(Chicago, IL) – Laura Weyler’s HIJINKS collected two bullets in the
finale on Sunday to repeat as J/88 North American Champion. With Adam
Burns (skipper), John Goller, Philip Hasl, Kevin Morgan, and Kris
Werner, the upstate New York-based team kept all their scores in the top
four in all ten races; winning six of them! No scores were discarded
for the series. The J/88 NA’s were part of the Verve Cup Offshore
Regatta hosted by Chicago Yacht Club, with teams sailing off the
spectacular Chicago waterfront on Lake Michigan.
HIJINKS
was on top of the thirteen other J/88s for three of the four days of
racing. Although Ben Marden’s Chicago-based BANTER team grabbed the
overall lead after day two, Weyler’s crew finished strong with three
successive victories in the remaining races on Saturday and Sunday.
BANTER ended in runner-up position with 33 points, and Douglas
Newhouse’s Newport, RI-based team on YONDER placed third with 46 pts.
Rounding out the top five were Mike Bruno’s New York-based crew on WINGS
in 4th place with 49 pts and Iris Vogel’s New York-based team on
DEVIATION in 5th position with 52 pts. For
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