Category: Long Island Sound (CT / NY)

May 07 2024

J109 2022 North American Championship, Pequot YC, Southport, CT

By Julia O-Dowd in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
May 7, 2024

By Julia O-Dowd in Long Island Sound, CT – Photos © Kenneth Murphy

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Jun 09 2022

J/109 Class Mourns Loss of Jeremy Macan

By admin in Class Business, Long Island Sound (CT / NY)
June 9, 2022

On Sunday, June 5, the J/109 Class lost one of its avid sailors, Jeremy Macan. Please see below for his obituary. Hazlet – Louis Jeremy Macan, 49, is a beloved son, brother and friend. He was an avid sailor and spent most of his life on the water. He was a member of the …

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Oct 23 2021

Big Breeze for 2021 LIS Fall Classic

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
October 23, 2021

Mother nature delivered superb conditions for the seven J109s that attended the Third Annual Fleet 10 Fall Classic hosted by Stamford Yacht Club (Stamford, CT). On Saturday, October 16, a warm southerly breeze of 15-25 knots allowed the Race Committee to bang out four races. The boats that honed their skills at AYC Fall Series …

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Oct 11 2021

J/109s Return to AYC Fall

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
October 11, 2021

September 2021 marked the return of the American Yacht Club Fall Series and its famous after-racing lawn parties on Milton Point in Rye, New York. Seven Long Island Sound J/109s showed up for the event and some extremely close racing in a variety of conditions over the course of two weekends. The first Saturday (Sept. …

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Aug 31 2021

Pequot Resumes J/109 Invitational

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
August 31, 2021

After a one-year hiatus for COVID, Pequot Yacht Club in Southport, CT, resumed its J/109 Invitational Regatta over the weekend of August 7 & 8, 2021. The theme was the same as 2019–leave the racing sails and pros at home, just get out and sail the J/109! 11 boats jumped at the opportunity, including crews …

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Jun 29 2021

Emoticon wins East Coast Regatta Championship

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), New England (RI to ME), Regattas, Slider
June 29, 2021

From the Storm Trysail Club 1BI Newsletter: New Shoreham, RI – Thick fog and light winds greeted sailors on the final morning of Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville. After an hour-long postponement, the Race Committee ultimately decided to abandon racing on Margaritaville Race Day due to the low visibility and lack …

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Jun 23 2021

East Coast Championship Party @ BIRW

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), New England (RI to ME), Slider
June 23, 2021

The 2021 East Coast Championship held at Block Island Race Week (BIRW) is in full swing with 14 J/109s competing and partying. On day 1, the race around the island was postponed due to fog. Unfortunately with the white circle firmly entrenched in the fog bank west of BI, racing for the day was finally …

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Oct 19 2020

LIS J/109s Make One-Design Racing Happen in 2020!

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
October 19, 2020

by John Greifzu Jr., Class President In a year of regatta cancellations, the Long Island Sound J/109 Fleet kept October 17-18 on the calendar with the hopes that they could finally do some one-design racing in 2020. For eight dedicated crews, the Stamford Yacht Club delivered an excellent event for the second annual Fleet 10 …

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Oct 22 2019

Inaugural Fleet 10 Fall Classic Delivers Great J109 Racing

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
October 22, 2019

Long Island Sound J109s assembled one more time in 2019 for the inaugural Fleet 10 Fall Classic at Stamford Yacht Club (CT) over the weekend of October 19-20. Thankfully, the forecast for each day was incorrect and the Sound delivered great conditions for October racing. On Saturday, a light westerly breeze built into a consistent 7-10-knot southwesterly over the …

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Sep 05 2019

J109s Excel at 238-mile Vineyard Race

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas, Slider
September 5, 2019

Over Labor Day weekend, the Stamford Yacht Club (Stamford, CT) held its annual Vineyard Race, a 238-mile race from Stamford to the Buzzards Bay tower, around Block Island and back to Stamford. Conditions were mostly off the wind and J109s ran the table in Class 9 of the PHRF division. John Greifzu, Jr.’s Growth Spurt took 1st in …

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