifford, Wind Dancer. 

PHRF Non-Spin (2 boats) 1.Cliff Porter, Tilt; 2.Alan Johnson, Seeker. 

Principal Race Officer-Brian Deibler; Official Scored-Kim Deibler.

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