Bill Kneller(admin)

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Jun 21 2008

Pacific NorthWest Championship goes to IT’S ONLY ROCK n ROLL

By admin in Boats & Owners, Pacific Northwest, Regattas
June 21, 2008

“It’s only Rock n Roll” wins 1st annual PNW Championship Bob Arney & crew on “It’s only Rock n Roll” won the J/109 Pacific Northwest Championship regatta, held in conjunction with J/Fest in Seattle. They overtook Jim Prentice’s “Diva” in the standings in the last race, to win by 2 points. Stuart Burnell’s “Tantivy” placed …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/pacific-northwest-championship-goes-to-its-only-rock-n-roll/

Jun 20 2008

BLOCK ISLAND RESULTS

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
June 20, 2008

Greg Ames and Steve Kenny in GOSSIP held off perennial power Ted Herlihy in GUT FEELING by one point and Bill Sweetster in RUSH to win Block Island Race Week. See results at www.blockislandraceweek.org

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/block-island-results/

Mar 17 2008

Fleet 10 Schedule posted

By admin in Chesapeake Bay, Regattas
March 17, 2008

Hi all, I hope you are all looking forward to the 2008 season as much as I am. I have posted the 2008 schedule; go to racing and choose “documents” from the dropdown menu. Our series begins in a little over a month at AYC Spring Series. We have added a couple of distance races …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/fleet-10-schedule-posted/

Dec 11 2007

December 2007 Letter from Class President Rick Lyall

By admin in Class Business
December 11, 2007

Fellow J/109 Class Members, I thought I’d take this opportunity to write a “state of the class” letter to you as we approach the end of 2007. I’d like to thank my predecessor, Len Siegal, who ably served our class as its first president. Len provided leadership and direction as we drafted the constitution and …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/december-2007-letter-from-class-president-rick-lyall/

Nov 20 2007

RSS Feed and Forum Notification Features are Now Live

By admin in Class Business
November 20, 2007

This Class Association website and the local fleet websites with content now include RSS feeds. In addition, registered users of the J/109 Class Association Owners’ Forum can sign up for notifications of new posts (for any or all categories of discussion threads) or response to their posts in the Edit Profile section. The Forum registration …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/rss-feed-and-forum-notification-features-are-now-live/

Nov 12 2007

J/109 Class FORUM Now Available on “Public Area” of Website

By admin in Class Business
November 12, 2007

The J/109 Class Owners’ Forum is a discussion board for owners, crew, and other parties who are interested in sharing information about the J/109 one-design class. Please post using your full name and e-mail address. Anonymous or disrespectful posts will be removed. POSTING GUIDELINES DO a search of this board before posting any questions. DO …

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Nov 01 2007

J/109 Class Association Elects New Officers

By admin in Class Business
November 1, 2007

At the J/109 Class Association Annual Meeting on October 30, 2007, the following class officer election results were announced, for a term of two years: Rick Lyall (STORM), Class President Steve Tedeschi (TASTES LIKE CHICKEN), Class Vice President Ed Dailey (RAPTOR), Class Secretary Barry Gold (SUNDARI), Class Treasurer (pro tempore)

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j109-class-association-elects-new-officers/

Oct 28 2007

J/109 North American Championships – Final Results

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern California
October 28, 2007

Tedeschi’s are new J/109 champs LONG BEACH, Calif.—“We plan to keep sailing consistently. That is how we win regattas.” Those words as spoken by Stephen Tedeschi on Saturday now seem prophetic as he and co-skipper/father Brian did just that Sunday, sailing their boat Tastes Like Chicken, Newport, R.I., to win the second annual J/109 North …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j109-north-american-championships-final-results/

Oct 28 2007

J/109 North American Championships 2007 – Day 2

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern California
October 28, 2007

Local boats close in on East Coast leader LONG BEACH, Calif.—Still on top of the leader board after the second day of racing is Brian and Stephen Tedeschi’s Tastes Like Chicken, Newport, R.I., but after Saturday’s fluky winds and weird weather in the J/109 North American Championships, the local boats of John Shulze’s Linstar, Newport …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j109-north-american-championships-2007-day-2/

Oct 27 2007

J/109 North American Championships 2007 – Day 1

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern California
October 27, 2007

East Coast boat holds its own against locals LONG BEACH, Calif.—Brian and Stephen Tedeschi’s J/109, Tastes Like Chicken, Newport, R.I., got off to a great start Friday to lead the first day of racing by posting first- and second-place finishes in the J/109 North American Championships, leading five local boats and two out-of-towners. The regatta, …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j109-north-american-championships-2007-day-1/