Congratulations to Michael Gillian of Glen Ellyn, IL – the winner of the 2021 J/88 Class membership raffle. Members who joined the Association before February 28 received a $100 discount, and were entered in a raffle to receive a ProStart partially donated by Sail22.

Scandinavian sailors were recently treated to the annual Midsummer Solo Challenge, an overnight race for singlehanded sailors in and around the archipelagos of Sweden on the Baltic Sea. The purpose of the Midsummer Solo challenge is to have a great time together with other solo enthusiasts with a strong focus […]

Following Chicago’s pandemic guidelines, the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club was able to host Chicago’s first one-design keelboat regatta for just J/Crews – the inaugural J/Fest Chicago. The event took place August 29-30, sailing out of Montrose Harbor, with racing taking place on the waters of Lake Michigan. In the largest […]

The HOOK is the Racine Yacht Club’s premier yacht race, and 2020 marks its 37th year. It is a race from Racine through “Death’s Door” at the top of the Door County peninsula to a port in Green Bay. The first HOOK, named by a member who saw a picture […]

The 2020 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta, open to any sailboat of 29 feet LOA or greater, was held August 7-9 in Chicago, IL. A mix of windward-leeward and distance races were held for 62 teams. Seven J/88s registered for the event, which saw eight races. Ben Marden’s Banter notched six […]

For over a century, Larchmont Race Week has been a crown jewel of racing on Long Island Sound with adults racing on the weekends, as many as 450 juniors sailing during the week, and the Storm Trysail Club’s Jr. Safety-at-Sea seminar on the Friday. All that was to be accompanied […]

For the 2020 edition of the Bayview Mackinac Race, the fleet endured many hours of beating upwind to get to Mackinac Island. Due to Canadian maritime restrictions over the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s course went north and finished. The only obstacles were having to leave Thunder Bay Island and Bois […]

The J/88 Class Association and St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA have determined, because of the varying levels of infection and disruption across the world, that the 2020 J/88 North American Championship scheduled for September 17-20 will be raced in 2021 as part of the 2021 Rolex Big […]

Thank you to John Leahey for preparing these YouTube videos: Kris Werner Quantum Sails J/88 Fleet 4 Virtual Clinic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQu1CBKSKE J/88 Fleet 4 Virtual Rigging Clinic Kristian Martincic CYR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgET2rvWTN0 J/88 Fleet 4 Happy Hour Clinic with Allan Terhune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFV9MTDkqB0 J/88 Fleet 4 Happy Hour Clinic with Marty Kullman Hydra Coaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DpeWT8Ei3g

Iris Vogel and her team on Deviation finished on top of the six-boat J/88 fleet with five first-place and two fifth-place finishes. She said the key to her team’s success was not to panic, especially after a few bad starts. “This fleet is so competitive,” said Vogel, of New Rochelle, […]