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Congratulations to Current Obsession!!!

Gary MozerÆs J/109 Current Obsession raced consistently well with 6 firsts and 1 second to win IRC D Class at St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat Series. Current Obsession topped the nine-boat IRC fleet Mozer won the Keefe-Kilborn Memorial Trophy, which was established in 1976 to honor Harold Keefe and Ray Kilborn along with a …

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Congratulations to J/109 Harm’s Way!!

Racing in a division of mixed PHRF boats, Bill Smith’s J/109, Harm’s Way, has won both the Annual Fort Worth Boat Club and the spring’s Old Man of the Sea Regattas. The FWBC is located on Eagle Mountain Lake north of Fort Worth, Texas. Harm’s Way sails with a PHRF handicap of 69.

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Chicago to Mackinac race features 3 J109’s in the top 10

This yearÆs Chicago to Mackinac race featured 300 boats in the big boat and little boat fleets. The race began July 16, 2005. The large boat fleet of 138 boats race for the Chicago to Mackinac trophy. In this fleet, Realt Na Mara skippered by Joe Londrigan, Northstar skippered by Dave Gustman, and Lucky Dubie …

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Phoebe’s Phling Winner of BIRW 2005

Block Island RI, Phoebe’s Phling, owned by Charles Milligan, Newport RI won the J109 East Coast Championships, held during Block Island Race Week. With 16 J/109s on the line and 4 points seperating the top 3 boats, the week provided great racing in the J/109 Class! Congratulations to Pheobe’s Phling and all the J/109s who …

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J/109 Takes Second at Toronto NOODS

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

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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J/109s Results

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 …

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J/109s at Buzzard Bay Regatta

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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ELECTRA wins J/109 East Coast Championships

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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10 J/109s Compete at Block Island Race Week 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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