Bill Kneller(admin)

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Nov 22 2004

New Fleet Formed

By admin in Class Business
November 22, 2004

Fleet #11 was recently formed, the fleet will be for the Southern Lake Michigan area. The fleet captain is Len Siegal owner of LUCKY DUBIE 2, hull #124. With 8 boats comprising the fleet, we are looking forward to some great one-design racing. Please remember it only takes 3 boats to start a fleet, if …

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Oct 08 2004

2005 J/109 Midwinter Championship Format

By admin in Class Business, Regattas
October 8, 2004

We are pleased to announce the following one-design format for Key West 2005: For J/109s registering to sail in the ôJ/109 Classö (as opposed to PHRF), we will be sailing under Class Rules as posted at www.J/109.org with the following exceptions: 1)Crew Limit/Weight û in lieu of weighing crew, the crew limit will be skipper …

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Sep 27 2004

J/109 Takes Second at Toronto NOODS

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern Lake Michigan
September 27, 2004

J/109, ONE MORE #145 owned by Llyod McKeen took second at the Toronto NOODS. With a PHRF rating of 69, ONE MORE should have been the slowest boat in the mixed fleet of 6 boats. But she finished second with a total of 18 points. ONE MORE finished ahead of a Beneteau 40.7, 2 C&Cs …

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Aug 30 2004

J/109s Results

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
August 30, 2004

The following 2 updates are courtesy of J/109 owners. If you have any results you would like published please send them to me (kendra@jboats.com) and I will be sure to put them on the J/109 site. Christopher Zibailo, owner of Superstition, J/109 #171 sent the following report: We happy to report that we were able …

Permanent link to this article: https://j109.org/j109s-results/

Aug 30 2004

J/109s Take 1st, 2nd and 4th at the 2004 CYC Verve Cup

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern Lake Michigan
August 30, 2004

The J/109s dominated in the recently completed Verve Cup held at the Chicago Yacht Club. Lucky Dubie 2, hull #124 owned by Len Siegal took first in section with a total score of 7.25, followed closely by Realta Na Mara hull # 141 owned by Tom Londrigan with 9.5 points. Hull #173 sailed by Bob …

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Aug 10 2004

J/109s at Buzzard Bay Regatta

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
August 10, 2004

The following report is courtesy of Dan Grossman, co-owner of J/109 Spitfire. Buzzards Bay Regatta on August 6-8, 2004 offered conditions from near-calm to boisterous. After Friday’s atypical northerly breezes and overcast skies, Saturday and Sunday provided the kind of conditions the Bay is famous for, with sea breezes filling in by late morning and …

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Jul 28 2004

ELECTRA wins J/109 East Coast Championships

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
July 28, 2004

The winner of the J109 East Coast Championships held this past weekend during the New York Yacht Club race week was Electra, owned by Craig Crossley of Barrington, R.I. Electra posted a total of 17 points, with the closest competitor, Storm owned by Rick Lyall of Wilton, Conn., with 23.75 points overall. “This was hard …

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Jul 19 2004

NYYC Race Week J/109 Class format

By admin in Class Business, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
July 19, 2004

The J/109s will be sailing under Class Rules as posted at www.J/109.org with the following exceptions: 1)Crew Limit/Weight û in lieu of weighing crew, the crew limit will be skipper plus 6 persons. 2)Equipment û a reminder that the removable transom locker is not required, but the swim ladder, emergency tiller, stove, v-berth platform (but …

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Jul 06 2004

10 J/109s Compete at Block Island Race Week 2004

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
July 6, 2004

10 J/109s competed in this years Block Island Race Week allowing for a J109 class start. STORM, owned by Rick Lyall, Wilton CT took first in the fleet of 10 boats with a score of 16. 1 point seperated the second and third place boats. PATRIOT, owned by CJ Bocklet, Rye NY finsihed with 19 …

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Jul 06 2004