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Allstate Sugar Bowl 2023 Viper 640 World Championship - Overall

by Allstate Sugar Bowl Viper 640 Worlds 1 Apr 2023 19:35 BST
Allstate Sugar Bowl 2023 Viper World Championships © Allstate Sugar Bowl Viper 640 Worlds

The Allstate Sugar Bowl Viper 640 World Championship experienced the extremes of Lake Pontchartrain this week, when it started Monday with no wind and no racing, then finished Friday with too much wind that canceled races after the first one.

But Jackson Benvenutti of Southern Yacht Club sailed to high finishes through all the conditions, scoring only 23 points the whole week to edge out second place Brad Boston of Windsor, Canada, who finished with 27 points.

Benvenutti with his crew Christopher Alexander and Andrew Eagan never lost first place throughout the regatta, although they were tied with Boston after the second day of racing. Overall, Benvenutti took five firsts out of the ten races sailed.

Boston took fourth in Friday's race, sailing with crew Lee Shuckerow and Eric Vigrass.

"It was a very breezy day, pretty flat water, though. We just kind of stuck with it," said Benvenutti. "This has been a really big team effort for about a year. We did a bunch of events leading up to this. We kept getting better and better, making sure we were going forward and moving the needle all the time," he added.

"We just put this boat together and we're quite happy that everything's going really well," said Boston. "Jackson and Andrew and Chris just sailed great. Big congratulations to them. Everybody wants to win, but we're happy," added Boston.

Friday started with marginal conditions, when the winds shifted to the south before an advancing cold front. The first race started in about 17 knots of breeze that built to at least 20 with gusts to 30 or more by the finish. The Race Committee at that point decided that discretion was the better part of valor and sent the boats ashore to wait for more benign conditions. Shortly after, however, the forecast called for even more wind, and the Race Committee canceled the regatta for safety reasons.

Geoffrey Fargo of Santa Barbara Yacht Club took third in the regatta with a second in Friday's race. His team included Jon Bell and William McBride. Fargo totaled 38 points, edging out Mark Zagol of Pawcatuck, CT, who finished third Friday and took fourth in the regatta with 41 points. Zagol was crewed by Drew Buttner and Timothy Desmond.

Jimmy Praley from Annapolis, MD, finished fifth with 51 points after climbing as high as third at the end of Thursday's racing. Parley sailed with Mike Coe and Austin Powers, after taking a disappointing 15th in the heavy air Friday.

Zagol won the Corinthian Award for the top amateur.

Top female award went to Cam Farrah from Ft. Walton, FL. Her crew included Andrew Brennan and her dad, Cliff Farrah.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl Viper World Championship drew 34 entries from Canada, Jamaica, India and 14 U.S. states from California to Maine to compete for the top prize in one of the most competitive sailboat classes in the world.

The Viper 640 is a two-to-four-person, high-performance sport boat about 21 feet long.

The 640 is strict one-design with no changes permitted to the boat as supplied by the class approved builder. The only option is sails, supplied by class approved sailmakers and strictly controlled through class rules.

"Sailing has been a proud piece of the Sugar Bowl tradition from the beginning, getting its start even before the first Sugar Bowl Football Classic," said Committee President Richard Briede. "We're so pleased and excited to expand on that tradition by sponsoring this year's Viper World Championships on Lake Pontchartrain."

Overall Results:

PosSail NoBoat NameOwner/SkipperClubR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Pts
1  USA 296Psycho TillerJackson BenvenuttiBWYC / SYC / StFYC122691181123
2  CAN 326JACKPOTLee ShuckerowCrescent Sail Yacht Club4311115513427
3  USA 247BoomslangGeoffrey FargoSanta Barbara Yacht Club594943236238
4  USA 158NESSMark ZagolNESS355374657341
5  USA 298Robot FlamingoJimmy PraleySSA & AYCUFD1810323721551
6  USA 255MericaKarl and Paul KleinschrodtBuccaneer YC1110313206424659
7  USA 232Crazyhorse MongooseZak FanbergBWYC/SYC126721877451262
8  USA 312Southern ChallengeRicky WelchSYC/BWYC/PontYC/279161281292466
9  USA 287LocoEd FeoAlamitos Bay686411924611566
10  USA 237Team ZMarek ZaleskiNoroton YC8410141081311141189
11  USA 269Great Scott!Peter BeardsleyShelter Island YC10192212814109816106
12  USA 314SpitfireNick LovellSouthern Yacht Club161411715159181210109
13  USA 246Strategery XICam FarrahFort Walton YC72117512201814109112
14  USA 285JuicyMike LevertPensacola Yacht Club913201721316131913115
15  USA 294Meow!Cole ConstantineauCBI/Boston YC151212813161916188118
16  USA 277CaterpillarPeter IllHampton Yacht Club1716142026101422177137
17  IND 188Rolling ThunderVir MenonRoyal Madras Yacht Club2415131616UFD12172323159
18  CAN 328OshunmareSteve ChapmanNepean Sailing Club18181528241815191319159
19  USA 254Mr HumbleZane YoderMobile YCUFD2516152711201515DNC178
20  USA 253SparkyMichael PuleoSarasota Sailing Squadron1330242351925262126182
21  USA 297Evil HissMary EwensonEYC/AYCUFD17181922212110UFD22184
22  CAN 194Widespread PanicArden CarletonSBFSC27222122142630202617195
23  JAM 127All Fruits RipeMarina MaffessantiBayview Yacht Club20112829171717DNC24UFD197
24  USA 260SuspectMike LebovMilford Yacht Club23292718212223242218198
25  USA 129KAACarson DowningSaylorville Yacht Club25231924192322232520198
26  USA 301USA 301Gabriel FerramolaAlamitos Bay YC21272521UFD2411UFD1625204
27  USA 180Big EnergyDoug JensenShawnee yacht club2924292523UFD26252021222
28  USA 15Touch of GreyAdam WhiteMobile1426232725UFD272128DNC225
29  USA 39Patched UpMarcelo PereiraMarblehead Yacht Club282026303027DNS282914232
30  USA 154RingleRichard SamuelsFort Walton Yacht Club19DNCDNC262925312731DNC256
31  USA 220Eight Second RideSteven TaylorHampton YC262830312830293027DNF259
32  GYA 101Boatjeffrey WillisNOYC22DNCDNCDNCDNC28282930DNF273
33  USA 122Flight RiskHeather PattersonSSA GBCA30313132DNC2932DNCDNCDNC287

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