Category: Regattas

J/109 Starting Clinic Video from 2015 BIRW

J/109 Class Association

Bill Gladstone of North U facilitated a starting clinic for the J/109 Class at the 2015 Block Island Race Week. This was a great opportunity for registered competitors to get coaching on how to start in a large fleet.  The clinic was conducted in very light air. Bill prepared the following video to share with …

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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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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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J/109 East Coast Championship

Raritan Yacht Club welcomes the J/109 class to the 2015 Red Grant and 150th Anniversary Regatta.  One of the oldest clubs in the nation, RYC is proud to have been a family club located in historic Perth Amboy since 1865.  RYC hosts some of the best racing in the Mid-Atlantic and is thrilled that the …

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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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Class Requirements for Block Island Race Week

J/109 Class Association

The Storm Trysail Club has posted NOR Amendment #3 on the Block Island Race Week website.  This NOR amendment contains J/109 Class requirements for the 2015 J/109 North American Championship at Block Island Race Week.

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The Annapolis NOOD is May 1 – 3, 2015!

This largest of the country’s NOOD regattas, with 200 boats last year, will also be the J/109 Mid-Atlantic Championship; and the first of three qualifying events for the beautiful J/109 Class Association East Coast Regatta Series Trophy.  The other two are the J/109 North American Championship at Block Island Race Week (the mandatory event) and …

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2015 North Americans @ BIRW

The 2015 J/109 North American Championship will be held at Block Island Race Week (BIRW) 21 through 26 June. Registration is now open.  This is the 50th anniversary of BIRW and this iconic East Coast sailing regatta organized by the Storm Trysail Club. Race Week 2015 is scheduled for June 21-26 and includes multiple races …

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NORTHSTAR wins inaugural Great Lakes Championship!

The first annual Great Lakes Championship was contested this season! Thanks to George Simkins (co-owner of Momentus) for this terrific writeup of the event: “The Great Lakes Championship consisted of two regattas, to be raced over two consecutive weekends: the Colors, hosted by Columbia Yacht Club, and the NOODs, hosted by Chicago Yacht Club. The …

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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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