(Annapolis, MD)- Over the Halloween weekend, the Annapolis YC hosted the
J/105 Chesapeake Bay Championship and the J/35 Mid-Atlantic
Championships. Like their smaller one-design colleagues on the J/22s
and J/24s, the fleet of 35-foot J’s enjoyed somewhat benign weather
conditions on the upper Chesapeake Bay with close, thrilling racing for
all. Similarly, the J/35s had a nice turnout of six boats that provided nail-biting finishes in the overall standings for just about everyone. How’s this for a final race, the winner was determined by a tie-breaker as was the balance of the top five! “Holy bat cave, Batman,” said Robin, “that’s a Riddle we can’t solve!” Sharing identical records, it came down to who-beat-who in the last race to crown the Mid-Atlantic Champion. That title was bestowed upon Scheidt’s MAGGIE with a 2-1-2-1 tally for 6 pts, while Sagerholm’s AUNT JEAN had a 1-2-1-2 for 6 pts and lost! Third was easy, since Travis’ BZING had a 3-3-4-4 for 14 pts. But, 4th and 5th place finishers also had identical scores; Artmans’ T-BONE sailed to a 5-4-5-3 tally for 17 pts to win the tie-break over Lepich’s TIAMAT that had a 4-5-3-5 record for 17 pts. Having some fun in the sun those guys had on Sunday, eh?! Sailing photo credits- Dan Phelps/ Spinsheet.com. For more J/35 Mid-Atlantic sailing information
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