TECHNICAL UPDATE!!!!!

We have recently learned that several J109Æs in the field may have their hot water tank temperature dials set to 80 degrees Celsius, which is 20 degrees too high of the recommended setting for the fittings. Sustained use of the tank at this maximum setting may cause leaking of the fittings. Your hot water heater …

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Acura Key West 2006

If there were any lingering thoughts that the Key West venue had somehow lost its windy ôedge,ö the 2006 running of Premiere Racing’s Key West Race Week squashed them in resounding fashion. With the winds peaking at 33 knots and only dipping below 15 knots during 3 of the 9 races, the 280 boats across …

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Key West Action

With 11 points separating 1st and 4th place the J109 action is HOT at Key West. Be sure to check out the results.

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J109 European Cup at Deauville Int.Week-Press Release

The celebrated J Boats yard has today announced the launch of the first European J 109 Cup, the ‘J/109 EuroCup’, within the framework of the Deauville International Sailing Week from 7th to 11th June 2006. Launched in 2001, the J/109, a 10.85m racer-cruiser, has developed rapidly and around fifteen fleets have formed in the United …

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WANTED…Your Photos

We are in the process of adding photo albums onto the website. If you have a website of your boat please send me your link or if you have a few photos of your boat please submit them to me and I can create an album. We are especially interested in your cruising photographs And …

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Record number of J/109s to attend Key West Race Week!

As of today we have 10 J/109s registered to participate at Key West Race Week. One of the ten boat will be making the journey across the pond from the UK to compete. Good luck to all participants and be sure to follow the action.

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J/109 Fall Newsletters

The J/109 Newsletters have been mailed. You should receive your copy in the next few days. If you do not recieve a newsletter or would like additional copies please feel free to contact me at kendra@jboats.com

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2006 Sailing Calendar Updated

The 2006 Sailing calendar has been updated and is online. If you would like to add an event please email me at kendra@jboats.com and I will add it to the schedule.

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Congratulations to Current Obsession!!!

Gary MozerÆs J/109 Current Obsession raced consistently well with 6 firsts and 1 second to win IRC D Class at St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat Series. Current Obsession topped the nine-boat IRC fleet Mozer won the Keefe-Kilborn Memorial Trophy, which was established in 1976 to honor Harold Keefe and Ray Kilborn along with a …

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Congratulations to J/109 Harm’s Way!!

Racing in a division of mixed PHRF boats, Bill Smith’s J/109, Harm’s Way, has won both the Annual Fort Worth Boat Club and the spring’s Old Man of the Sea Regattas. The FWBC is located on Eagle Mountain Lake north of Fort Worth, Texas. Harm’s Way sails with a PHRF handicap of 69.

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