2001 J/24 EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP Severn Sailing Association Series Standings (6 races scored)

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Sun Nov 04 14:54:22 EST 2001

Number of entries: 66

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points
1	37 5260	Blind Squirrel	Read, Brad	1	3	2	8	1	5	20.0
2	39	North	Healy, Tim	5	4	5	10	3	3	30.0
3	19 3145	Team USA	Welles, Will	6	10	7	1	14	15	53.0
4	66 3492	Bangor Packet	Parker, Tony	3	11	17	2	24	6	63.0
5	87 4161	Fat Boyz	Skelley, Max	4	16	8	9	12	14	63.0
6	54 4335	Harold	Nixon, Scott	21	23	13	3	5	7	72.0
7	50 5078	IngDirect	Wolfs, Rudy	9	13	16	4	25	11	78.0
8	48 1132	Spoilsport	Challoner, Stu	23/ZFP	6	15	5	13	16	78.0
9	62 4308	Hillman Capital.com	Hillman, Mark	25/ZFP	9	10	13	28/40%	1	86.0
10	32 2918	Brain Cramp	Ingham, Mike	16	5	1	30	10	29	91.0
11	11 4171	Chuck Wagon	Mauri, Jaun	15/ZFP	2	11	41	9	17	95.0
12	34 3775	Blitz	Constant, Al	19	14	3	22	11	34	103.0
13	90 5256	Pipe Dream	Mollicone, John	7	8	34	17	19	33	118.0
14	26 5259	Twins	Zaleski, Waldek	67/BFD	1	19	7	6	20	120.0
15	28 549	Pee Wee	Werner, Kris	24	24	18	26	29	4	125.0
16	59 2274	Sundance	Van Ravenswaay, Paul	22	19	22	6	26	30	125.0
17	36 1131	Racer X	Ryan, Tim	15	27	9	34	21	23	129.0
18	25 2613	Crush	Harrison, Scott	18	28	30	21	18	27	142.0
19	13 3913	Narcoleptic	Irving, Todd	8	17	4	59	49	8	145.0
20	58 3491	Dream Girl	Potee, Russ	36	26	25	27	8	25	147.0
21	65 3479	Rush Hour	Fitzgerald, Pat	24/ZFP	22	42	25	22	13	148.0
22	12 2241	Jack Wabbit	Brayshaw, Ian	67/BFD	32	20	14	7	12	152.0
23	45 423	Full Charge	Wilesy, John	17	29	31	23	30	22	152.0
24	82 4253	Mr. RasinFace	Johansson, Bengt	34	15	28	28	32	19	156.0
25	27 5275	Flinn	Flinn, Larry	14	67/OCS	12	24	4	38	159.0
26	38 4182	Rabbit Season Duck Season	Scalisi, Paul	25	7	67/DSQ	11	20	32	162.0
27	56 4187	Meltimi	Hobson, Mike	67/BFD	12	6	62	17	2	166.0
28	21 5144	Medullitus	Lynch, Karen	30	30	14	18	46	37	175.0
29	68 669	Show Dog	Rich, Peter	26/ZFP	25	26	37	43	18	175.0
30	44 4687	Eraserhead	Mathews, Bob	32	21	27	40	37	36	193.0
31	57 2853	Icicle	Flake, Anthony	29	36	40	46	31	21	203.0
32	71 2308	CBIZ/Malkintent	Malkin, David	23	31	38	20	47	47	206.0
33	41 4414	Mixed Signals	Sawyer, David	40/ZFP	35	24	31	42	40	212.0
34	46 78	Buschwhacker	Busch, Dan	45	42	41	47	16	24	215.0
35	43 3134	S'cream'N Java	McGuckin, Michael	51	45	53	16	45	9	219.0
36	89 665	Blue Star	McGrath, Lawrence	67/BFD	37	37	19	55	10	225.0
37	42 1687	Cinderella	Schulze, Gerritt	20	67/DSQ	45	12	48	35	227.0
38	23 4446	On the Beach	Buress, Lee	39/ZFP	18	36	45	28	67/DNC	233.0
39	24 3342	Terrapin Flyer	Santa, Devin	52/ZFP	20	35	57	27	44	235.0
40	47 1534	Toe Jam	Rechtschaffer, Jonathan	37	67/OCS	32	42	33	26	237.0
41	81 3299	Gambit III	Harrington, Raymond	67/BFD	51	29	29	41	31	248.0
42	18 3953	Monster Truck Mullet	Fuller, William	43	34	46	52	35	39	249.0
43	15 3417	Spontaneous	Lippman, Paul	38	52	44	32	36	50	252.0
44	52 3223	Simply Irresistable	Lytle, Marshall	48	43	49	33	38	41	252.0
45	35 106	People Eater	Titgemeyer, Mike	35	44	43	51	15	67/DNC	255.0
46	22 3760	High Five	Toso, Mark	31	33	21	67/DSQ	40	67/DNC	259.0
47	63 2350	Tribal Pleasures	Bonney, David	46/ZFP	38	47	49	51	28	259.0
48	49 4049	Quickie	Veraldi, Mike	63/ZFP	50	57	35	23	48	276.0
49	16 5257	Liberty	Zinn, Jack	40	46	23	67/DSQ	39	67/DNC	282.0
50	88 473	Jerryco	Daniel, Gerald	46	55	33	15	67/DSQ	67/DNC	283.0
51	67 465	Fotogelegenheit	Harris, Vince	47	53	52	43	44	45	284.0
52	83 32	Smokin J	Pokorny, Richard	67/BFD	39	39	36	54	58	293.0
53	84 5020	Odin's Choice	Woelfel, Greg	41/ZFP	41	58	61	60	42	303.0
54	85 3296	Pandamonium on the Funny Farm	Miller, Mark	49	40	51	39	58	67/DNC	304.0
55	51 3967	Rip Tide	Staikos, Nick	55/ZFP	47	48	67/DSQ	52	43	312.0
56	14 1530	Maelstrom	Carey, Andrew	67/60%	48	54	44	34	67/DNC	314.0
57	17 1922	Matador	Elliott, Chris	67/BFD	49	50	50	53	46	315.0
58	55 3293	AJ	Johnson, Aaron	41	57	56	56	59	49	318.0
59	86 4015	Trouble	Buscemi, Angelo	44	58	55	54	57	54	322.0
60	53		Shelton, Dan	54	56	62	48	50	53	323.0
61	61 1968	TBD	Leonard, Greg	52	54	59	55	56	56	332.0
62	69 3264	Radical J	Machlin, Jack	56	60	63	38	62	57	336.0
63	33 4550	Big Air Dogs	Skinner, Dan	44/RDG	62	61	60	63	55	345.0
64	64 4153	Tree Frog	Harrington, David	57	61	64	53	64	51	350.0
65	29 651	Flutierbye	Bardwell, Roger	67/ZFP	59	60	58	61	52	357.0
66	31 4145	Cheers	DeSantis, Adam	67/DNC	67/DNC	67/DNC	67/DNC	67/DNC	67/DNC	402.0

Notes:
- Scoring system is ISAF Low Point 2001-2004
- Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts.

Information is provisional and subject to modification

Principal Race Officer: Sandy Grosvenor
Jury Chair: Jack Lynch

2001 East Coast Championship Final Report
by: Scott Nixon

The Severn Sailing Association again did an outstanding job hosting the J/24 East Coast Championships November 2nd- 4th. The Annapolis area provided a full range of conditions with unseasonably warm temperatures for the three-day event. Sixty-six entrants this year marked the largest gathering of J/24's in the U.S. this year. The East Coast always draws J/24 sailors all over the U.S and Canada. It is a great way to wind up a busy J/24 sailing season and there is no better place to sail than Annapolis in the fall. CBIZ was the title sponsor again this year and with the help of David and Marsha Malkin and all the volunteers the event went off with out a glitch. The beer truck pulled into the parking lot Thursday afternoon and was not left alone until late Sunday night. A pizza truck also helped nourish starving crews after weigh in Thursday night. The Friday night dinner was highlighted by videos of the days racing shot by Tucker Thompson and his production team. Saturday night's event was somewhat of a blur after the J/24 teams sampled gallons of the famous "Fleet 8 Rum Punch" and wondered down to the new watering hole, The Boat Yard Bar & Grill, for more videos.

Annapolis delivered near perfect conditions for Friday's racing. Three races were run in the Chesapeake in warm southerly winds, ranging from 10-16 knots with choppy conditions. The RC had a tough time getting the fleet off cleanly and had to resort to a black flag after numerous recalls and Z flags. The current was extremely strong and forced many unaware skippers over the line early. Getting off the line and going fast in the choppy conditions were paramount to a good race in this competitive fleet. 2000 World Champion Brad Read showed that experience is king and won the day with a 1,3,2. The rest of the fleet was very tight behind Brad and mark roundings were extremely crowded.

Saturday delivered much lighter winds out of the NNW direction. The first race saw winds in the 6 knot range and less. The current again was extremely strong in the Bay due to the full moon and a tropical storm off the coast. The pin end was favored and the boats that favored the left side of the course rounded in the top 10. On the first downwind leg the breeze got light and riding the current down the leg really spread the fleet out. The course was shortened and after the next beat many boats had trouble making it through the finish line due to almost no wind and a ripping current. Will Welles and his Team USA won the race followed by locals Tony Parker and Scott Nixon. Boats that sailed too far down current had to almost sail upwind to make it through the line. The middle pack of boats all finished in a giant clump with a lot of yelling and tight finishes. The wind re-filled from the NNW and the second race was sailed in nice 10-12 knot conditions with super flat water. Again the current played a huge factor in the racing, but Brad Read and his team from Newport stayed on top of the fleet with strong tactical input from Jay Miles. First time J/24 helmsman Scott Nixon and his team on Harold pulled it together to win the day with finishes of 3,5 after a rough start on Friday. Sandy Grovesnor and her SSA RC team ran great races in the shifty trying conditions and the fleet was happy to retire to the beer truck with two quality races run on Saturday.

The last day of the event looked to be tricky. The wind was from the NW in the am and the first race was started in 2-4 knots with a strong ebb tide. After letting the fleet struggle to make ground up the beat for 15 minutes the RC called the fleet back and waited for more favorable conditions. It looked to a "no race" day when the wind shifted to the North and then to the East before it died. After an hour, patience prevailed and a very nice Southerly filled in just after 1:00. With a 1:30 deadline the racecourse was set and the fleet was off for the last race of the series. The leaders started near the boat and protected the right shift up the beat. A few small oscillations at the top of the mark and all the normal top 10 boats were in the hunt. Downwind the fleet split the gates and protected their positions up the last beat. Annapolis J/24 veteran Mark Hillman sailed a great race and worked his team into the lead and won the race by a nice margin.

Thanks again to all competitors for attending the event and a special thanks to all the organizers at SSA and J/24 Fleet 8 for another great East Coast. We all look forward to next year's event. Congratulations to Tony Parker and his team for winning the Quantum Sails Amateur Trophy this year. He sailed a very strong event with only one finish out of the top 20.