Category: Class Business

NEW CLASS OFFICERS ELECTED!

Pursuant to section 6.8 in the J/109 Class Association Constitution, I am pleased to report that 51% of eligible class members voted to elect the following officers: Bob Schwartz, Fleet 10, President Kevin Saedi, Fleet 11, Vice President Ted Herlihy, Fleet 6, Treasurer Tina Filippelli, Fleet 10, Class Secretary The Executive Board will appoint Adrian …

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J/109 CLASS OFFICERS ELECTION – vote now!

CLASS MEMBERS, please vote for Class Officers who will begin service in January 2012. Voting is now open. Members may vote by simply emailing your selections to dailey@raptor205.com Complete information on the nominees is under the pick, GOVERNANCE at the top of this homepage. Then choose, Class Documents. Complete candidate Information is the first item …

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Fall 2011 Letter from Class President Rick Lyall

Fellow J109 Class Members, I have a lot of ground to cover here so please bear with me and I will try not to take too much of your time. First, congratulations to Fleet Captain Bill Sweetser and the members of the Fleet 4 Task Force (Tony Syme, Paul Milo and Steve McManus) for the …

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President’s Letter Spring 2011 Posted

Rick Lyall’s Spring 2011 letter is now posted. For details about this year’s championships, a tribute to Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay, and updates about proposed rules changes… read on.

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Fall 2010 Class President’s Letter

Fellow J/109 Class Members, As we stretch into fall, at least for those of us in the northeastern US the sailing season is beginning to wind down. We have one more event on our calendar: the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, hosted by Storm Trysail Foundation and Larchmont Yacht Club. The J/109 Class is proud to be …

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Update from Class President Rick Lyall

Hi All, We are just back from an exciting week of racing in Newport where the class held its 2010 North American Championship during the first three days. Gut Feeling followed up on their win in 2008 and is now the only J109 to have won more than one North American title (which also means …

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109 Class Flag to be Flown for Naval Academy Sailing Squadron Regatta

Two weeks ago NASS RC Chairman Bill Museler asked if I could provide him with the J/109 Class Flag for the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron Regatta on Sunday, April 25. I asked Rick Lyall, and it turned out that we did not yet have a class flag designed. Rick acted quickly – Bill Museler now …

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Revised ISAF Sailor Classification Code Takes Effect April 1

Fellow J109 Officers, Fleet Captains and Class Members, As you may be aware ISAF changed its categorization of sailors this year to eliminate the Category 2 designation. As such, sailors are now considered to be Category 1 (amateur) or Category 3 (professional). This doesn’t affect our class rules as we only had limitations on the …

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IRC Rule Seminar April 8th

Larchmont YC is hosting a seminar on the IRC Rule featuring Eric Battinger of US Sailing on April 8th at 7:30pm. The J109 is very competitive under the IRC Rule and this is a terrific opportunity to learn how to optimize our boats under the rule. Space is limited! If you are interested in attending …

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East Coast Schedule update

Fellow J109 owners and Friends, The key one design events for the 2010 season are now updated on the calendar. Please take a look at your schedule and let me know which events you plan to attend. We need a critical mass of competitors to keep 109 racing strong in the northeast, so please do …

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