The results are in after two amazing days of racing in the waters just off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In all, 19 boats competed for the 2013 J/24 District 1 Championship. After eight great races in 10-20 knots, Team AL skippered by Carter White and crewed by Mark Klein, Dave Van Cleef, Shelly Paules and Molly White won the event by 10 points. With only a slight lead on day one, their consistent finishes of 2, 2, 1, 1 on day two set the team apart and provided for their back-to-back win of the District 1 Championship. The 2013 District 1 Championship started off great with a filling 10 knot southerly just off the mouth of the Piscataqua River, near Portsmouth. Most of the boats set-up for a typical go-left day assuming the wind would stay left and be stronger away from shore. However, the crew of Sticky Fingers proved everyone wrong, having turned an over-early-and-near-last-off-the-line-and-bail-out-right into a first at the first weather mark by a long shot. Now the game was on and right side upwind stayed the way to go the rest of the day until the wind started to get a bit fluky in the last race. On the second beat of the last race, the crew of Airodoodle went left and moved around most of the fleet to go from around 14th to 2nd in one leg. Unfortunately for Airodoodle, the wind didn’t hold for the whole race and at the finish, moving positions became the norm and they lost a few of the boats they had gained. In all, four races were run with all 19 boats racing and finishing all races on day one. Day two started with a stronger southerly breeze produced by a front moving across the eastern part of the United States. The wind started around 12 knots and built to gusts of almost 20 knots, and with an outgoing current produced by the Piscataqua River, the waves and chop were sometimes difficult to get through. With a pin end a bit more favored than day 1, boats that started on the left of the course and favored that side did a bit better early on than what took place on day 1. In the first two races, the team from Canada on Sticky Fingers had the starts and course nailed by taking two bullets. However, Team AL kept close by finishing second in both those races. Aidan Glackin sailing Mental Floss was having a difficult battle with Zot skippered by Frank McNamara as they traded third and fourth places in the first two races of the day. The wind built as the day went on, and the right side started to get a bit more favored as the current started to shift offshore, and Team AL went into protection and cover mode on the right side of the course and capitalized on a couple of imperfect starts by Sticky Fingers. The waves were large, sometimes reaching 3 to 4 feet in height which made for some epic surfing when the right puff hit, making the approach to the leeward gates fun. Racing was over by 3pm and the travel teams all packed up and made it to the Kittery Point Yacht Club for a BBQ and awards ceremony that capped off a great weekend of sunny skies, great wind and even better camaraderie. A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers from J/24 Fleet 139 Portsmouth, NH who made the event so welcoming to boats from all areas and made the event run very smooth. PRO Tom Brown did an excellent job with the courses, providing great championship style racing. For complete results, visit here.