Category: Southern Lake Michigan

Chicago’s Verve Cup 2007: August 17-19, 2007

In a weather shortened regatta, over 176 offshore boats and 50 one design boats competed in the Verve Cup. The race dates back to 1893 and is the major August regatta on the great lakes. The one design section of J/109s raced three windward leeward races on Friday and a long distance race on Saturday. …

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Chicago Mackinac race ends with J/109’s 2nd and 3rd overall

Eleven J/109’s competed in the Chicago to Mackinac race on July 14th. This was a record number of J/109’s for this race and gave the fleet a one design section in the 99th Mac Race. Rob Zerban’s ZEITGEIST won the section and finished second overall in the 130 boat Chicago to Mackinac Trophy division for …

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Track “The Mac”

The 8 boat J/109 fleet entered into the 2006 Chicago to Mackinac Race will all be equipped with tracking devices so you can follow along with the action.

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Chicago to Mackinac race features 3 J109’s in the top 10

This yearÆs Chicago to Mackinac race featured 300 boats in the big boat and little boat fleets. The race began July 16, 2005. The large boat fleet of 138 boats race for the Chicago to Mackinac trophy. In this fleet, Realt Na Mara skippered by Joe Londrigan, Northstar skippered by Dave Gustman, and Lucky Dubie …

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Chicago Yacht Club’s Verve Cup greets a new one design fleet

This yearÆs Verve Cup, sailed on 3 race courses and featuring 250 boats saw the continued growth of the J109. The Southern Lake Michigan J109 brought 8 boats to the starting line and gained a one design section in the three day event. Beautiful sailing conditions on Lake Michigan gave the J109Æs plenty of competitive …

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J/109 Takes Second at Toronto NOODS

J/109, ONE MORE #145 owned by Llyod McKeen took second at the Toronto NOODS. With a PHRF rating of 69, ONE MORE should have been the slowest boat in the mixed fleet of 6 boats. But she finished second with a total of 18 points. ONE MORE finished ahead of a Beneteau 40.7, 2 C&Cs …

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J/109s Take 1st, 2nd and 4th at the 2004 CYC Verve Cup

The J/109s dominated in the recently completed Verve Cup held at the Chicago Yacht Club. Lucky Dubie 2, hull #124 owned by Len Siegal took first in section with a total score of 7.25, followed closely by Realta Na Mara hull # 141 owned by Tom Londrigan with 9.5 points. Hull #173 sailed by Bob …

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J/109s swept Chicago NOOD, taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd in PHRF 3

The J/109s had a great run at the Chicago NOOD held June 11th-13th. Racing in PHRF fleet 3 with 12 entries the J/109s took the top 3 spots. Len Siegal, owner of Luckie Dubie 2 took first place scoring 16 points in this best of 7 series with one toss out. This was Lucky Dubie’s …

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