(Lake George, NY)- Dazzle or be DAZZLER'd! Such was the operative phrase on that spectacular venue high up in New York State's Adirondack Mountains- Lake George. Surrounded by magnificent mountains, the spectacular "changing of colors" during the fall providing a back-drop of dazzling reds, burnt oranges, vibrant yellows and verdant greens, it's hard not to be dazzled by the Van Gogh-like landscape surrounding the fleet as they dash around the race course.
And so it was. Really. The Lake George Club is known to be a wonderful host. In fact, like the lucky J/24 sailors who have secretly enjoyed the Changing of the Colors Regatta for decades, the J/22s have also been able to grow their presence enough to command their own weekend of racing! Forty J/22s on a gorgeous fall weekend of sailing makes for lots of fun sailing and even better social events and parties later at the Club, starting in the infamous "Cave" (or Dungeon, or Grotto). A star-studded cast of J/22 sailors couldn't wait to enjoy another Lake George reunion for more fun and games. This time, yet another "newbie" showed up and stole the show.
Al Ternhune, Mike Coe and Jim Barnash simply dazzled everyone with their incredibly fast starship (er, J/22) called, appropriately, DAZZLER! Their 1-8-1-2-3 record for 15 pts outclassed the fleet by six points. The fight for second place came down to the exciting, dazzling, last race between the recent J/22 Rolex Women's Worlds winner Cory Sertl sailing LUCY (with husband Mark Sertl and Mike Marshall) and Chris Doyle steering CLAUDIA JEAN (with sailing rock-star Will Harris and Adam Burns). In the end, Doyle's CLAUDIA JEAN won the last race to take second, beating Sertl's LUCY by one point! Fourth was the top Canadian team sailed by Stephen Jones (sailing with Breck McFarlane and Chris Hobbs). Fifth was another J/22 and J/24 Champion, Travis Odenbach racing INSTIGATOR (sailing with Bill Farmer and John Newell). For
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