J/109 Class Spring 2022 News

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J/109 Class Association

President's Message March 2022

Hello %firstname% %lastname%,

2022 is here and the J/109 calendar events are now listed on the class website!  Registration is open for many events, so please register early to demonstrate our fleets will be showing up for great racing.  A few events to highlight including links to the events:

2022 North American Championship – Pequot YC (Southport, CT) – October 11-15.  An event website is setup at this link. Preparations are well underway by the Long Island Sound Fleet for this to be a phenomenal post-COVID event.  The Notice of Race is published and charter boats may be available for travelers – contact David Rosow – drosowj@gmail.com the regatta chairman if interested.  Start planning early to make sure your sails are tagged and boats are ready to measure in.  The inspection checklist is posted here.

East Coat Events

2022 East Coast Championship – New York YC Race Week – July 12-16.  Come to Newport and enjoy this east coast classic.

Cedar Point One Design – Cedar Point YC (Westport, CT) – June 4 & 5.  Usually the biggest J/109 one-design event on Long Island Sound.  Mandatory event of the East Coast Regatta Series.

Safe Harbor Race Weekend Regatta – Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard (Newport, RI) – August 12-14.   Head up to Newport for the 2nd event in the East Coast Regatta Series.  The 2021 race weekend was claimed as the most popular regatta in Narragansett Bay due to the excellent sailing and superb social events with champagne bar, wine bar and New England lobster boil!

Fleet 10 Fall Classic Regatta – Stamford YC (Stamford, CT) – October 1 & 2.   This final event in the East Coast Regatta Series allows boats to tune up and preposition for the North American championship.  

Great Lakes Events

2022 Skyway Yachtworks Colors RegattaFleet 11 Nearshore Championship Event – June 4 & 5 @ Columbia YC.

Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta – Chicago YC – June 10 – 12.  Fleet 11 Nearshore Championship Event.

Chicago to Waukegan Race – Chicago Corinthian YC – 25 June.  Fleet 11 Offshore Championship Event.

Race to Mackinac – Chicago YC- July 22-24.  Come join Fleet 11's one design section competing in the 113th running of America’s Offshore Challenge™, beginning in front of Chicago’s magnificent skyline and finishing 289 nautical miles north on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, at Michigan’s iconic Mackinac Island. Fleet 11 Offshore Championship Event.

J/109 Great Lakes Championship @ CYC Verve Cup – Chicago YC – August 19 – 21.  This year Fleet 11 has designated this one design three day buoy racing regatta as the “take all the marbles” Great Lakes Championship. Join the fleet at the Verve Cup, one of the largest course-racing regattas in North America.  Fleet 11 Nearshore Championship Event, Fleet 11 Great Lakes Championship Event.

Chicago Regatta – Chicago YC – 10 September.  Fleet 11 Offshore Championship Event.

Sheldon Clark Regatta – Chicago YC- 17 September.  Fleet 11 Nearshore Championship Event.

We have numerous other events across the country starting to fill the class calendar.  Check them out and sign up.  It's going to be a great season!

This email is also a reminder that 2022 membership and class dues are due for renewal on the J/109 Class website.  You may renew membership and pay dues at this link. If you would like to know the last time you paid dues, just look at the green banner across the top once you have logged in.

Best,

John

Additional Information and Links of Interest are provided below


Your J/109 User Profile & Boat Information

Click the Member Update logo below to update your information.

Update your contact, boat and home port information.

J/109 Online Registration

Use your email address (%email%) as your login.
Need more help? Click on this link and read the section labeled Existing Members. If you still have a problem logging in, email the J/109 Class Administrator – admin@j109.org


Need Information on Maintenance, Rules, Buy / Sell J/109 Boats & Equipment?

Click the J/109 Class Forum logo below to read and share boat information.

The forum has information owners have shared on maintenance, sails, tuning, cruising and events.  If you have something boating related to buy or sell, this is the place to look.  The J/109 Class Forum is the designated method for people to ask the J/109 Class Measurer questions about rules and rules interpretations.

J/109 Class Forum

Anyone may read the forum without logging in, but to be able to post on the forum, you will need to register for a free account, which is separate from you J/109 Class website account.  Once you navigate to the forum, click Register near the top right to setup an account.  If you already have a forum account, click on Login located next to the Register.  There are helpful hints on using the forum located at this link.


J/109 Class Membership

One of the best ways to insure your investment in the J/109 is to support the Class. Owners and Co-owners are strongly encouraged to become Members of the J/109 Class Association. Others may become Associate Members. Members are owners or co-owners. Associate Members are crew and supporters of the J/109 Class. The membership fee is $50.00 for Members and $50.00 for Associate Members. Members who are current with annual dues are provided access to restricted areas on the class website and are able to view complete lists of owners and members.

Existing Members – If you are already an owner with an email address on file, all you need to do is get a password by clicking the Login button located on the menu bar of the website https://j109.org. When in doubt, try this first. Use the Forgotten Password section of the Login page. Once you enter your email address, we will send you a link to reset your password at that address, or if no account exists, provide immediate indication on the screen. As an existing or previous member you can inspect and edit your contact information (after you have logged in) by clicking Update My Info under the Members menu. Existing or previous members can pay annual dues (after you have logged in) by clicking on Renew Membership – Dues under the Members menu.

New Members – If you are not currently registered or do not have an email address on file, register by filling in the form by navigating the menu on the class website https://j109.org – Mouse over Market, then click on New Membership to open that page. Submit your information, then once we review your contact information we will add you to the database. This may take a day or two.

More information about registration and passwords is available in the Login page available by clicking on the Login button located on the menu bar of the website.


J/109 Custom Boat Website Subscriptions Available

The J/109 Class has arranged with Crew Manager LLC to make custom J/109 boat websites available.  Current year J/109 events are already added to the main calendar and easily added to your boat calendar. Crew Manager provides a boat website with features the Skipper & Crew will use throughout the sailing season. In a nutshell, the team website provides a “Who, What, When, Where and Wear” schedule with automatic reminders.  After an event, the Skipper may post results and crew members may submit comments, pictures and stories about the event. Crew Manager works on most any device with a web browser including PC, Mac, iPad, Android tablet, iPhone and Android Phone.  The cost for an annual subscription is $90 and includes the website setup.   The following J/109s have Crew Manager websites.



Schedule & Events on J/109 Class Calendar

Click the J/109 Class Calendar logo below for upcoming events.

Keep up to date on planned J/109 events via the website calendar.

Link to J/109 Class Calendar

For questions or comments, please contact the J/109 Class Administrator.

This message was sent from the J/109 Class Association email system. We periodically send out messages about the J/109 Class including one design events, class rules, cruising, member updates, maintenance information, and technical advisories from equipment manufacturers concerning the J/109.  If you would like to update your email preferences, please send a message the J/109 Class Administrator.

John Greifzu, Jr., J/109 Growth Spurt
J/109 Class Association President

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