San Francisco / Annapolis YC rehearse at J / 70 US Youth National Championship
by Julie & Christopher Howell Nov 22 06:56 UTC
November 19-21, 2021
Eight teams faced off for the fourth annual US National Youth J / 70 Championship, hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, Fla., From November 19-21. A superb breeze allowed 15 races (no gaps), including an epic day on Saturday where the planning conditions brought a lot of smiles to the young competitors.
In the end, the San Francisco Yacht Club / Annapolis Yacht Club team of James Golden, Nick Sessions, Caleb Yoslov and Taft Buckley emerged victorious with 40 points. The Santa Barbara Yacht Club team, led by Ryan Satterburg, won the silver medal (45 points), followed by Joredsan Janov and the Coronado Yacht Club team (50 points).
The goal of this event is to help develop and deliver state-of-the-art junior sailing programs across America. Youth teams representing yacht clubs from as far away as California competed on J / 70s equipped with class sails. The boats were rigged and tuned identically to the basic settings recommended by the sailboat.
Overall results:
| Pos | club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AYC / SFYC | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| 2 | YC of Santa Barbara | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| 3 | Coronado YC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | SPY 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 5 | YC East | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 69 |
| 6 | StFYC | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 78 |
| 7 | SPY 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 90 |
| 8 | SPY 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 116 |
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