Bill and Jackie Baxter’s J/111 team on Fireball notched its third consecutive win in the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta’s ORC division with another impressive performance that included four wins in six races. A pre-start port-starboard incident on the second day of the regatta marred their nearly perfect scoreline with a 12-point disqualification, but they put it behind them on Sunday morning and dominated both races from start to finish to close the series with […]

On a little chain of islands a few hours south of Miami, there’s a town popping with palm trees, humming with live music, and surrounded by shimmering turquoise waters. Forget port/starboard: in Key West, the roosters roaming the streets have the right of way. At the southernmost point of the United States, the Southernmost Regatta presented by Sailing Inc. ran January 15-19. A wide range of conditions ensured the best teams found their way to […]

Variable sailing conditions hounded this year’s 79-strong Rolex Big Boat Series fleet, but the competition was as fierce as ever for the 59th edition of the West Coast’s premier racing event. The unpredictability influenced the leaderboards daily, with shifts across most of the eight classes competing. From a challenging ebb coupled with strong gusts in the low 20s on Thursday, to diminishing breezes each subsequent race day, even the most seasoned RBBS competitors had to […]

The annual end-of-summer sailing season classic in northern Michigan has been the Labor Day regatta on Lake Charlevoix called the Red Fox Regatta. Hosted by the Charlevoix Yacht Club, the regatta includes a Friday evening “beer can” race as a warm-up to the main event on Saturday and Sunday. The event essentially starts in Charlevoix on Saturday morning and a course is determined by wind conditions to go around a variety of marks before ending […]

With course lengths of 116 nm and 143 nm, the 2023 Vineyard Race on September 1 attracted 89 entrants for the 89th edition. Hosted by Stamford Yacht Club (Stamford, CT), winners included Bill & Jackie Baxter’s J/111 Fireball in Class 12 PHRF. For full event details, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15833.

The 2023 J/111 North American Championship was part of the Verve Cup Offshore Regatta at Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago, IL from August 10-13. Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key racked up four bullets in the first four races and never looked back to retain the title with 14 net points. The team was comprised of John Collins (bow), Nicholas Gibbens (headsail trimmer), John Hayes (mast), David Lyons (spinnaker trimmer), John Pernick (main trimmer), Cory Schillaci (bow) […]

Sailors gathered in Youngstown, NY for the 2023 edition of the Can-Am Challenge and enjoyed a light air regatta with two races. Doug Clarke’s MONEYPENNY won the J/111 one-design division on a triple tie-breaker at 4 points each over Roeland Polet’s FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Third was Rick Lohr’s NIGHT OWL. For more CAN-AM Challenge Regatta information, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15668.

Thanks to Blane Shea for this report: Incredible conditions set the tone for fierce competition at the 2023 Great Lakes Championship held in Harbor Springs, Michigan during the UGotta Regatta. The J/111 Class had a total of 12 boats racing all three days. The group was fortunate to have Stu Johnstone as the host of the J/Boats party and participating in the regatta sailing with Terrier. Thank you to J/Boats! The Great Lakes Championship was […]

The 2023 Bayview Mackinac Race will go down in history as one of the more difficult races recently. This year, it was a tale of two races: the first half in southerly winds, then dying for some time, before a benign cold front rolled across the course late Sunday to sweep in WNW winds hard on the nose for the Cove Island course teams. Over 200 boats started this year’s Race with teams choosing one […]

Over 50 J/Boats participated in the 2023 edition of Key Yachting’s J/Cup UK, hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club. The 24th edition provided exciting racing and plenty of fun ashore. The J/Cup featured one-design racing for three classes and IRC Racing Classes for mixed fleets. The three-day regatta featured both windward-leeward and round-the-cans racing. Day 1: The regatta kicked off with almost 300 sailors enjoying sunny conditions in the central Solent. With a slow […]