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…
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Merlin has Magical Time at Marblehead NOOD
Though early morning winds appeared promising, the breeze disappeared and never returned for the final day of the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta at Marblehead Race Week July 26-29. In the 12-boat J/105 fleet, Charlie Garrard’s Merlin claimed the win with scores of 2 -1 -3 -2 -5 -[7] -1 -2 for…
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Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer’s Mandate Closes In on J/105 North American Championship
Three teams have commanded the J/105 North American Championship, but none more than Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer’s Mandate. Of the nine races thus far on Little Traverse Bay, the Toronto-based Mandate has won six of them, hoping to earn their third North American Championship since 2014. Bruce Stone’s Gryphon ruled the day Saturday with…
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Delirium Tops J/105s at Whidbey Island Race Week
From Canada and California, Oregon and Idaho, and even Hawaii, 68 boats made it to Whidbey Island Race Week hosted by Oak Harbor YC. The 10-boat J/105 fleet saw Jerry Diercks’s DELIRIUM take the win by just one point over Erik Kristen’s MORE JUBILEE. Third was Chris Phoenix’s JADED. The balance of the top five…
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