By: Bernie Peine

Stowe Yacht Club hosted the annual “J Days” as part of the Green Mountain Regatta. We held the first day of racing on Thursday with 11 J Class sailboats completing 14 races. Over the two days, we raced the J Class boats completing a total of 26 races. The races split into odd even groups keeping the total boats on the water limited to smaller groups. There were hardly any collisions, but a few troubles seemed to affect several boats. Thursday's weather was mostly cloudy and a few brief showers came in around lunchtime, but on Friday the weather was full of sunshine, moderate light winds with blue skies and temperatures in the 70s.

The top place scores ended as a tie with only 17 points, with the tie breaker determiined by the number of first place bullets achieved. Chuck Millican finished the regatta in 1st place with 17 points and  7 bullets out of the 13 races. He was followed closely by Dave Ramos with 17 points finishing with 6 bullets.  
 

Summary of the Green Mountain Whirlwinds J Class Regatta

     Class:  J Class Boat

     Date:   June 3rd & 4th, 2021

     Location: Commodores Pond at the Inn, Stowe, VT

     Host Club: Stowe Yacht Club (#159)

     Entries: 11

     Winds: Light to Moderate from variable directions

     Races completed: 26

     Scoring System: Single Fleet; Low-Point

     Thanks to Race Committee: Bruce Nourjian, Fred Skeels and Russ Franklin

 Special Thanks to Bruce for the facilities at the Commodore Inn and everything Bruce provides in support of the Club's activities.

Green Mountain J Class Results:

Place	Skipper	Boat	Points
1	Chuck Millican	Seva	17
2	Dave & Alex Ramos	Shamrock	17
3	Brian Kerrigan	Ranger	17
4	Scott Graf	Shamrock	22
5	Rick West	Shamrock	31
6	G Tim Stone	Rainbow	33
7	Robert Hill	Shamrock	35
8	George Townsend	Enterprise	37
9	Mark Fleckenstein	Shamrock	41
10	Bernie Peine	Endeavour	46
11	Ned Nielson	Seva	47