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Verve Cup Inshore Regatta

Chicago Yacht Club’s Verve Cup Inshore Regatta took place August 22-25 off Chicago. The weather was good enough for the 15-boat J/70 fleet that the Chicago YC RC/PRO team managed to run 10 windward/leeward races. In the end, it was a Texas crew from Fort Worth Boat Club who completed […]

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Ted Hood Regatta

The Storm Trysail Club’s Ted Hood Regatta provided great sailing over the three-day event, despite challenging weather conditions. Hosting the 7th annual event from August 16-18 was Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, in conjunction with local partners: Corinthian YC and the Boston YC. Local Dave Franzel’s SPRING won the […]

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J/Fest & Fiesta Cup

Santa Barbara Yacht Club has hosted its Fiesta Cup for decades. In addition, this year they added a J/Fest Regatta for two successive weekends of sailing. In the J/70, winning each event was Ryan Cox’s Ventura Yacht Club team on DJ. In both, the DJ team scored lots of bullets […]

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J/70s Enjoy Gorgeous Ugotta Regatta

The Little Traverse Yacht Club hosted its iconic Ugotta Regatta in Harbor Springs, MI on July 26-28. The 18-boat J/70 fleet was won by Bruno Pasquinelli’s STAMPEDE from Fort Worth Boat Club in Fort Worth, TX. His team posted a 3-1-1-1 record for 6 points total. Taking second was Dave […]

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Race Week Anacortes

Race Week Anacortes had lots of races over the three days in WA at the annual event held June 24-28. The nine-boat J/70 fleet enjoyed a plethora of races. Winning handily was Mike Brevik’s FRAM for 17 net points. A distant second was Boris Luchterhand’s RIFF with 41 points net. […]

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Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week

The 19th edition of Long Beach Race Week concluded on Sunday, June 23 with a full complement of races sailed in 11 divisions, including six one-design classes and five PHRF fleets. Throughout the three solid days of racing conditions, the breeze rarely dropped below 14 knots and settled in the […]

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J/Fest Seattle

This year’s J/Fest Seattle was hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle on Puget Sound on June 15-16. In this hotly-contested J/70 fleet of 10 boats, the finale was determined by a tiebreaker at 8 points each. Winning that countback was Herb Cole’s WOODPILE over Mike Breviks’s FRAM-96. Similarly, […]

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