US National Championship
There will be a new name engraved on the J24 National Championship Trophy. Will Wells and his team on Fawn Leibowitz, sailed a very consistent regatta never posting a worse race than a 3rd after a drop race of a 6th to win with 15 points after 8 races.
A wide range of conditions from 17 knots and waves to 6 knots and flat water provided a perfect playing field for the 48 boats at this years championship.
Day one included a 17knot north easterly breeze with chop and swells, making getting off the line challenging, that diminished to 10 knots by the end of the day. Three long championship length races ranging from 1.7 mile legs to 1.4 mile legs were run. Tim Healy and crew fresh off their win a J24 Worlds came out strong posting a 1, 3, 3 to post an early lead but just ahead of Jens Hookanson by a point and Will Wells by three points.
On day two the swell and chop calmed down a bit but not completely. A light easterly wind with large oscillations from northeast to east and major pressure differences from the left and right sides of the course provided difficult choices to make upwind and down for the competitors. Jens Hookanson and team on Salsa had the best strategy and amazing speed posting an awesome 1,2,1 to claim the lead after day two.
Day three brought a decent southwest breeze and a bit of lump from the previous two days of easterly type winds. However three quarters into the first race the southwest breeze died and a southeast seabreeze started to build. During the wind shift a few boats got caught in a hole and missed the time limit as Team Mookie with Pete Levesque had legged out to a convincing and fast win.
Will Wells and crew on Fawn Leibowitz were the most consistent on day three posting a 2nd and 3rd to win the regatta by four points.
Congratulations to all the teams and for a very successful regatta.
Other winners were:
Paul Scalisi on Rabbit Season, Duck Season won the Yale Cordage Mid-Fleet Award getting new sheets and halyards provided by Yale Cordage. Waterline Systmes gift certificates were won by 7th place Chris Jankowski, 8th place David Van Cleef, 9th place Chris Zaleski, and 10th place Thomas Barbeau. Also Stephen Blais won a $200.00 gift certificate to Waterline Systems for sticking it out to the very end.
Will Wells and Team Fawn Leibowitz accept their J24 Nationals Trophy an original painting by David Clough of J24s racing by Marblehead Light. They also received the J24 National championship perpetual trophy adding their name to the list of other winners such as Vince Brun, Chris Snow and many others..
Team Salsa skippered by Jens Hookanson accept their second place awards.
Carter White and Team AL accept their third place award.
Pete Levesque and Team Mookie accept their fourth place awards.
A wide range of conditions from 17 knots and waves to 6 knots and flat water provided a perfect playing field for the 48 boats at this years championship.
Day one included a 17knot north easterly breeze with chop and swells, making getting off the line challenging, that diminished to 10 knots by the end of the day. Three long championship length races ranging from 1.7 mile legs to 1.4 mile legs were run. Tim Healy and crew fresh off their win a J24 Worlds came out strong posting a 1, 3, 3 to post an early lead but just ahead of Jens Hookanson by a point and Will Wells by three points.
On day two the swell and chop calmed down a bit but not completely. A light easterly wind with large oscillations from northeast to east and major pressure differences from the left and right sides of the course provided difficult choices to make upwind and down for the competitors. Jens Hookanson and team on Salsa had the best strategy and amazing speed posting an awesome 1,2,1 to claim the lead after day two.
Day three brought a decent southwest breeze and a bit of lump from the previous two days of easterly type winds. However three quarters into the first race the southwest breeze died and a southeast seabreeze started to build. During the wind shift a few boats got caught in a hole and missed the time limit as Team Mookie with Pete Levesque had legged out to a convincing and fast win.
Will Wells and crew on Fawn Leibowitz were the most consistent on day three posting a 2nd and 3rd to win the regatta by four points.
Congratulations to all the teams and for a very successful regatta.
Other winners were:
Paul Scalisi on Rabbit Season, Duck Season won the Yale Cordage Mid-Fleet Award getting new sheets and halyards provided by Yale Cordage. Waterline Systmes gift certificates were won by 7th place Chris Jankowski, 8th place David Van Cleef, 9th place Chris Zaleski, and 10th place Thomas Barbeau. Also Stephen Blais won a $200.00 gift certificate to Waterline Systems for sticking it out to the very end.
Will Wells and Team Fawn Leibowitz accept their J24 Nationals Trophy an original painting by David Clough of J24s racing by Marblehead Light. They also received the J24 National championship perpetual trophy adding their name to the list of other winners such as Vince Brun, Chris Snow and many others..
Team Salsa skippered by Jens Hookanson accept their second place awards.
Carter White and Team AL accept their third place award.
Pete Levesque and Team Mookie accept their fourth place awards.
