Eastern Yacht Club hosted another fun Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series over three days in late July. Nine J/105 teams fought for class honors. It quickly became a duel between two boats—Matt Herbster’s NO QUARTER and Charlie Garrard’s MERLIN. Starting with a 1-1-3, Garrard’s MERLIN team looked well on […]
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J/105 Wins Lake Ontario 300 Overall
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 […]
Read MoreStormy, Challenging Chicago Mackinac Race
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. […]
Read MoreRace Week Anacortes
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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