The annual CanAm Challenge took place at Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, NY from July 22-24. Four J/88s participated, and five races were completed. Iris Vogel’s Deviation won four races and ended with just 6 points for the victory. Dave Tufts‘ Gaucho secured the other bullet and came in second […]

The Notice of Race is posted and the website is live for the 2023 J/88 Midwinter Championship at the John Jennings Memorial Spinnaker Regatta at St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL on January 7-8. Go to: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eid=15422. See you in sunny Florida!

In a race that will be remembered as “one for the books,” the 113th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust is a wrap after staggered starts on July 22 and 23 in Chicago, IL. And while this year’s 289 nm race didn’t break any official records other […]

Save the date for the 2023 J/88 Midwinter Championship at the John Jennings Memorial Regatta at St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL. If six J/88s register, we will have (not two, but) three days of racing from January 5-7. Look for the event website and registration soon!

The annual summer dash across the bottom of Lake Michigan from Chicago, IL to Michigan City, IN was a relatively light affair for the fleet of 80 boats. The Columbia Yacht Club RC/PRO team started the fleet on Friday, July 8 evening, and then it was a 32.0nm dash to […]

The best teams in sailboat racing excel across a range of conditions, and for competitors at the 2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Chicago, that’s exactly what was required over three days of challenging Lake Michigan conditions, where the breeze eventually blew from all points and all strengths. For […]

Consistent breeze that ranged from light to medium to heavy? Check. Close competition and exciting racing across the broad spectrum of classes? Check. High-quality race committee work? Check. Factor in three days of beautiful, warm, sunny weather and the 2022 Charleston Race Week demonstrated why sailors come back year after […]

Thanks for the contribution from Jay Dean: The 2022 St. Francis Yacht Club offshore racing season launched with the Spring Fest Regatta, April 9-10, with lively competition in spring sunshine and strong westerlies, thrilling spectators along the shoreline and at the Clubhouse. Crews in the J/88 fleet wrestled with spinnakers […]

Congratulations to Cindy Goodin of New York who is the 2022 raffle winner of the Garmin Quatix 5 watch donated by Iris Vogel!

Class winners who cemented victories at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in St. Petersburg, FL on February 18-20 included the J/88 Team Exile, skippered by Andy Graff. Four J/88s competed in eight races over a gorgeous weather weekend. Following Graff were Dave Tufts and Iris Vogel. For comprehensive results, […]