(Marion, MA)- The Beverly YC and the local J/80 Buzzards Bay fleet
hosted twenty-five teams for their 2018 J/80 North American Championship
held on Buzzards Bay. The fleet was challenged by a wide variety of
wind and weather conditions over the three-day event that ran from
Saturday to Sunday. In particular, Saturday and Sunday the fleet enjoyed
ENE winds in the 15-25 kts range, making for fun, fast planing-mode
rides downwind in most races. In the end, thirteen races were held over the three days, making for exhausted, but happy crews dizzy from having 4+ races of double windward-leeward courses per day. It was hometown hero Chip Johns and his crew on CAVITICA that was crowned 2018 J/80 North American Champion, winning by a convincing margin of 11 pts with five bullets. Taking the silver was the duo of Kevin Hayes & Jeff Kirchhoff sailing MORE GOSTOSA and rounding out the podium in the bronze position was John White’s USA 1162 from Annapolis, MD. The balance of the top five included J/80 class veteran Gary Panariello on COURAGEOUS from San Francisco Bay, California in 4th and Maine’s Ken Colburn on GHOST in 5th position. For more J/80 North American Championship sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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