Edgartown Week & Round Island After notching only eight knots of breeze on opening day (July 18), Edgartown Yacht Club's three-day Race Week cranked into high gear for a subsequent two days of action, loading up 25 teams with 20 knots of breeze for a second day of the event's Big Boat Buoy Races and…
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Fiesta Cup
Fiesta Cup The 7th annual Fiesta Cup took place on July 20-21 at Santa Barbara Yacht Club with eight J/105s participating. Tight racing ensued over the six-race series, but Rick Goebel's Sanity took top honors with 19 points. Just four points separated the top four, with Alex Bernal/Tedd White's Free Enterprise in second (21 points),…
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J/105 Invitational Regatta
J/105 Invitational Regatta This past weekend the San Francisco J/105 fleet was treated to its own race course on the Berkeley Circle courtesy of Sausalito YC. SYC has been running the event for J/105s-only for years between Sausalito, the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. However, with all the America's Cup hoopla going on, SYC wisely…
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Bayview Mackinac Race
Bayview Mackinac Race Closure has come to the Bayview Mackinac Race, which had 221 starters on July 20 with only 12 retirees. Seven J/105s joined in on the journey. The J/105s saw a two-peat take place in their midst, with past race winner Pterodactyl skippered by Mary Symonds finishing late Sunday night to win by…
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