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Dec 09 2011

OUTRAJEOUS Wins Hamble Series

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
December 9, 2011

(Hamble, England)- Winter finally came to the Garmin Hamble Winter Series in time for the final race, to show crews just how lucky they have been throughout the unseasonably warm event. A brisk, cold westerly wind that fluctuated between 10 and 25 knots gave the assembled sailors a challenge when it came to choosing sails, …

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Dec 02 2011

An Irish STORM Wins Boat of Year Award

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
December 2, 2011

As predicted in the Afloat online reader poll, the yacht STORM owned by Pat Kelly has lifted the Irish Cruiser Racer Association’s Boat of the Year award at the ICRA conference in Dun Laoghaire. Among other wins, the J109 design counted five firsts in an impressive victory in class one IRC at the 2011 ICRA …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/an-irish-storm-wins-boat-of-year-award/

Nov 28 2011

Fall 2011 Letter from Class President Rick Lyall

By admin in Class Business
November 28, 2011

Fellow J109 Class Members, I have a lot of ground to cover here so please bear with me and I will try not to take too much of your time. First, congratulations to Fleet Captain Bill Sweetser and the members of the Fleet 4 Task Force (Tony Syme, Paul Milo and Steve McManus) for the …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/fall-2011-letter-from-class-president-rick-lyall/

Oct 20 2011

GUT FEELING Wins J/109 North Americans

By admin in Boats & Owners, Chesapeake Bay, Regattas
October 20, 2011

(Annapolis, MD)- The forecast for any sailor north of Cape Hatteras along the northeastern seaboard of America was simply this- “fresh to frightening” weather conditions, winds 15-30 knots (thereabouts) and, depending on “fetch”, seas could be huge (e.g. ginormous). Fortunately, the J/109 competitors sailing off Annapolis only had to worry about a 1-2 nm “fetch” …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/gut-feeling-wins-j109-north-americans/

Jul 13 2011

North Americans NOR Posted

By admin in Regattas
July 13, 2011

The 2011 North Americans NOR has been posted. Follow the link below.

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/north-americans-nor-posted/

Jun 22 2011

2011 Block Island Race Week Humpday Update

By admin in Regattas
June 22, 2011

Excerpted from the Scuttlebutt Forum: In the J/109 class, the largest here with 15 boats, it was Bill Sweetser (Annapolis, Md.) who got the most bang for his buck today by winning both races with his crew aboard Rush. Combined with a second yesterday, the performance gave him four points to the 12 posted by …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/2011-block-island-race-week-humpday-update/

Jun 01 2011

J-Dream crowned Tacktick J/109 UK National Champion 2011

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
June 1, 2011

On the final day of racing at the Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship, the fleet arrived on the dock to find gusts of mid 20s in the marina. The PRO took the sensible decision to postpone for one hour to see if the wind would settle as there were gusts of 30+ out in the …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j-dream-crowned-tacktick-j109-uk-national-champion-2011/

May 31 2011

UK Nationals Day 2

By admin in Regattas
May 31, 2011

J/109 fleet enjoy the downhill ride in 28 knots at day 2 of the Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship Four races today – that is a tall order was the cry at breakfast, particularly from those who had visited the venues in Weymouth late on a Friday evening. The start of Race 4 of the …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/uk-nationals-day-2/

May 28 2011

Founders Trophy awarded to Jahmali

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
May 28, 2011

The Warsash Spring Series took place from 13 March to 20 April 2011 and the J/109 Class saw 25 entries at a time of diminishing entries for many classes. Racing one-design this fleet is the largest one-design racing class in the UK and Ireland and competition is often fierce. With six races and only one …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/founders-trophy-awarded-to-jahmali/

May 28 2011

Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship

By admin in Regattas
May 28, 2011

Friday 27 May saw the first of three days of racing for the Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship held at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Sunshine and 16 knots met the eager fleet as they congregated at the Club for the PRO briefing. With three races planned for today in wind that was predicted …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/tacktick-j109-uk-national-championship/