HIJINKS Wins J/88 North Americans

J/88 Hijinks wins NA's(Chicago, IL) – Laura Weyler’s HIJINKS collected two bullets in the finale on Sunday to repeat as J/88 North American Champion. With Adam Burns (skipper), John Goller, Philip Hasl, Kevin Morgan, and Kris Werner, the upstate New York-based team kept all their scores in the top four in all ten races; winning six of them! No scores were discarded for the series. The J/88 NA’s were part of the Verve Cup Offshore Regatta hosted by Chicago Yacht Club, with teams sailing off the spectacular Chicago waterfront on Lake Michigan.

J/88 Wings rounding mark off ChicagoHIJINKS was on top of the thirteen other J/88s for three of the four days of racing. Although Ben Marden’s Chicago-based BANTER team grabbed the overall lead after day two, Weyler’s crew finished strong with three successive victories in the remaining races on Saturday and Sunday. BANTER ended in runner-up position with 33 points, and Douglas Newhouse’s Newport, RI-based team on YONDER placed third with 46 pts.  Rounding out the top five were Mike Bruno’s New York-based crew on WINGS in 4th place with 49 pts and Iris Vogel’s New York-based team on DEVIATION in 5th position with 52 pts.  For more J/88 North American Championship sailing informationAdd to Flipboard Magazine.


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