{"id":77919,"date":"2024-06-02T20:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T00:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=77919"},"modified":"2024-06-05T07:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T11:52:07","slug":"regatta-series-detroit-overall-goes-to-mike-welchs-j-35-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/regatta-series-detroit-overall-goes-to-mike-welchs-j-35-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Regatta Series Detroit Overall Goes To Mike Welch&#8217;s J\/35 Falcon"},"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\/\/kg-hFkG08s4' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yachtscoring.com\/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=16367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINAL RESULTS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sailingworldphotography.photoshelter.com\/gallery\/2024-Detroit\/G0000YCXYQCNmNjw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGATTA PHOTO GALLERY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the late afternoon southerly streaked out of the Detroit River and blue skies returned, the <a href=\"\/regatta-series-detroit\/\">Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta<\/a>\u2019s distance race finishers trickled past host Bayview Yacht Club to conclude three days of excellent racing and the return of the regatta series after a 14-year absence. By all accounts it was a perfect weekend of racing and socials hosted by Bayview Yacht Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sailors of the local J\/35 fleet put on quite a show with its growing fleet. Most of these now decades-old 35-footers have been returned to racing form, and the top three of this fleet were locked in boat-on-boat battles all weekend. At the start of the final race, Mike Welch\u2019s team on <em>Falcon<\/em> was sitting on a 1-point lead, but an OCS had them clawing their way back through the fleet to win the race and the series by 2 points over their arch rivals on Bill Wildner\u2019s <em>Mr. Bill\u2019s Wild Ride<\/em>.<\/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=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122-1024x655.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Welch and his teammates\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-4122.jpg 1688w\" \/>                <\/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\">As J\/35 winners, Welch and his teammates earned a berth at the Caribbean Championship in October.<\/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>&nbsp;\u201cThat was quite a comeback and there\u2019s definitely luck involved,\u201d Welch said. \u201cWhen you&#8217;re over early, the wind literally goes out of your sails, but our crew kept it together and stayed positive. Our main trimer and tactician, Jim Allen, who is a very experienced sailor noticed better pressure left. He called that. There was pressure on the left side of the course and the class went right downwind. We got a little bit more pressure out on the left side of the course and then we got a nice 15- to 20-degree wind shift, which really helped.\u201d&nbsp;<\/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\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/35 fleet at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-1744.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\">Close racing the J\/35 fleet at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit.<\/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>With this weekend\u2019s J\/35 class win to add to Falcon\u2019s trophy cache, the team was also selected as the regatta\u2019s overall winner, earning a berth to represent Detroit at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Caribbean Championship, a battle of class champions in the British Virgin Islands on Sunsail-provided monohulls. The regatta is scheduled for late October where overall winning teams will race against the 2023 defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to bring the A team,\u201d Welch said. \u201cWe have nine people on our boat, a very talented crew, and a lot of us have been together for 20-plus years, so we&#8217;ve got a talented group. But we also have a very fast boat. So that helps, too. We&#8217;ll bring the team and it will be fun. We&#8217;re really going to be looking forward to it.\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=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0637.jpg 1663w\" \/>                <\/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\">James Cresswell\u2019s 1D35 Katana, winner ORC Division A at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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>A third day of light to moderate winds allowed nine one-design fleets to complete as many as eight races for the series while two ORC divisions and one PHRF fleet completed their second distance race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s distance challenge was a 20-miler won by James Cresswell\u2019s 1D35 <em>Katana<\/em>. The crew of Tim LaRaviere\u2019s Sydney 41 <em>Eagle One<\/em> tried their best to beat Katana, but Creswell\u2019s squad was fast and <em>Eagle One<\/em> didn\u2019t do themselves any favors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe worked hard,\u201d said <em>Eagle One<\/em>\u2019s Greg Hummel. \u201cBut today\u2019s highlight was also a lowlight in that, at the second turning mark we missed a shift and didn\u2019t do a good jibe. We coughed up a lot of spots right there, but we got around the second mark and got back in the groove. Hats off to the <em>Katana<\/em>\u2014they\u2019re an excellent team and they get more out of that boat than I think then we get out of ours.\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"James and Paul Kraft\u2019s Corby 33 Powertrip\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0131.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\">James and Paul Kraft\u2019s Corby 33 <i>Powertrip<\/i> won the day\u2019s race and the ORC B division with a second in Saturday\u2019s distance race at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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>James and Paul Kraft\u2019s Corby 33 <em>Powertrip<\/em> won the day\u2019s race and the ORC B division with a second in Saturday\u2019s distance race. Mike Wedwins Dehler 44SQ, <em>Notso EZ Money<\/em> won the day\u2019s distance race in the PHRF division, but was sitting on a sixth from yesterday. In an unpredictable twist of fate, Cameron Paine\u2019s team on the C&amp;C MK2 <em>Underdog<\/em>, yesterday\u2019s race winner, finished sixth today and as the last-race winner, <em>Notso EZ<\/em> got the best of the tie-breaker.<\/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=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"NoEZ Money -- PHRF winner at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-0914.jpg 1621w\" \/>                <\/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\"><i>NoEZ Money<\/i>, PHRF winner at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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>Tod Sackett\u2019s team on <em>USA 313<\/em> won the J\/70 fleet and the inaugural J\/70 Mixed-Plus National Championship. Perrin Fortune\u2019s <em>Airforce<\/em> was the top Melges 15, and in the seven-boat J\/111 fleet Jeffrey Davis\u2019 team on <em>Shamrock<\/em> put up a convincing win ahead of this summer\u2019s active class championship schedule with seven wins in eight races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big battle of the regatta, as expected, was in the nine-boat J\/120 fleet where four teams were sitting on race wins, and after eight races, only 2 points ultimately separated the top-three. Mike and Bob Kirkman\u2019s <em>Hot Ticket<\/em> got it done with a hard-earned second in the final race.<\/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=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052-1024x718.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/120 division\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-4052.jpg 1541w\" \/>                <\/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 Kirkman&#8217;s <i>Hot Ticket<\/i> wins the J\/120 division on the final day at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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 love sailing together,\u201d said Trish Kirkman, whose husband Mike is the helmsman. \u201cWe had a fantastic day today. We kept our heads in the game and you just can\u2019t count us out.\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554-1024x671.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Cal25 division\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2554.jpg 1649w\" \/>                <\/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\">Keith Ziegler\u2019s <i>Thor<\/i>, winner of the Cal25 division at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Chuck Stormes\u2019 Italia 9.8 <em>DeTour<\/em> was the only undefeated team of the regatta, winning all six of its races in the ORC Division, and on Division C, Keith Ziegler\u2019s <em>Thor<\/em> had won all of its races until the final, where a bad start put them on the back foot. The best they could do was fourth, but that was good enough. \u201cIt was a good day for us,\u201d Ziegler said. \u201cIt was good close racing and we had a great weekend. We were fast and had the right rig tension.\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521-1024x712.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"ORC division\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06012024_SWRS_Detroit-2521.jpg 1553w\" \/>                <\/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\">Chuck Stormes&#8217; Italia 9.8 <i>DuTour<\/i>, winner of the ORC division.<\/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>Bruce Ayeres\u2019 <em>Monsoon<\/em> found themselves recovering from a bad start in the final race as well, but 4 points was enough to seal the class win given the seven races they\u2019d won already. In the end, it was a 7-point difference between <em>Monsoon<\/em> and Dan Berezin\u2019s <em>Surprise<\/em>, the class\u2019s top Corinthian team.<\/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\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Melges 24 fleet in Detroit\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3285.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\">Bruce Ayeres&#8217; <i>Monsoon<\/i>, winner of the Melges 24 fleet at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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>Trey Sheehan\u2019s <em>Hooligan Flat Stanley Racing<\/em> closed out the regatta with an 11-point win in the ever-competitive Tartan 10 fleet. \u201cIt\u2019s tough competition,\u201d Sheehan said. \u201cThese T10 guys don\u2019t give an inch. They mix it up and it is game-on every race. We had a ball, good weather and it worked out great for us.\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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Hooligan Flat Stanley Racing\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-3334.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\">Trey Sheehan&#8217;s <i>Hooligan Flat Stanley Racing<\/i>, winner of the T10 fleet at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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>The Santana 35\u2019s proved their competitiveness as well, and this five-boat victory came down to the final race for Andrew Morlan\u2019s <em>Avatar<\/em>. A third in the final race was enough to seal the win over Chris Benedict\u2019s team on <em>Shape<\/em>\u2014only 2 points was the difference.<\/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=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549-1024x676.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549-1536x1015.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/06022024_SWRS_Detroit-2549.jpg 1635w\" \/>                <\/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 top J\/70 team was Tod Sackett&#8217;s <i>USA 313<\/i> at the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series, Detroit<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new edition of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit came to a dramatic final ending with a comeback win for the overall winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":77923,"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":[181,2935],"class_list":["post-77919","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-detroit"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77919","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=77919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}