JEROBOAM J/30 New England Champion

(Barrington, RI)- A nice fleet of seven “classic” J/30s took to the starting line on Narragansett Bay last weekend to vie for the J/30 New England Championship.  Host for the event was Barrington YC, with Mike Levesque acting as the RC’s Principal Race Officer.  Over the two-day weekend, they managed to conduct seven (!) races, keeping the fleet incredibly, but happily, busy between races.  Hardly any time for refueling with sandwiches, beer and chips!

After starting out the series slowly with a 3-5, Ken Dyett’s crew on JEROBOAM reeled off a blistering record of two 1sts and three 2nds to take the championship with 11 pts net.  Sailing a somewhat roller-coaster, snakes & ladders, series was Mark Rotsky’s NEMESIS, posting a 67-1-4-1-3-3-3 for 15 pts to secure second overall.  Only one point back, the bronze went to Charles Stoddard’s WICKED with a 4-6-1-6-2-1-2 for a total of 16 pts.  The balance of the top five saw Kevin Dakin’s BLITZ in 4th and Robert Rude’s MMMMM in 5th.  For more J/30 New England’s sailing information