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J/80's Show Well at the 1998 J-Jamboree North

By Bob Knowles - J/80 #52 "Pinocchio"

The Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association, Inc.'s (LWSA) eleventh annual J-Jamboree North Regatta was held on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire on the September 19th & 20th weekend. The participation of 3-J/22's, 12-J/24's, and a record 11 -J/80's made the event a great success.

All boats were in the water and ready to go by early Friday evening. Saturday morning arrived with a light breeze from the east with enough velocity to run two light air races, the second of which produced close to a 180 degree wind shift around toward the west. The race committee did a great job resetting the course and got off three additional races that afternoon in a southwest breeze of about 10 knots. Four different yachts enjoyed "bullets" over Saturday's five races proving to many that shifty lake breezes can humble anyone.

Sunday saw a typical summer lake condition set in even though it was almost the first day of autumn. There was little breeze. After a rather lengthy float out on the course, the race committee moved the fleet to a small pocket of wind, started a race, and then justifiably canceled racing when conditions again went calm.

Local sailor, Mike Weisberg on Zero Charisma (#205), showing consistency with no worse than a fourth over the five race Regatta, took first place followed by second place Gregg Morash's Adrenaline (#99) and third place finisher Martin Kald with Monster Lady (#63). These two boats missed creating a real dog fight for first place by each having one "back in the pack" finish to add into their otherwise top finishes.

In addition to five of the Lake Winnipesaukee's J/80 fleet being on the starting line for the J-Jamboree, six visiting yachts from Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and Quebec, Canada rounded out a record showing of J/80's. The enthusiasm shown by all skippers and their crews bodes well for an even bigger and better J/80 participation next year.

This fall regatta's reputation for producing excellent winds did not materialize but great race administration, a full day of quick racing, the famous Beer Truck, and an outstanding barbecue earned rave reviews from most of the visiting road warriors.

Results

Sail#

Boat Name

Skipper

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Place

205 Zero Charisma Mike Weisberg 2 1 4 4 3 14 1
99 Adrenaline Gregg Morash 4 8 1 3 2 18 2
63 Monster Lady Martin Kald 3 4 3 2 8* 20 3
121 Knockout Matt Fisher 1 5 6 10 1 23 4
52 Pinocchio Bob Knowles 6 2 10 1 6* 25 5
49 Phantom Rob Carr 7 7 2 5 4 25 6
83254 Moosetaken Identity Marty Olsen 8 6 5 6 5 30 7
148 Fast Company Paul Baehr 10 3 8* 7 10 38 8
175 Over the Edge` Tom Scott 5 9 9 8 9 40 9
82 Blues Power Bob Lemaire 9 10 7 9 0 42 10
154 La Vela Bruno Boik 11 dnc dnc dnc dnc 59 11

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