After a couple days of rocking and rolling on Lake Erie, ideal winds of 10-15 knots from the Northeast allowed another three races at the J/111 North American Championship. Eight races are now in the books at Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland, Ohio, and the discard came into effect Friday. There were no changes at the top of the leaderboard: Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key (14 points), Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff (21 points) and Andrew & […]

Three races were completed Thursday at the J/111 North American Championship hosted by Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland, Ohio. Winds ranged from 13-17 knots and waves subsided to two feet. Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key locked in two bullets and a second to take over the lead after five races (9 points). Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff and Andrew & Segdwick Ward’s Bravo are tied at 16 points for second and third place. Reigning J/111 World Champion […]

The magic number on the first day of the J/111 North American Championship hosted by Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH was eight: eight boats, eight-foot waves and 18 knots of breeze. Teams reveled in the wild conditions, led by Bill & Jackie Baxter’s Fireball who posted a 2,2 for 4 points and the narrow advantage. Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key and Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff flopped scores (4,1 for Wagner and 1,4 for Ruhlman) for […]

The Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series came to a spectacular conclusion with the Land Union September Regatta held 24-25 September. The final regatta of the four-event series was blessed with magnificent racing, superb shoreside entertainment and outstanding prizes, including a holiday with flights, superb accommodation and entry to the world-famous Munich’s Oktoberfest. Den’s Deck was transformed into Oktoberfest on Saturday with complimentary beer and sausages and an Oompah Band! Land Union have supported the […]

The Charlevoix Yacht Club’s annual Red Fox Regatta went off with nice conditions for the dozens of boats gathered for their Labor Day weekend event sailed off the lakeside resort town of Charlevoix, MI. In PHRF 7 Division, George Golder’s J/111 TERRIER posted a 2-1 to win their division title. The other J/111, Carl Hanssen’s VARIANCE, sailed a solid series with 3-4 finishes, but missed the bronze step on the podium by 1/2 point. For […]

The annual end-of-summer Labor Day holiday weekend offshore Vineyard Race was hosted by Stamford Yacht Club. The three races started on time Friday evening, September 2. The three races were: • Vineyard Race- 238.0nm- Stamford down Long Island Sound, across Rhode Island to Buzzards Bay Light Tower to starboard, back to start/finish leaving Block Island to starboard. • Seaflower Reef Race- 143.0nm- Stamford to “Seaflower Reef” leaving it to starboard, The Cows red bell 32 […]

The St. Francis Yacht Club hosted their annual Aldo Alessio Race and Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta. Sailed from August 19-21 on the western end of San Francisco Bay between Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge, the fleet experienced classic Bay weather with fog, intermittent sun and plenty of breeze. At the Aldo Alessio Race sailed on Friday, the eight-boat PHRF fleet was won by Nesrin Basoz’s J/111 SWIFT NESS, followed by Dorian McKelvy’s J/111 […]

The 31st annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta featured three days of offshore buoy racing for a fleet of over 75 yachts. The regatta coincided with the Chicago Air & Water Show that features the US Navy Blue Angels flying acrobatic team in their F-18E Super Hornet fighter planes. The forecasted “postcard perfect” Friday went off without any issues, with all fleets sailing at least three races in the best that Chicago waterfront sailing on Lake […]

The I-LYA BAYWEEK SAIL REGATTA was hosted by the Inter-Lake Yachting Association in Put-In-Bay, Ohio on August 5-7. PHRF A saw three J/111s at the top: Spaceman Spiff, USA134, Rob Ruhlman – 3 -3 -1 -1 ; 8 Capers, USA92, Don Hudak – 2 -1 -4 -3 ; 10 Papa’s Toy, USA93, Hugh Scott Seaholm – 1 -10/SCP -2 -2 ; 15 For full details, visit https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=14993.

The Ugotta Regatta was hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI on July 29-31. The J/111s were sailing their Great Lakes Championship with 13 boats and five races. Ian Hill’s Sitella topped the fleet with 8 points, including three bullets. Scott Sellers’ nosurprise was just one notch back for second place, followed by Bradley Faber’s Utah at 18 points. For full results, visit https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14935.