Category: Boats & Owners

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, …

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Aug 24 2007

Chicago’s Verve Cup 2007: August 17-19, 2007

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern Lake Michigan
August 24, 2007

In a weather shortened regatta, over 176 offshore boats and 50 one design boats competed in the Verve Cup. The race dates back to 1893 and is the major August regatta on the great lakes. The one design section of J/109s raced three windward leeward races on Friday and a long distance race on Saturday. …

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Aug 15 2007

Eight J/109’s Boats competed in Buzzards Bay Regatta August 3rd-5th 2007

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
August 15, 2007

It was TASTES LIKE CHICKEN’s father-son combination that won the 35th annual Buzzards Bay Reagatta with a string of six first place finishes over the first two days. After Friday’s performance of three straight bullets, Steve Tedeschi handed the helm do his father Brian on Saturday who repeated the previous day’s impressive performance. “Don’t be …

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Aug 02 2007

Chicago Mackinac race ends with J/109’s 2nd and 3rd overall

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas, Southern Lake Michigan
August 2, 2007

Eleven J/109’s competed in the Chicago to Mackinac race on July 14th. This was a record number of J/109’s for this race and gave the fleet a one design section in the 99th Mac Race. Rob Zerban’s ZEITGEIST won the section and finished second overall in the 130 boat Chicago to Mackinac Trophy division for …

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Jul 07 2007

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN Wins Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week

By admin in Boats & Owners, New England (RI to ME), Regattas
July 7, 2007

Two weeks after winning the East Coast Championships, Stephen Tedeschi’s TASTES LIKE CHICKEN did it again with a consistent string of eight top-four finishes to win tghe J/109 division and also to be awarded a Rolex watch for the best overall performance amongst the one design classes. “I am very flattered that the race committee …

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Jun 23 2007

17 Boats Compete for the 2007 East Coast Championships in Sag Harbor New York

By admin in Boats & Owners, Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas
June 23, 2007

The 2007 East Coast Championships were hotly contested and produced some incredibly tight racing. It was the father- son team of Brian and Stephen Tedeschi and their crew on board of TASTES LIKE CHICKEN that prevailed after the five race series was concluded. Mark roundings and finishes alike were close along with the results. After …

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Jun 05 2007

MAD DOGS and ENGLISHMAN Wins American Yacht Club 2007 Spring Series

By admin in Boats & Owners, Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas
June 5, 2007

MAD DOGS and ENGLISHMAN ends the winter season with a Victory over a competitive eleven boat fleet. The Jovial Adrian Begley was able to stay in front of Lyall’s STORM and Kamisher’s PHLING with good boat speed, great crew work, and consistent starts. The racing was really tight with crowded mark roundings and overlapped finishes. …

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May 10 2007

John Yonover’s evonne.com wins Charleston Race Week (April 12-15 2007)

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
May 10, 2007

Making the trip South from the Great Lakes Yonover and his crew onboard evonne.com put up an impressive performance in the challenging conditions off the coast of South Carolina to win Charleston Race Week. The racing was tight from the get go with Bill Sweetser’s Rush taking the early lead with two bullets in races …

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Mar 06 2007

New Photo Album Added

By admin in Boats & Owners, Class Business
March 6, 2007

J/109 Shada, owned by Jerry Woodfield and a member of Fleet #1 (Pacific Northwest) has submitted a new photo album. Check it out!

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Jan 23 2007

Current Obsession wins Key West Race Week

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
January 23, 2007

Congratulations to Gary Mozer and crew on CURRENT OBSESSION. The winner of the hotly contested J/109 class went down to the final leg of the last (9th) race where the top four positions were decided. Gary Mozer’s CURRENT OBSESSION, by securing 3rd in the final race, won a tiebreaker with Stephen Tedeschi’s TASTES LIKE CHICKEN. …

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