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, […]

The J/88 Midwinter Championship returned this weekend amid picture-perfect conditions in the waters off St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida. Four J/88s participated in the Championship, a part of the John Jennings Memorial Spinnaker Regatta, with above-average temperatures, blue skies and gorgeous winds between 10-15 knots. In the no-discard, seven-race […]

Registration is open and the Notice of Race posted for the 2022 J/88 Midwinter Championship at the John Jennings Memorial Spinnaker Regatta hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL from January 8-9, 2022. Complete event details may be found at https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=14847.

The 2021 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta was hosted by American Yacht Club in Rye, NY on September 25-26 and October 2-3. Five J/88s enjoyed eight tight races. Justin Scagnelli & Tim Price’s Albondigas came out on top with 14 net points. The next two positions were tied on points […]

After a Friday night Mount Gay Lawn Party, Saturday morning seemed to be a fortuitous time to raise the AP flag, signaling a delay to the start of racing on day three of Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club, also the 2021 J/88 North American Championship. After […]