Category: New England (RI to ME)

Emoticon wins East Coast Regatta Championship

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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East Coast Championship Party @ BIRW

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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Leading Edge Takes Second Leg of East Coast Regatta Series

(Newport, RI) After an ideal weekend of racing at Cedar Point Yacht Club on Long Island Sound, three J/109s made the quick turn-around for the second leg of the 2021 East Coast Regatta Series at the New York Yacht Club 167th Annual Regatta in Newport, RI over June 11-13.  The regatta is three days, which …

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J/Sailors Love Cedar Point One-Design Regatta!

(Westport, CT)- J/Sailors were waiting with breathless anticipation for a solid weekend of racing in spectacular weather on Long Island Sound last weekend for the Cedar Point One-Design Regatta hosted by Cedar Point Yacht Club. The weather Godz cooperated (for once) and delivered amazing breezes out of the southwest to west-southwest both days. A massive …

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Loki Sets the Standard, Again – Rosow & Crew Win 4th Straight North American Championship

The J/109 Class held its annual North American Championship over four days in August on the waters of Buzzards Bay.  New Bedford Yacht Club (South Dartmouth, MA) played host to 11 boats vying for the Class’s top prize from August 21 through August 24, 2019. Over the course of the week, the fleet saw nearly …

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Leading Edge Wins 2019 East Coast Championship

Congratulations to Tom & Diana Sutton of Houston, TX and the Leading Edge crew for winning the J/109 East Coast Championship at J/Fest New England hosted by Sail Newport the weekend of 10-11 August.  The six race series occurred over two days with Leading Edge having a commanding lead at 10 points, 8 points ahead …

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Growth Spurt Wins East Coast Regatta Series 2nd Event

Sail Newport hosted the second J/109 Class event for the 2019 East Coast Regatta Series at the Newport Regatta held 6-7 July.  Participation was down with only four boats entered in the J/109 Class over the long Independence Day holiday weekend but the competition was still tight.  In the end, Growth Spurt was on the podium …

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2019 J/109 Race Schedule

Major regattas are on the calendar to 2019 with J/109 participation encouraged.  Additionally there are some local regattas listed on the website calendar.  The following regattas are scheduled with links to registration (if available) J/109 North American Championship—August 20-24 at New Bedford YC – New Bedford, MA J/109 East Coast Championship—August 10-11 at J/Fest New …

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Loki Wins 2018 North American Championship

The 2018 J/109 North American Championship hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club is now in the record books.  This regatta provided a challenge for all twenty boats with winds across the four days from a drifter to a gale!  David Rosow skippering Loki sailed a spectacular regatta with a score of 40 points over 10 races… and elected …

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Loki Wins 2018 East Coast Regatta Series

The competition for the East Coast Regatta Series trophy was determined after the 2nd weekend of the American YC fall series.  David Rosow sailing Loki held the trophy as the defending champion and was able to successfully hold off a challenge at the final event by Bengt Johansson and the Zig Zag crew.  Earlier in the …

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