One of the highlights of the southern Chesapeake Bay racing season is the Southern Bay Race Week hosted by Hampton Yacht Club. The event actually starts with the annual “feeder race” from Annapolis, the “Down the Bay Race.” After the racers have recuperated from their blast down the Chesapeake, the […]

Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Virginia Cruising Cup hosts the renown 120nm “Down the Bay” offshore race that goes from Annapolis, MD to Hampton, VA. The conditions could only be described as epic, with winds howling out of the NNW. This meant the fleet was blessed with broad reaching […]

At Cal Race Week, the J/24s nearly had a clean sweep by the top boat. Dave Klatt’s team on JADED dominated with a second and four firsts for 6 points. Second was past J/24 North American Champion Pat Toole on 3 BIG DOGS from Santa Barbara YC, taking first and […]

The results are in after two amazing days of racing in the waters just off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In all, 19 boats competed for the 2013 J/24 District 1 Championship. After eight great races in 10-20 knots, Team AL skippered by Carter White and crewed by Mark […]

This year’s famous FIGAWI race was perhaps one for the record books. It was wild, wet, cold, rainy and windy. The several thousand sailors in the race faced the same conditions as many of their sailing friends who were participating in the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race just a […]

One of the highlights of the Santa Barbara sailing season is always the Cinco de Mayo celebration. The event always attracts a good fleet of one-design classes. In fact, Cinco de Mayo and the Fiesta Cup celebrated later in July are the highlights of the summertime sailing season for locals […]

13 J/24s competed at this weekend’s Seattle NOOD, also serving as the Western Regional Championship (thus determining a berth for the 2014 World Championship). Scott Milne on Tremendous Slouch earned the victory over the 16-race series with 56 points. Michael Johnson’s Pearl was the runner-up with 62 points. Craig Suhrbier […]

Anthony Parker’s Bangor Packet dominated the 12-boat J/24 fleet at this weekend’s Annapolis NOOD. Tallying scores of 1,2,1,1,1,3,1,1, the team totaled just 11 points in the eight races. Peter Rich trailed in second place with 33 points, and Mike Marshall finished third with 34. Eight races were completed in all, […]