Category: Boats & Owners

Oct 21 2008

STORM wins Intercollegiate Regatta

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
October 21, 2008

With 29 different colleges and universities competing in this year’s Intercollegiate Regatta, long-time host Larchmont Yacht Club officially joined forces with the event’s organizer, the Storm Trysail Club (STC), to run what has become the largest college sailing regatta in the country. The overall winner (based on the best winning percentage) of the five-race regatta …

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Oct 13 2008

Annapolis NOOD

By admin in Boats & Owners, Chesapeake Bay, Regattas
October 13, 2008

The J/109 fleet has been on the waiting list to participate as a one design class at the Annapolis NOOD Regatta. The class has just been informed that it will be included at the 2009 event, which takes place April 24-26, 2009. Hosts Annapolis Yacht Club and Sailing World are expecting a great turnout for …

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Sep 29 2008

GOSSIP Takes AYC Fall Series

By admin in Boats & Owners, Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas
September 29, 2008

Steve Kenny and Greg Ames on GOSSIP posted a string of bullets and dropped a second to win the six race American YC Fall Series, held over two September weekends. Rick Lyall’s STORM finished five points back.

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Sep 23 2008

Larchmont NOOD is taken by STORM

By admin in Boats & Owners, Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas
September 23, 2008

Despite the threat of Hurricane Hanna, the Larchmont NOOD went off as planned. Rick Lyall on STORM beat out nine other entrants to take the five race, no throwout series. Al Minella’s RELENTLESS finished two points back.

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Aug 04 2008

GUT FEELING does it again!

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
August 4, 2008

Following up on their North American championship, Ted Herlihy and crew on GUT FEELING took the J/109 East Coast championship during the Buzzards Bay Regatta. Ed Dailey and Wiley Wakeman and their mates sailed RAPTOR to second place. And James and Michael Feeley sailed LADYLOVE in third place.

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Jul 28 2008

GUT FEELING takes the North Americans

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
July 28, 2008

July 27 – In a highly competitive 15 boat fleet, Ted Herlihy sailed GUT FEELING to the J/109 North American championship in Newport this weekend. Just four points separated the top three boats. Steve Kenny and Greg Ames took second in GOSSIP while Don and Nicolas Filippelli took third in CAMINOS. The NA’s were sailed …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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