(Annapolis,
MD- Oct 30-31)- It was a great weekend to celebrate Halloween in the
Chesapeake. With the gaggle of J/24s flocking around the race course
straight off the Severn River, the IRC East Coast Champ teams were off
in another part of the upper Chesapeake, so the J/105s headed further
south and had fun amongst themselves. Twenty boats showed up for this
event and other than the fact that Frederik Salvesen's and Cedric
Lewis' MIRAGE walked off with the win, it was a real fight for the top
five overall.The MIRAGE team rattled off four 1sts after a slow start in the first race to win by only 15 points. The battle that took place behind them wasn't settled until the final race. Essentially four boats were tied depending on whom had good/bad races over the course of the series. Carl and Scott Gitchell's TENACIOUS, Chris and Carolyn Groobey's JAVA, Gerrit Schulze's MAX POWER and Jim Konigsberg's INIGO were all vying for 2-5 position overall. In the start slow, finish fast department (like the winner) was TENACIOUS. After a 6-9, the Gitchell's managed to sail a solid series to finish with a 3-3-4 to secure 2nd with 25 points. In the start fast/ finish slow department were the Groobey's who finished 3rd. JAVA started with getting the gun in the first race and 3rd in the second race, but slipped to an 8-6-8 for 26 points, just one point from second. MAX POWER started slowly and nailed a 2-2 in the last two races to finish with a flourish and 28 points for fourth. Sailing consistently near the top to secure 5th was INIGO with 31 points. For more J/105 Chesapeake Bay Champs sailing information.
