Monthly Archives: September 2018

Thanks to Rod Wilmer & Terry McLaughlin for this report: [caption id="attachment_4478" align="alignleft" width="300"] J105 Canadian Championship 2018 in Toronto at Royal Canadian Yacht Club[/caption] September is remarkable month in Canada. Most of us think of it for back to school, and the change of season. For the Canadian J105 fleet, it brings on the…

The Storm Trysail Club and the Riverside Yacht Club were the hosts of the PHRF/J/105 Long Island Sound Championship. While Saturday was an overall non-starter for all fleets, Sunday at least produced two races to save the day for everyone. The seven-boat J/105 one-design fleet saw dominance from Randy Bourne’s STRANGE BREW, winning with two…

The annual end-of-season Jack & Jill Regatta is hosted by the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club for a fleet of "mixed doubles" crews. Each team is comprised of a man/woman, and you can only sail doublehanded. There were over four dozen boats that made it to the starting line to race the 13.848nm course—a random leg…

Bright sunshine, steady breeze and flat seas greeted the 76 teams for the final day of racing at the 54th edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series (September 12-16), hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club. The race committee announced a 15-minute postponement on both the Alcatraz and Treasure Island race courses to allow the…