The large 16-boat PHRF C Division included a veteran J/111 team from Long Island Sound. Bill and Jackie Baxter’s J/111 FIREBALL team from Riverside Yacht Club had never competed in the New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta in Newport, RI. FIREBALL was rewarded with a spectacular weekend of sunshine and moderate breeze June 12-14, and a first-place trophy, courtesy of a dominating performance in the division, the second largest at the 135-boat regatta. “We loved […]

Bayview Yacht Club hosted the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Detroit May 29-31. The regatta featured one-design Classes including six J/111s, and all fleets got in eight or more races. Starting out with a second, Ed Kriese’s WILDCAT then proceeded to sweep the next seven races, posting seven bullets to win with just 9 points total. Sailing nearly as strongly to garner the silver position was Kevin & Seth Young’s BLACK SEAL. After winning the […]

Charleston Race Week celebrated its 30th anniversary in style by welcoming 153 boats across 14 classes April 16-19. Skipper Martin Zonnenberg led Quickdraw to first place in the third and decisive race of Pursuit Spinnaker A class on Sunday. This was the Charleston Race Week debut for the St. Petersburg-based J/111, which used this regatta as preparation for the Newport-to-Bermuda Race. It was a tight battle between Quickdraw and Keelforce, a J/120 owned by Rick […]

The updated 2026 J/111 Class Rules have been approved by World Sailing and are available at World Sailing – J/111.

The 2025 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (IOR), presented by ShopRite of Carteret, organized by the Storm Trysail Club supported by the Storm Trysail Foundation, welcomed 49 teams and 384 collegiate sailors for a weekend of spirited big boat racing — and one very memorable forecast. Teams arrived Friday to find cool fall conditions as they took to the water for practice aboard boats generously donated by local owners. Some of those boats were delivered that morning […]

With a three-hour-long Bay Tour race as the final test for competitors, the 61st edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club came to a stunning close on Sunday, September 14. The skippers at the top of the podium in the J/105 and ORC B classes were awarded coveted Rolex Submariner Dates. Peter Wagner’s J/111 Skeleton Key was the victor in the ORC B division. Going into the final day […]

Sailing in conjunction with the Ugotta Regatta hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI, the fleet of 14 J/111s sailed their 2025 Great Lakes Championship. Repeating their 2024 performance, Jeff Davis’ team from Cleveland, OH sailed SHAMROCK to another dominant performance, posting a 1-2-2-4 tally for 9 points. Scott Sellers and his Little Traverse YC team on NO SURPRISE also repeated last year’s performance, taking the silver with a 2-4-1-6 scoreline for […]

In the 116th edition of the 289.0nm Chicago Mackinac Race had a high-pressure system leading to light and fickle winds over four days. The 2025 race tested sailors’ tactical instincts, patience and mental endurance over the course up Lake Michigan and into Lake Huron for the finish at Mackinac Island, MI. ONE-DESIGN CLASSES J/111 Class – 12 boats 1. Jeff Davis’s SHAMROCK 2. Chris & Autumn Lamb’s PADAWAN 3. Scott Sellers’s NO SURPRISE For more […]

Block Island Race Week’s final tent party was abuzz with anticipation and excitement, as sailors and spectators awaited the announcement of cumulative awards for the regatta’s 60th anniversary. For the first time in recent memory, BIRW featured racing on all five days of the week, featuring fierce competition and extraordinary sailing June 23-27. “This regatta saw 140 races across 17 classes and multiple championship contests,” said Race Director Dick Neville. “The weather definitely cooperated, allowing […]

A battle played out in the J/111 fleet between Brad Kimmel and Steve Young’s Diablo and Kevin and Seth Young’s Black Seal, and while the two teams were mere boatlengths apart for the first two legs of the day’s first race, a mechanical failure with a forestay fitting on Black Seal on the third leg had them scrambling to keep the mast upright. They were able to reconnect the forestay and finish the race, but […]