Five years ago, Northern California resident Jasper Van Vliet, a sailing instructor at that time, was lamenting the lack of opportunities for non-boat-owning enthusiasts to drive during a race. So he invented a regatta, then turned to his favorite San Francisco fleet—J/24, number 17. What he and peers developed is […]

The annual San Francisco Bay One Design Winter Series kicked off at Sausalito Yacht Club. Teams enjoyed sunshine and mild breeze on the first race day of the weekend series that sails on the second Saturday of each month from November thru February. The J/24s had a match race scenario […]

Richmond Yacht Club’s 32nd Great Pumpkin Regatta had a mix of fall weather with mostly grey skies and generally light airs, but some occasions with more breeze. On Saturday, the fleet enjoyed three well-run races in classic “around the cans” scenarios in the Berkeley Circle. In the J/24 fleet, it […]

Thanks to J/24 Fleet 8 for this report: It was another fantastic fall weekend of racing in Annapolis for the J/24 East Coast Championship J/22 Mid Atlantic Championship on October 27-29. Teams traveled from as far as Nova Scotia and Florida to join in on the fun and vie for […]

From October 21-22, the eighth annual J/Fest Southwest Regatta took place on Clear Lake and Galveston Bay, hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club. The event featured the “Legends Regatta” on Friday afternoon. Thereafter, it was an attempt to get in as many races as possible despite the somewhat unusual weather pattern […]

By: Marcus Rogers The Highlander class many years ago had a Hoosier Challenge cup. It was created by Tim Hollingsworth at Eagle Creek Sailing Club and Tom Kling at Indianapolis Sailing Club(ISC).  It was a cup that named an overall club as winner, and a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for […]

Thanks to Sean Hendrickson for this report: The U GOTTA Regatta/Great Lakes Championship took place October 6-8 at Wayzata Yacht Club in Minnesota. Saturday morning started out as most fall days in Minnesota—grey, overcast and drizzly with light winds from the east around 6-7, but enough to race. Eventually the […]

Thanks to Rick Jarchow for this report: Great weekend of sailing in Melbourne, FL on September 30-October 1. Friday, the drive from south Florida was inundated with rain as four boats slowly crawled out of the Hurricane Irma zone to get back on the water in the beautiful Indian River […]