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After pulling themselves up from seventh to fourth on Saturday, October 22, Bill Menninger (Newport Harbor Yacht Club) and his team posted two bullets Sunday to climb to the top of the 12-boat fleet and win San Diego Yacht Club’s International Masters Regatta in J/105s. Meninger was sailing with Scott Mason, Jon Pinckney, Steve Schupak,…

San Francisco Bay whipped up a significant flood tide which, together with fearsome 20-27 kt winds, made for a challenging weekend for the 19 J/105s that made it out to the western face of Alcatraz for a weekend of windward-leeward racing in the Sausalito YC J/105 Invitational on July 23-24. Unlike racing anywhere in the…

J/105 Fleet 5 Chicago organized J/105 one-design racing in the South Shore Yacht Club Queens Cup Race. 10 foot waves and 30 knots of wind greeted the sailors early in the morning prior to the start. As the day progressed, winds settled to 15 knots at the 3:55pm start of this 79 NM race across…

In the J/105 fleet at Cleveland Race Week's offshore weekend, Chip Schaffner’s FALL LINE won convincingly, posting six bullets for a final tally of 6 points. Sailing fast, but not fast enough to catch FALL LINE, was Rob Mock’s UNBRIDLED, settling for second with 11 points, and Jim Uhlir’s TRIO finished third. For more Cleveland…