(Dallas,
TX)- Congratulations to Kelly Holmes-Moon and Team BAD MOON crew
members Chris Rousseau, David Haslip, Phillip Carroll and Dana Marxen
for winning the Southwest Championship at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club.
Their win qualifies them to compete in the J/24 Worlds taking place
November 11-19th, 2011 at the Yacht Club Argentino, in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.The BAD MOON gang sure didn't shoot straight in the first race. The crew on RUMLINE, sailed by Bryan Dyer, took off from the fleet and won the first race, while the BAD MOON gang was sucking on their exhaust pipe, finishing 5th. MR HAPPY sailed by Bob Harden got a 2nd and 3rd was Stu Lindlow's TROPICAL AGGRESSION. From there on end, the BAD MOON band got its act going and tore off a few bullets to bring home the bacon. However, the last race turned into duel match races, one for first and one for third overall. Winning by just one point over the hard-charging MR HAPPY team steered by Captain Bob was Kelly's BAD MOON. In the other pairing, Bryan's RUMLINE crew settled for third overall 5 points back, just one point ahead of Stu's TROPICAL AGGRESSION. Watching all the histrionics and fireworks from the cheap seats was Jim Mitchell's FLYING CIRCUS, collecting 35 points for 5th place. More sailing info at J/24 Texas Circuit site.