(Tampa, FL)- The 41st J/24 Midwinter Championship is being hosted from
March 1st to 3rd, 2019 by Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida.
The thirty-two boat fleet comes from across the USA, Canada, and Japan. After hosting the three event J/70 Winter Series, the DIYC Race Committee and PRO have become a well-oiled machine, providing good start lines, effective courses, and a fast pace to keep the sailors busy. The J/24s can expect more of their good race management this coming weekend and sail up to four, or even five, races per day given the flat water of upper Tampa Bay and shifty winds.
Several
World, North American, and Midwinter Champions will be using the
Midwinters as their first major training regatta for 2019. Many of the
seasoned veterans are sailing in this year’s J/24 World Championship
that will be held at Coral Reef YC and raced on Biscayne Bay in late
October. Those teams include Mark Laura’s BABA LOUIE from Seattle, WA;
Tony Parker’s BANGOR PACKET from Washington, DC; Al Constants’ BLITZ
from Seawanhaka YC in New York; Rossi Milev’s CLEAR AIR from Port Credit
YC in Mississauga, Ontario; John Mollicone and Tim Healey’s HELLY
HANSEN from Newport, RI; Travis Odenbach’s HONEYBADGER from Rochester YC
in New York; Robby Brown’s ANGEL OF HARLEM from St Petersburg, FL;
Erica Beck Spencer’s SEA BAGS WOMEN’S SAILING TEAM from Portland, ME;
Todd Fedyszyn’s SPOONY TACTICS from St Petersburg, FL; and Carter
White’s YouREGATTA from Portland, ME. For more J/24 Midwinter Championship sailing information
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