Nine teams vied for the fifth annual J/70 U.S. Youth National Championship, hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL from November 18-20. Thirteen races were completed in fresh breeze on Friday and Saturday, however Sunday’s cold front brought a bit too much wind and waves.
The top three:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Emery Diemar – 5 -1 -3 -1 -1 -3 -7 -2 -7 -1 -1 -6 -5 ; 43
- Corinthian Yacht Club, Pearse Dowd – 7 -4 -5 -4 -5 -2 -5 -1 -4 -6 -4 -1 -3 ; 51
- Suss buss, Callen Burnett – 8 -6 -1 -9 -4 -1 -2 -7 -1 -2 -3 -7 -1 ; 52
The goal of this event is to help develop and build leading-edge junior keelboat sailing programs across America. Youth teams representing yacht clubs from as far away as Minnesota competed on provided J/70s with class sails. Boats were identically rigged and tuned at base settings recommended by the sailmaker. Photos are available on the USA J/70 Class Facebook page, and complete results may be found at https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eid=15479.