Don Dwyer was featured in the September 2016 On Watch section of WindCheck Magazine. Don tells about his J/109 Guardian J, family, crew, and friends. Read the article below from WindCheck Magazine with the original published at this link. Don Dwyer isn’t exactly new to sailing, although his path to becoming an avid sailor is somewhat …
Category: Long Island Sound (CT / NY)
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Jul 17 2016
Loki wins 2016 North American Championship
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 16, 2016) — With 19 boats, the J/109 fleet was the biggest to compete in the 2016 New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. By the time today’s first race started just after 1 p.m., however, only two mattered. David Rosow’s Loki (Southport, Conn.) and Donald Filippelli’s Caminos …
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Mar 26 2016
Register for AYC Spring Series
Register now for the American Yacht Club Spring Series at this link. Always a great event and a great venue for two weekends of racing scheduled 23-24 April & 30 April-1 May. The J/109 Class has a OD start with 9 Boats on the scratch sheet already. This is a Great warm up event before …
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Jul 15 2015
Zig Zag Wins East Coast Championship
Bengt Johansson and the crew from Zig Zag won a very tightly contested J/109 East Coast Championship. The J/109 East Coast Championship was held at the Red Grant Regatta hosted by Raritan YC on July 11&12 as part of RYC’s 150 year celebration. Nine boats from New England, Long Island Sound, Chesapeake and New …
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Jun 29 2015
Caminos wins 2015 North American Championship
Helmed by Ryan Dempsey, son-in-law of boat owner Donald Filippelli, the team on J/109 Caminos won boat of the week as well as first place in the J/109 fleet at Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week XXVI held 21-26 June 2015. The team, out of Amagansett, NY, won their 24-boat one-design class by 17 points and took first …
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May 04 2015
North Sails J/109 class support at BIRW
The J/109 Class is pleased to announce that North Sails has volunteered to provide support to the J/109 class at Block Island Race Week. This support is for all boats no matter whose sails are used. The following support will be provided: Dedicated North U Regatta Services day – this includes filming of all boats …
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Apr 07 2015
Class Requirements for Block Island Race Week
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Aug 04 2014
Busy fall schedule!
We may be in the dog days of summer, but J/109's on the East Coast still have several regattas coming up! Between the IRC Championship of Long Island Sound (which is also the J/109 LIS Championship), AYC Fall Series (J/109 East Coast Championship), and Storm Trysail's annual Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, there is plenty of racing …
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Oct 11 2013
15 J109s face off this weekend at the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta
Close to 500 college sailors from 49 schools racing 54 borrowed boats come together this weekend for the 2013 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, hosted by the Storm Trysail Foundation and the Larchmont Yacht Club. With so many college sailors participating, the event has become the world’s largest college sailing regatta. Schools participating will come from Canada, …
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