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2000 NORTH AMERICAN ONE DESIGN CHAMPIONSHIP
2000 Chicago NOOD Regatta
June 16-18, 2000
Chicago, Illinois
Second of four events in the 2000 Great Lakes Championship Series
Five Races
Conditions were breezier than typical at this event. Four boats won races. Six boats had top-three finishes. Several reports indicated that the racing was as tight as ever and that the top eight boats ALL spent time in the lead and were consistently in the hunt throughout. Most races found several boats finishing within mere feet and seconds of each other (often unclear as to who finished ahead). The top story was clearly that Don Rychlinski's Kato finally earned a spot on the podium after several years of disappointing finishes (in spite of several Great Lakes Series trophies). Joining Don's crew was fellow 9.1 owner Lewis Buell of South Haven who couldn't launch this year due to low lake levels. Fellow South Haven sailor and two time past North American Champion Chris Sundberg and Stimulator was clearly in the hunt, but suffered in race one with a broken main halyard. 1999 Great Lakes and NA Champion Greg Young and Spectra was fast as always, but not fast enough to catch Kato. Other noteworthy performances included Kahuna's win in race 4 and Tenacity's consistent top half finishes. The Great Lakes fleet also welcomed newcomers Freddie Narvaez (Atrevida, formerly of Texas) and Ed Lewis (Saucy, formerly of Waukegan).
FINAL PLACE/BOAT NAME/RACE1/RACE2/RACE3/RACE4/RACE5/TOTAL
1. Kato 3 2 1 2 1 9
2. Spectra 4 1 3 3 4 15
3. Entropy 1 3 6 4 7 21
4. Slingshot 6 6 2 7 3 24
5. Paradox 2 8 7 8 2 27
6. Kahuna 7 7 4 1 10 29
7. Tenacity 5 5 8 6 6 30
8. Stimulator DNC 4 5 5 5 32
9. Nomad 8 DNC 9 10 9 49
10. Atrevida 10 11 10 11 8 50
11. Optimist 9 9 12 12 11 53
12. Saucy 11 10 11 9 13 54 |
