Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Americans Sweep J/22 Canadians

J/22s sailing Canadians off Oakville, ONT. (Oakville, Ontario)- While the J/27s were sailing their North Americans, the J/22s were sailing their J/22 Canadian Championship, hosted by the same Oakville Yacht Squadron. In the end, the top three spots on the podium in the eighteen boats were swept by American teams, most of whom are based in upstate New York.

Winning was Chris Doyle’s “THE JUG 4 1”, counting three bullets in their four race series for a total of just 7 pts.  Taking second on a tie-breaker was another Doyle family member, Kevin Doyle’s MO’MONEY; their 5-3-1-4 tally was good for 13 pts.  Losing the tie-break was Travis Odenbach’s SEA BAGS SAILING TEAM, posting a 4-2-5-2 record for 13 pts.  Rounding out the top five was Ron Harris’ Canadian team on BROOMSTICK with 18 pts in fourth and in fifth place was Tod Sackett’s “Team FM” with 18 pts.  For more J/22 Canadian Championship sailing information