The annual end-of-summer Labor Day holiday weekend offshore Vineyard Race was hosted by Stamford Yacht Club. The three races started on time Friday evening, September 2. The three races were: • Vineyard Race- 238.0nm- Stamford down Long Island Sound, across Rhode Island to Buzzards Bay Light Tower to starboard, back to start/finish leaving Block Island to starboard. • Seaflower Reef Race- 143.0nm- Stamford to “Seaflower Reef” leaving it to starboard, The Cows red bell 32 […]

The St. Francis Yacht Club hosted their annual Aldo Alessio Race and Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta. Sailed from August 19-21 on the western end of San Francisco Bay between Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge, the fleet experienced classic Bay weather with fog, intermittent sun and plenty of breeze. At the Aldo Alessio Race sailed on Friday, the eight-boat PHRF fleet was won by Nesrin Basoz’s J/111 SWIFT NESS, followed by Dorian McKelvy’s J/111 […]

The 31st annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta featured three days of offshore buoy racing for a fleet of over 75 yachts. The regatta coincided with the Chicago Air & Water Show that features the US Navy Blue Angels flying acrobatic team in their F-18E Super Hornet fighter planes. The forecasted “postcard perfect” Friday went off without any issues, with all fleets sailing at least three races in the best that Chicago waterfront sailing on Lake […]

The I-LYA BAYWEEK SAIL REGATTA was hosted by the Inter-Lake Yachting Association in Put-In-Bay, Ohio on August 5-7. PHRF A saw three J/111s at the top: Spaceman Spiff, USA134, Rob Ruhlman – 3 -3 -1 -1 ; 8 Capers, USA92, Don Hudak – 2 -1 -4 -3 ; 10 Papa’s Toy, USA93, Hugh Scott Seaholm – 1 -10/SCP -2 -2 ; 15 For full details, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=14993.

The Ugotta Regatta was hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI on July 29-31. The J/111s were sailing their Great Lakes Championship with 13 boats and five races. Ian Hill’s Sitella topped the fleet with 8 points, including three bullets. Scott Sellers’ nosurprise was just one notch back for second place, followed by Bradley Faber’s Utah at 18 points. For full results, visit https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14935.

The annual CanAm Challenge took place at Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, NY from July 22-24. Four J/111s participated, and five races were completed. Douglas Clarke’s Moneypenny won three races and never placed lower than second for 7 points and the victory. Roeland Polet’s Foreign Exchange came in second with 11 points, including two bullets. Rick Lohr’s Night Owl rounded out the top three with 14 points. For complete event details and photos, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=14953.

High winds and stormy weather on Lake Michigan ripped sails worth thousands of dollars and broke equipment but failed to prevent Scott Sellers, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and their eight-person team of sailors from winning first-in-class during the 2022 race from Chicago to Mackinac. “I have never seen a weather radar covering this expanse of thunderstorms,” Scott Sellers told the Free Press, completing the 289 nm course in 1:12:38:34 after the July 23 start. “It […]

This year’s Three Peaks Yacht Race showed, once again, why it has endured since 1977 as one of the world’s great adventure races. The 44th race was won on handicap by a skipper and boat combination which first won in 1999, while the Challenge event was successfully completed by two school teams for the first time, with 16 and 17 year old pupils taking part. The 44th race was one for the record books. The […]

The 2022 J/111 North American Championship will be hosted by Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH from September 26-October 1. NEW in 2022: a Corinthian trophy will be awarded! See all the event details at: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15146.

Congratulations to 14-year-old Merritt Sellers for winning the double-handed class at the Bayview Mackinac Race on the J/111 “nosurprise” with her dad Scott! Read the full story at: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/18/bayview-mackinac-race-2022-merritt-sellers/10084002002/.