Duncan wins J/70 Midwinter Champs

The 2025 J/70 Midwinter Championship on March 28-30 attracted 50 teams for the 7-race series in Miami, FL. Posting five top-two scores Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity (USA) earned the title by seven points over Ralph Vasconcellos Rosa (BRA) in the high wind event. Duncan’s team had tactician Victor Diaz de Leon, Jud Smith, and Willem Van Waay, the same crew that won the 2017 J/70 World Championship.

“We got the band back together,” said Duncan. “It’s been a lot of fun sailing with this team again. We’re getting stronger every race.”

Alec Cutler of Bermuda led the 9-boat amateur fleet, finishing 12th overall. His Hedgehog crew – former Navy sailors Charles Pucciariello, Brad Rodi, and Ryan Cox – claimed their second consecutive J/70 Corinthian Midwinter title.

Event details: https://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu/16834

Final results (Top 10 of 50; 7 races, 1 discard)
1. Relative Obscurity, Peter Duncan, USA, 1-2-2-[10]-1-4-2; 12
2. MINDSET, Ralph Vasconcellos Rosa, , BRA, 4-4-5-1-2-[8]-3; 19
3. OceanPact, Victor Hector Demaison, BRA, 5-6-1-11-4-[16]-1; 28
4. USA 551, John Gochberg, USA, 7-5-3-2-[31]-5-11; 33
5. Casting Couch, Cate Muller-Terhune, USA, 2-7-7-7-10-1-[17]; 34
6. Midlife Crisis, Bruce Golison, USA, [14]-1-8-7.7/RDG-7.7/RDG-7.7/RDG-4; 36.1
7. Rowdy, Richard Witzel, USA, 3-[29]-15-8-11-6-5; 48
8. Kid’s Table, Bryce Kalow, USA, 9-11-14-[15]-6-13-6; 59
9. Stampede, Bruno Pasquinelli, USA, 11-20-11-5-9-[33]-7; 63
10. Magatron, Margaret McKillen, USA, 10-8-4-13-13-[18]-16; 64