(Lake George, NY)- Dazzle or be DAZZLER'd! Such was the operative
phrase on that spectacular venue high up in New York State's Adirondack
Mountains- Lake George. Surrounded by magnificent mountains, the
spectacular "changing of colors" during the fall providing a back-drop
of dazzling reds, burnt oranges, vibrant yellows and verdant greens,
it's hard not to be dazzled by the Van Gogh-like landscape surrounding
the fleet as they dash around the race course.
And
so it was. Really. The Lake George Club is known to be a wonderful
host. In fact, like the lucky J/24 sailors who have secretly enjoyed
the Changing of the Colors Regatta for decades, the J/22s have also been
able to grow their presence enough to command their own weekend of
racing! Forty J/22s on a gorgeous fall weekend of sailing makes for
lots of fun sailing and even better social events and parties later at
the Club, starting in the infamous "Cave" (or Dungeon, or Grotto). A
star-studded cast of J/22 sailors couldn't wait to enjoy another Lake
George reunion for more fun and games. This time, yet another "newbie"
showed up and stole the show.
Al
Ternhune, Mike Coe and Jim Barnash simply dazzled everyone with their
incredibly fast starship (er, J/22) called, appropriately, DAZZLER!
Their 1-8-1-2-3 record for 15 pts outclassed the fleet by six points.
The fight for second place came down to the exciting, dazzling, last
race between the recent J/22 Rolex Women's Worlds winner Cory Sertl
sailing LUCY (with husband Mark Sertl and Mike Marshall) and Chris Doyle
steering CLAUDIA JEAN (with sailing rock-star Will Harris and Adam
Burns). In the end, Doyle's CLAUDIA JEAN won the last race to take
second, beating Sertl's LUCY by one point! Fourth was the top Canadian
team sailed by Stephen Jones (sailing with Breck McFarlane and Chris
Hobbs). Fifth was another J/22 and J/24 Champion, Travis Odenbach
racing INSTIGATOR (sailing with Bill Farmer and John Newell). For
more J/22 Northeast Championship sailing information
