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 […]

Hosted by Key Yachting, the J/Cup UK Regatta is an annual event exclusively organized for J/Boats. J/Cup entails three days of racing hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble. The program is coupled with daily prize giving and shoreside entertainment. The J/111 fleet completed eight races. Winning was Tony Mack’s McFLY team, although they were pushed hard by Chris Jones’ JOURNEYMAKER II. Just three points separated the two. Taking the bronze was Paul […]

The 170th NYYC Annual Regatta took place over the June 14th to 16th weekend on the waters of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. The regatta format features the popular Round Island Race on Friday (a 21.0nm circumnavigation of Conanicut Island) and then two days of either round-the-buoys racing or PHRF navigational racing. The PHRF 3 Division was won by Abhijeet Lele’s J/111 VARUNA with a 2-5-1-3 record for 11 points. For more New York […]

Cleveland Race Week is hosted annually by Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH each June. Winning the J/111 fleet was Jeff Davis’ SHAMROCK with 7 points. Another local sailing family, Rob Ruhlman’s SPACEMAN SPIFF, took the silver with 10 points. Then, taking the bronze was Seth & Kevin Young’s BLACK SEAL with 13 points. For more Cleveland Race Week information, visit https://www.clevelandraceweek.com/.

Point Fermin is located just outside Los Angeles Harbor near San Pedro. Since 1905 it has been the location for the Transpac Race start, https://transpacyc.com This iconic ocean race runs from Los Angeles to Hawaii for over 2,000 miles. Under normal sunny conditions for Transpac, this location provides an upwind start on starboard with the west end of Catalina Island as the mark to round before heading southwest out across the Pacific Ocean. For the […]

The new edition of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit was hosted by Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit, MI from May 31-June 2. On the final day, the late afternoon southerly streaked out of the Detroit River and blue skies returned. By all accounts it was a perfect weekend of racing with light to moderate winds + socials hosted by Bayview Yacht Club. In the seven-boat J/111 fleet, Jeffrey Davis’ team on Shamrock […]

Spanning three weekends, the Seattle Yacht Club hosted its popular Tri-Island Series. Among 25 entries in the ORC Long Course Division, sailing a consistent two races was Jay Renehan’s J/111 HOOLIGAN. They posted a 3-5 to win with 8 points, five points clear of the next team. For more event details, visit https://www.seattleyachtclub.org/web/pages/regattas.

Larchmont Yacht Club (NY) hosted its classic spring opening race – the 32.0 nm Edlu Distance Race. The course goes from the Larchmont Breakwater to Gong 11B off Eaton’s Neck and back. The non-spinnaker fleet course is approximately 20.0 nm. Sailors saw a mostly light air race with 8-10 knots of breeze. Winning PHRF Spin II was Bill & Jackie Baxter’s J/111 FIREBALL. J/111s also finished fourth and fifth: Pito Chickering’s THE ROOST in fourth […]

The Warsash Sailing Club (England) concluded the Warsash Spring Series for IRC Racing classes. Four more races were held over the Spring Championship weekend. Winning IRC 1 Division with straight bullets was Paul Griffiths’s J/111 JAGERBOMB with just 5 points net after six races. Spring Championship IRC 1 Division: Over the two-weekend series from April 20-21 and 27-28, the WSC RC/PRO team managed to run a total of 12 races to the delight of all […]

As a blustery weather front cleared Sunday morning to reveal clear blue skies and white caps at sea, sailors on the final day of Yachting Cup were excited to get out on the water in some ‘sporty’ conditions. The fresh breeze from the passing front required boats to tune up from their usual “San Diego” trim. In the J/111 fleet, the rivalry between San Diegan Creative and Northern Californian Skeleton Key continued for the second […]