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J/105 Wins Lake Ontario 300 Overall

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The Lake Ontario 300 Challenge is an exciting 300-mile triangular course on Lake Ontario. Winning the PHRF B Division was Dave Ogryyzio’s J/105 TRUE BLUE with a corrected time of 2 days, 10 hrs, 58 mins. That time was also good enough to win the Lake Ontario 300 Overall in…

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Stormy, Challenging Chicago Mackinac Race

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This year’s 289.0nm Chicago Mackinac Race saw the fleet start in light to medium southeasterly winds and bright sunshine. By 2:00 pm, all boats were on their way north up to Mackinac Island. It ended up being a fast, thrilling race. Most of the fleet missed the Sunday AM storms.…

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Race Week Anacortes

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Race Week Anacortes had lots of races over the three days in WA at the annual event held June 24-28. The nine-boat J/105 fleet saw a battle to the final races. Winning was John Aitchison’s Moose Unknown from Canada with 21 net points. Lenny Rezabek’s insubordination followed with 30 net…

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J/105 Doublehanded Team Wins Edgartown YC’s Venona Trophy

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Henry Sesselberg’s J/105 UBUNTU (Cape Elizabeth, ME), a doublehanded entry in Edgartown Yacht Club’s ’Round the Island Race (‘RTI), managed to sail away with the coveted Venona Trophy in the recently concluded Edgartown Race Weekend. The ’RTI, an annual circumnavigation of Martha’s Vineyard that is one of America’s oldest distance…

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Why Buy a J/105

According to Jeff Johnstone, President of JBoats, the J/105 has overwhelmed the entire 30-37 foot keelboat market. And he is not only speaking about his competitors, but boats in his own line as well. Even though the J/105 was the first sprit boat when it was designed by Rod Johnstone in 1990, it still dominates sixteen years into its production cycle and it is among the top four boats receiving inquiries (among 15 current models) from potential buyers. According to Jeff, their other 30-37 foot boats serve other needs.