Press Release

5/22/2005 - J/24 National Champions!

J/24 Nationals May 18-22 Seattle, WA

NATIONAL CHAMPS!

High winds returned to Puget Sound on Sunday for the last day of the J/24 U.S. National Championship regatta, including a 37-knot puff that tossed the boats around like toothpicks. About six boats were knocked on their sides by the gust, two fully capsized, and one of those two turned all the way over and sank.

Chris Snow of San Diego came from behind to win his fourth national championship in the class. Snow and his boat Bogus took a first and two thirds in Sunday's racing.

Snow finished far enough ahead of the current leader Klatt to pick up nine points in the first two races. Going into the third and final race, the two were tied, but Snow finished just ahead of Klatt to nail down the championship.

Crewing for Snow were Andrew Kerr of Olympia (foredeck), Graham Biehl of San Diego (mast), Willem Van Waay of San Diego (trimmer), and Mark Brink of Seattle (tactician).