Over Columbus Day weekend was the Gearbuster race run annually every fall by Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, CT. It’s a long day race around various government buoys in western Long Island Sound. Winning the 10-boat PHRF B Division was Bill & Jackie Baxter’s J/111 FIREBALL by nearly 24 minutes corrected time. As a result, they also took PHRF Overall honors too. For more Stratford Shoals Race information, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=16310.

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Solent racing season came to a conclusion with the Vice Admiral’s Cup with two days (14-15 September) of windward leeward and tight round the cans races. High pressure dominated the weather conditions, with early autumn sunshine providing brilliant sunshine. On both days, the racing schedule was delayed allowing a seabreeze to fill, and it was worth the wait. Five superb races were run for all classes in up to 15 […]

The 19th Ida Lewis Distance Race hosted 45 teams. The competition’s 24-hour format saw seven classes leave Newport Harbor at 11:00 AM Friday, August 16, and return on Saturday to a finish line sighted from host Ida Lewis Yacht Club. “With the forecast for light air, we chose a course of 135.0nm for all three ORC classes and a shorter 120.0nm for the four PHRF classes,” said Will Museler, a member of the race team. […]

New Bedford Yacht Club in MA hosted its annual New Bedford Regatta on Buzzards Bay. The two days of racing offered sailors great conditions on the bay that is famous for its strong seabreezes that materialize most afternoons. In the highly competitive PHRF Racing fleet of nine boats, Doug Curtiss’ J/111 WICKED 2.0 won. For more New Bedford Regatta information, visit https://www.nbyc.com/.

Thanks for this contribution from Buttons Padin: For a major regatta to retain its vitality for 126 years, it must be offering something special. Larchmont Yacht Club’s annual Race Week does just that, yet that special factor has evolved over the past century. No longer are we awed by the grand schooners and sloops of the early 1900s. Nor are we out there for seven days of big boat and one-design sailing and eight days […]

The Little Traverse Yacht Club hosted its iconic Ugotta Regatta in Harbor Springs, MI on July 26-28. This year’s event was featured as the J/111 Great Lakes Championship for 13 boats. After an abbreviated three-day series (Sunday’s racing was canceled due to no wind), it was Jeff Davis’ SHAMROCK team from Cleveland, OH who won the regatta with a 1-4-1 tally of 6 points. Taking the silver was George Golder’s local team on TERRIER, posting […]

A record 332 boats pointed their bows across the line in the 100th edition of the Bayview Mackinac Race, organized by Bayview Yacht Club. This year, all competitors competed on one course. From its traditional start in Southern Lake Huron, the course covers 204 nautical miles, with the fleet heading north up Lake Huron along the Michigan shoreline before heading west, passing south of Bois Blanc Island, finishing west to east at the finish line […]

This year’s 289.0nm Chicago Mackinac Race saw the fleet start in light to medium southeasterly winds and bright sunshine. By 2:00 pm, all boats were on their way north up to Mackinac Island. It ended up being a fast, thrilling race. Most of the fleet missed the Sunday AM storms. However, no one missed those on Saturday late evening, with lightning, squalls and rain. The J/111 fleet had 15 boats. Winning his first Chicago Mac […]

Race Week Anacortes had lots of races over the three days in WA at the annual event held June 24-28. The seven-boat ORC C Division saw Bruce Chan’s J/111 65 RED ROSES II toss a third place to count just four firsts and two seconds for 8 points net to win with ease. Find event details at: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=16303.

The 19th edition of Long Beach Race Week concluded on Sunday, June 23 with a full complement of races sailed in 11 divisions, including six one-design classes and five PHRF fleets. Throughout the three solid days of racing conditions, the breeze rarely dropped below 14 knots and settled in the 16-18 knot range for the most part, blue skies prevailed, and temperatures were in the 80s. Winning the J/111 fleet was John Staff’s OBSIDIAN team […]