John Brown and his Blind Squirrel is 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open Champion

October 26, 2020 - Charleston, SC, USA -  Congratulations to 2020 Charleston Open Champion John Brown and his Blind Squirrel team. A nicely fought, seven-race series was completed over the weekend of October 23-25 with Brown coming out on top with Mike Buckley, Erik Shampain, George Peet and Jeff Bonanni in team.

Peter Duncan with Victor Diaz de Leon at the helm of Raza Mixta came second, followed by IM24CA Chair Laura Grondin and her team on Dark Energy finishing up in third.

Roger Counihan's Jaws tool top Corinthian honors followed by Scot Zimmerman's Bad Idea in second and Kevin Shockey's Wombmates Racing in third.

Melges 24 (One Design - 12 Boats)

1. Blind Squirrel, USA856, John Brown / Mike Buckley / Erik Shampain / George Peet / Jeff Bonanni - 2 - [8] - 2 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 4 ; 16

2. Raza MIxta, USA829, Victor Diaz de Leon / Patrick Wilson / Ian Liberty / Michael Menninger / Jonny Goldsberry - 5 - 5 - 1 - [6] - 3 - 5 - 1 ; 20

3. Dark Energy, USA864, Laura Grondin / Matt Ray / Rich Peale / Taylor Canfield / Cole Brauer - 6 - 2 - [8] - 2 - 6 - 2 - 3 ; 21

4. Flying Jenny, USA 801, Sandra Askew - [7] - 3 - 4 - 3 - 5 - 4 - 2 ; 21

5. Full Throttle, USA849, Brian Porter / RJ Porter / Bri Porter / Matt Woodworth - 4 - 4 - 5 - [7] - 2 - 3 - 5 ; 23

6. Lucky Dog, USA858, Travis Weisleder / John Bowden / Caroline Main / Jeremy Wilmot / Collin Leo - 3 - 1 - 6 - [8] - 7 - 1 - 7 ; 25

7. Shaka, USA863, KC Shannon / Jackson Benvenutti / Tommy Sawchuk / Ben Lynch / Elisabeth Lynch - 1 - [9] - 3 - 4 - 4 - 7 - 6 ; 25

8. Jaws, USA775, Roger Counihan / Todd Wilson / Travis Maier / Tiffany Wilson - 8 - 6 - 7 - [11] - 8 - 9 - 10 ; 48

9. Bad Idea, USA717, Scot Zimmerman / Katy Zimmerman / Andy Girrell / Kevin Fisher - 9 - [10] - 10 - 5 - 10 - 10 - 8 ; 52

10. Wombmates Racing, USA396, Kevin Shockey / John Shockey / Alex Tracy / Tim Zacher / Megan Tracy - [10] - 7 - 9 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 9 ; 52

11. HERMES (c), USA610, Tony Stanley / Tony Callamare / Mike Kirschner / Tiffany Schaefer / Chapin Smith - [12] - 11 - 11 - 9 - 11 - 11 - 11 ; 64

12. PATRIOT IV (c), USA118, Steve Young / Zack Bayhan / Chris Helmkamp / Kayla Bettes - 11 - [12] - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 12 ; 71

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