2019 Nacra 15 Midwinters East

Nine teams competed in the 2019 Nacra 15 Midwinters East held February 16-18 in New Orleans, LA. The 8-race series was narrowly won by Jack Sutter/ Charlotte Versavel which nipped JJ Smith/ Will Murray by one point with Ben Rosenberg/ Sidney Charbonnet four points off the lead in third,

The regatta was also the first event in the USA qualifier series for the 2019 Youth Sailing World Championship, with the second and final event to be the Nacra 15 Midwinters West on March 22-24 in San Francisco, CA.

Final Results (8 races, 1 discard)
1. Jack Sutter/Charlotte Versavel, 2-1-3-2-[5]-1-2-4- ; 15
2. J.J. (Jessica) Smith/Will Murray, [7]-3-1-1-2-2-4-3- ; 16
3. Ben Rosenberg/Sidney Charbonnet, 3-[6]-4-4-3-3-1-1- ; 19
4. Luke Melvin/Marianna Shand, 4-4-[8]-3-1-4-3-5- ; 24
5. Nick Lovell/Kelly Bates, 1-[9]-6-7-6-8-6-6- ; 40T
6. Mark Brunsvold/Mia Hanes, 5-2-2-6-9-6-[10/DNC]-10/DNC- ; 40T
7. Hoel Menard/Carmen Berg, [9]-7-7-8-4-7-5-2- ; 40T
8. Kay Brunsvold/Dylan Heinz, 6-5-5-5-7-5-[10/DNC]-10/DNC- ; 43
9. Ricky Welch/Kate Gibbons, 8-8-[10/DNF]-9-8-9-10/DNC-10/DNC- ; 62

Event details – Results – Facebook

Jesse Duecker Brunsvold catching the kids having a good time: