{"id":335,"date":"2025-10-12T14:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:10:26","slug":"j-80-north-american-champion-determined-in-final-race-james-buleys-le-tigre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"J\/80 North American Champion Determined in Final Race: James Buley\u2019s Le Tigre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The J\/80 North American Championship came to a nail-biting conclusion Sunday at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA. With the final two races on the docket, the Championship became a battle between Daniel Wittig\u2019s Turbo Sloth<\/em> of Annapolis, MD and James Buley\u2019s Le Tigre<\/em> of San Diego, CA\u2014Wittig with a three-point advantage after eight races. Early conditions saw 10 knots of ENE breeze and less chop than previous days, as Jason Balich\u2019s OverAchiever<\/em> won race nine of the Championship, and Buley\u2019s Le Tigre<\/em> was second. The breeze eased down to 7 knots, but AP was displayed during the Race 10 starting sequence due to a big left shift at the bottom of the course. Race Committee adjusted, and following a general recall, the 21-boat fleet took off for the final showdown. Buley\u2019s Le Tigre<\/em> secured the bullet, clawing their way to the title on a tiebreaker at 18 points, as Wittig\u2019s Turbo Sloth<\/em> placed second in the last race and overall. The crew of Le Tigre<\/em> included Eric Doyle, Jackson Benvenutti and Bill Hardesty. Balich\u2019s OverAchiever<\/em> of Beverly, MA was in the hunt all week and finished third at 24 points.
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  1. Le Tigre<\/em>, James Buley, SDYC CGSC, 1-2-5-1-1-2-[10]-3-2-1- ; 18T \\<\/li>\n
  2. Turbo<\/em> Sloth<\/em>, Daniel Wittig, CBYRA, 2-3-1-2-2-4-1-1-[5]-2- ; 18T \\<\/li>\n
  3. OverAchiever<\/em>, Jason Balich, Jubilee YC, [5]-1-2-4-4-1-3-5-1-3- ; 24 \\<\/li>\n
  4. Fujjimo<\/em>, DJ Bolyard, Jackson YC, 3-4-4-3-6-[15]-4-6-4-5- ; 39 \\<\/li>\n
  5. Rogues Roost<\/em>, John Haverstock, Oakville Yacht Squadron, 4-6-[14]-5-8-3-5-2-6-6- ; 45<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For complete NAC results, visit 2025 J80 North American Championship : Southern Yacht Club<\/a>. Photos are available on the J\/80 North American Class Association Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The J\/80 North American Championship came to a nail-biting conclusion Sunday at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA. With the final two races on the docket, the Championship became a battle between Daniel Wittig\u2019s Turbo Sloth of Annapolis, MD and James Buley\u2019s Le Tigre of San Diego, CA\u2014Wittig with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Maggie Miller","author_link":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.j80na.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}