{"id":76854,"date":"2024-02-18T19:47:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=76854"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:31:52","slug":"steve-bohos-melges-24-team-wins-midwinter-championship-and-overall-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/steve-bohos-melges-24-team-wins-midwinter-championship-and-overall-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Melges 24 Team Wins Midwinter Championship and Overall Title in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/fGPD2kp1r1A' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtscoring.com\/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=16265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FINAL RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve and Catherine Boho, owners of the <strong>Melges 24<\/strong> <em>The 300<\/em>, had some mild trepidations about racing on the final day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg. As they stepped out of their hotel and into the heavy rain and the brisk north wind in the morning, they knew the day was going to be fast and physical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018When the going gets tough the tough get going,\u201d Catherine says. \u201cI didn&#8217;t really want to go today, but it was a fast race so that was good.\u201dAs winners of the regatta in 2023, the Bohos were determined to repeat their Melges 24 Midwinter Championship win. \u201cI think the mantra was, \u201cWe\u2019re gonna win it again, so we wouldn&#8217;t be satisfied if we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boho\u2019s credited their young tactician, Eddie Cox, with bringing out the best of the crew, which included Ted Keller, Sophie Jones. \u201cWith this boat, there is a lot of athleticism, a lot of hiking, and a lot of moving the boat around,\u201d Steve says. \u201cOur crew work around the corners was awesome. The girls handled the front of the boat and they did great, so all I had to do was hold the tiller.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-02172024_SWRS_StPete-1522.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Steve and Catherine Boho&#8217;s <i>The 300<\/i> puts its winning form on display at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>As winners of the Melges 24 division, the Bohos were also selected as the regatta\u2019s overall winner, which earns them the first berth at the <a href=\"\/regatta-series-caribbean-championship\/\">Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Caribbean Championship in the BVIs<\/a>, hosted by Sunsail in October, where they\u2019ll race other winners from the Series, as well as the defending champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-2385-1024x765.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Steve and Catherine Boho\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-2385-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-2385-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-2385-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-2385.jpg 1446w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Steve and Catherine Boho earned the first berth for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Caribbean Championship.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very special that we\u2019ve been able to sail together,\u201d Steve says of sailing with his wife, who does bow. \u201cIt\u2019s something that we both love to do, and to share our passion together at home and to be able to come to places like St. Pete, and now the BVIs\u2026it\u2019s going to be a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Schroff and teammate Abby Brown were poised to win the 31-boat <strong>Melges 15<\/strong> class win after a strong performance on Saturday and the duo excelled in the breeze and waves to close out an impressive performance across three days of racing that had all top-five finishes. A third and a second to finish the series was confirmation this pair is locked in stride, and Schroff and Brown celebrated their one-year anniversary of sailing the Melges 15 together with a resounding win in St. Pete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341-1024x696.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Mike Schroff and Abby Brown\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1341.jpg 1589w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Mike Schroff and Abby Brown put the finishing touches on their Melges 15 division win on a windy Sunday afternoon in St. Pete.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe trusted in us being fast downwind,\u201d Schroff says, \u201cbut the story of this regatta is all Abby. She called ferocious tactics and perfectly called the starts of the last two races.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their newfound confidence in their speed, both upwind and downwind, Schroff says, is also attributed to working with a coach over the past year, but the team\u2019s real success of the weekend is the chemistry that\u2019s now been established between the skipper and crew. \u201cWe were quick enough, and that made the tactics nice and easy,\u201d Schroff says, \u201cbut Abby is the story of the weekend\u2014we\u2019ve made believers of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill and Jackie Baxter\u2019s team on <em>Fireball<\/em> notched its third consecutive win in the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta\u2019s <strong>ORC<\/strong> division with another impressive performance that included four wins in six races. A pre-start port-starboard incident on the second day of the regatta marred their nearly perfect scoreline with a 12-point disqualification, but they put it behind them on Sunday morning and dominated both races from start to finish to close the series with a 2-point win over Adam Prettyman\u2019s Tartan 10 <em>Ghost<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis morning, in the weather briefing, it was all about watching the left-shift, so that\u2019s all we did today,\u201d says <em>Fireball<\/em>\u2019s trimmer John Logue. \u201c[In both races] we started at the pin and protected the left. We had anywhere from 12 to 18 knots and this boat [a J\/111] goes upwind amazingly in that stuff. We had flawless crew work. Full credit to the bow team\u2014they were right on and the sail handling was flawless. It also really helps that Bill keeps the boat immaculate and we sail together all summer so we\u2019re tight and we just have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Distance Race fleet\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0314.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta&#8217;s Distance Race fleet sets off on its second 17-mile race on Sunday.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Many of the regatta\u2019s Distance Race teams opted to stay in harbor, but those who set off were rewarded with long miles of hard but rewarding sailing. Wet and tired sailors returned their slips with stories to tell. Bob Harkrider\u2019s Aerodyne 38 <em>Shark Rider<\/em> won the Spinnaker division race, and coupled with a second on Saturday, secured the division win. Gail Hausler\u2019s Beneteau 40 <em>Liquid Time<\/em>, Saturday\u2019s race winner, got away clean on the downwind start with their spinnaker flying and extended from there to win the Racer-Cruiser division once again. Dan Gross\u2019s <em>Salt D<\/em> did the same in the Cruising division, using its long waterline length to its advantage in the big breeze and steep waves. Antonio Sanpere, in his C&amp;C 24, won both races to secure another win in the non-spinnaker division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further north on the regatta\u2019s C Division racecourse, a tight battle at the top of the J\/70 fleet played out in favor of Joel Ronning\u2019s team on <em>Catapult<\/em>, which posted a fourth in the first race, but the team\u2019s win in the final race was exactly what they need to come out on top of a tiebreaker with David Janneti\u2019s <em>Very Odd<\/em>. Cate Muller-Terhune\u2019s Casting Couch was only 2 points back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Skipper Mike Ingham and his family\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-1145.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Skipper Mike Ingham and his family approach the weather mark at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Mike Ingham\u2019s all-family program topped the J\/24 division with a strong performance in the breeze, winning both races to top Mike Quaid\u2019s Ice Cube by 4 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regatta hosted four class midwinter championships; for the Melges 24, <em>Hobie 33<\/em>, Sonar and S2 7.9 classes, and it was John Spierling\u2019s <em>Rebel<\/em> that emerged as the top team in the S2s, Steven Attard\u2019s <em>Rhumbline<\/em> in the Hobie 33s, and skipper Kevin Holmberg in the Sonars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hall of Famer Augie Diaz was leading the competitive Lightning division after Saturday\u2019s races it was the more experienced team on Jody Lutz\u2019s crew that excelled in the breezy races with a 1-2 to take the lead and the regatta win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/70 division in the St Pete regatta&#039;s final race\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/02182024_SWRS_StPete-0910.jpg 1580w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Joel Ronning&#8217;s <i>Catapult<\/i> captured the J\/70 division with a win in the regatta&#8217;s final race.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>It was tough going for the singlehanders of the Contender class, but Michael Smits, of Toronto, managed to keep his boat upright in both races to win the regatta by 10 points, thanks in part to Ethan Bixby\u2019s DNF in the day\u2019s first race following a capsize. Bixby had a solid lead going into the day, but the 10-point DNF was too costly in this no-discard series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Flying Dutchman<\/em>, Windmills, Wetas and A Class Catamarans opted not to race given the conditions so the results remained unchanged after four races. Oscar Rogers was the top A Class Classic skipper and Larry Woods topped the A Class Foiling division. Pete Merrifield locked up his third Weta win at the Helly Hansen Regatta Series in St. Petersburg with a perfect scoreline. Pat Huntly won the Windmills and Paul Scoffin was the top skipper in <em>The<\/em> <em>Flying Dutchman<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve and Catherine Boho&#8217;s team on The 300 win the Midwinters and get berth to the BVI championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":76840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[181,311],"class_list":["post-76854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regatta-series","tag-helly-hansen-sailing-world-regatta-series","tag-helly-hansen-sailing-world-regatta-series-st-petersburg"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}