Wednesday, February 9, 2011

J's Dominate Pacific NW Top 10

J/109 sailing Seattle, WA- Pacific Northwest champions(Seattle, WA)- What do 7 of the top 10 boats in the Pacific Northwest sailing circuit share in common?  A natural predisposition to have fun, sail fast on easy-to-sail boats, never-say-die and keep a smile on their face every time they jump aboard their J's to go sailing every day!

J/109 sailing in Seattle, WA- Pacific Northwest ChampionshipFor the 2010 sailing season, starting in 2nd overall, was Stu Burnell's J/109 TANTIVITY from Corinthian YC (photo above) that lost overall honors on a tie-breaker despite having the lowest total point score for the season!  They were followed in 3rd by Tom Mitchell's J/35c WILDFLOWER that won a three-way tie-breaker over Erik Kristen's J/105 JUBILEE in 5th. In 6th was the J/109 ILLUSIONIST sailed by Dave McLean from Corinthian YC, 7th was Dave Dack and Rick Nordquist racing their J/109 J-TRIPPER, 8th was the J/105 LAST TANGO sailed by John Peterson from Shilshole Bay YC and 9th was the J/105 ALLEGRO VIVACE sailed by Lorenzo Migliorini Corinthian YC.   For more J/Boats Pacific NW sailing information.