Category: Regattas

May 28 2012

Block Island Race Week

By admin in New England (RI to ME), Regattas
May 28, 2012

Block Island race week from June 18th to 22nd with our East Coast Championship is fast approaching. The classic event will be a great tune up opportunity for the July North Americans in Newport.

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May 21 2012

Cedar Point One Design Regatta

By admin in Long Island Sound (CT / NY), Regattas
May 21, 2012

J109 sailors on the Long Island Sound (and adjacent waters, The 2012 Cedar Point ODR will be held on June 2/3 at Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT. We already have 4 J109s signed up. Please help us to also have a strong representation from the local fleet and join us for this great …

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Mar 25 2012

Warsash Spring Series Update

By admin in Regattas
March 25, 2012

The 109 class has a very strong showing of eleven boats at the 2012 Warsash Spring Series, which runs on Sundays from 18 March to 29 April (excluding Easter). Currently leading the series with a pair of twos is JAHMALI (Mike & Sarah Wallis). OFFBEAT (David Mcleman) is in 2nd after two races.

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Dec 09 2011

OUTRAJEOUS Wins Hamble Series

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
December 9, 2011

(Hamble, England)- Winter finally came to the Garmin Hamble Winter Series in time for the final race, to show crews just how lucky they have been throughout the unseasonably warm event. A brisk, cold westerly wind that fluctuated between 10 and 25 knots gave the assembled sailors a challenge when it came to choosing sails, …

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Dec 02 2011

An Irish STORM Wins Boat of Year Award

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
December 2, 2011

As predicted in the Afloat online reader poll, the yacht STORM owned by Pat Kelly has lifted the Irish Cruiser Racer Association’s Boat of the Year award at the ICRA conference in Dun Laoghaire. Among other wins, the J109 design counted five firsts in an impressive victory in class one IRC at the 2011 ICRA …

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Oct 20 2011

GUT FEELING Wins J/109 North Americans

By admin in Boats & Owners, Chesapeake Bay, Regattas
October 20, 2011

(Annapolis, MD)- The forecast for any sailor north of Cape Hatteras along the northeastern seaboard of America was simply this- “fresh to frightening” weather conditions, winds 15-30 knots (thereabouts) and, depending on “fetch”, seas could be huge (e.g. ginormous). Fortunately, the J/109 competitors sailing off Annapolis only had to worry about a 1-2 nm “fetch” …

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Jul 13 2011

North Americans NOR Posted

By admin in Regattas
July 13, 2011

The 2011 North Americans NOR has been posted. Follow the link below.

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Jun 22 2011

2011 Block Island Race Week Humpday Update

By admin in Regattas
June 22, 2011

Excerpted from the Scuttlebutt Forum: In the J/109 class, the largest here with 15 boats, it was Bill Sweetser (Annapolis, Md.) who got the most bang for his buck today by winning both races with his crew aboard Rush. Combined with a second yesterday, the performance gave him four points to the 12 posted by …

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Jun 01 2011

J-Dream crowned Tacktick J/109 UK National Champion 2011

By admin in Boats & Owners, Regattas
June 1, 2011

On the final day of racing at the Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship, the fleet arrived on the dock to find gusts of mid 20s in the marina. The PRO took the sensible decision to postpone for one hour to see if the wind would settle as there were gusts of 30+ out in the …

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May 31 2011

UK Nationals Day 2

By admin in Regattas
May 31, 2011

J/109 fleet enjoy the downhill ride in 28 knots at day 2 of the Tacktick J/109 UK National Championship Four races today – that is a tall order was the cry at breakfast, particularly from those who had visited the venues in Weymouth late on a Friday evening. The start of Race 4 of the …

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