J/105 North American Championship at Little Traverse Yacht Club - Overall
by Christopher Howell 30 Jul 2018 14:27 NZST
26-29 July 2018
Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer's Mandate went wire to wire to earn their third J/105 North American Championship title in five years. The Toronto-based team, including Sandy Andrews, Fraser Howell, Ian Howes and Andrew McTavish, won seven of the 11 races and never finished out of the top three. Their 16 points in the no-throw-out series were nine better than Bruce Stone's Gryphon who tallied 25 points.
Bill Zartler's Deja Voodoo took third place with 31 points. All three teams reigned over the top three in nearly every race of the four-day Championship hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI.
Beautiful summer conditions again greeted the 15 J/105 teams on Little Traverse Bay, with a bit lighter breeze than previous days. Sunday's race winners were Mandate and Deja Voodoo.
Congratulations to Clark Pellett's Sealark who won the combined award for the highest finish in the Chicago Race to Mackinac and the North American Championship.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Yacht Name | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts |
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| 1 | CAN 83 | Mandate | Terry McLaughlin / Rod Wilmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | USA 29 | Gryphon | Bruce Stone | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | USA 130 | Deja Voodoo | Bill Zartler | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | USA 673 | The Asylum | Jon Weglarz | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 65 |
| 5 | USA 444 | Phantom | Cynthia & Jim Best | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 81 |
| 6 | USA 349 | Sealark | Clark Pellett | 15 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 84 |
| 7 | USA 124 | Blue Flash | Matthew Arno | 7 | 4 | 10 | RET | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 88 |
| 8 | USA 359 | Caught in Traffic | David Pierce | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 90 |
| 9 | USA 52105 | Green Flash | Jane Enterline | 11 | 8 | DSQ | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 91 |
| 10 | USA 617 | Pterodactyl | Mark Symonds | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 103 |
| 11 | USA 507 | Buzz | Mark Gurney | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 106 |
| 12 | USA 424 | Flying Pig | Mike Sheppard | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 122 |
| 13 | USA 263 | Manitou | Jay Vander Wall | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 127 |
| 14 | USA 50638 | Esprit d'Ecosse | Judith & Ross McLean | 14 | 14 | 7 | DNS | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 147 |
| 15 | USA 416 | Wind Shadow | Jim Murphy | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 148 |