After Friday’s weather conditions prevented racing, the 2026 J/111 North American Championship returned to Lake Ontario Saturday for a decisive final day. The Youngstown Yacht Club Race Committee, led by Principal Race Officer Chip Till, completed three races to bring the Championship series to a full 10 races. Fourteen teams departed the dock hoping to make up for the previous day’s lost racing, and Lake Ontario delivered. Conditions remained remarkably consistent, with a south-southwesterly breeze […]

Four more races were completed Thursday at the J/111 North American Championship, hosted by Youngstown Yacht Club, bringing the Championship total to seven races after two days of competition. Lake Ontario delivered a consistent 8-knot breeze throughout the day with a gentle one-foot sea state. The breeze began around 250°, made a significant swing right for Race 5, then settled back to 280° for the final two races. With Friday and Saturday’s forecasts looking increasingly […]

After a patient start ashore, the 2026 J/111 North American Championship officially got underway Wednesday at Youngstown Yacht Club, with three races completed for the 14-team fleet. The morning began under AP ashore while the Race Committee waited for conditions to develop. AP was lifted at 1:15 p.m. and the fleet headed to the racecourse, where conditions settled into a remarkably consistent ENE breeze around 10–11 knots with a 75° course heading and gentle 1–2 […]

Sailors from across the USA head to Harbor Springs annually for a favorite tradition: the Little Traverse Yacht Club’s Ugotta Regatta. This year, LTYC celebrated the 65th running of the regatta from July 24-26. With a strong turnout, the dozen-boat J/111 fleet enjoyed excellent racing on the Bay. After splitting the first two races with 1-2 records, it looked like Jeff Davis’ SHAMROCK team from Cleveland, OH might have the upper hand over Scott Sellers’ […]

The 2026 J Cup returned to the Royal Southern Yacht Club for a weekend of close racing, sunshine and catching up with the J family ashore. This year’s event brought together J/70s, J/88s, J/92s, J/99s, J/105s, J/109s, J/111s and J/112Es for three days of competitive racing, social events and the unique atmosphere that has made J Cup a highlight of the UK sailing calendar. The J/111 fleet enjoyed an extended programme, arriving a day early […]

The 117th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust once again demonstrated the scale and competitive depth that have established it as the largest annual offshore race in the world. The 333-mile course–spanning the length of Lake Michigan–challenged 250 teams with nearly the full spectrum of offshore sailing conditions, from upwind and downwind racing to heavy air, tactical light winds and powerful overnight thunderstorms. As the race unfolded, teams navigated rapidly changing conditions […]

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.