The J/88 Midwinter Championship returned this weekend amid picture-perfect conditions in the waters off St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida. Four J/88s participated in the Championship, a part of the John Jennings Memorial Spinnaker Regatta, with above-average temperatures, blue skies and gorgeous winds between 10-15 knots. In the no-discard, seven-race series, Andy & Sarah Graff’s Exile won four of the contests on the way to victory with 12 points. William Purdy’s Whirlwind was the runner-up, followed by previous Champion Iris Vogel’s Deviation.
Final results:
- Exile, USA88, Andy & Sarah Graff – 1 -2 -2 -1 -4 -1 -1 ; 12
- Whirlwind, USA56, William Purdy – 4 -4 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 ; 17
- Deviation, USA24, Iris Vogel – 2 -1 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 ; 19
- Gaucho, USA16, Dave Tufts – 3 -3 -3 -4 -1 -4 -4 ; 22
Complete results may be found at https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14847