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 […]

The 19th edition of Long Beach Race Week concluded on Sunday, June 23 with a full complement of races sailed in 11 divisions, including six one-design classes and five PHRF fleets. Throughout the three solid days of racing conditions, the breeze rarely dropped below 14 knots and settled in the […]

This year’s J/Fest Seattle was hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle on Puget Sound on June 15-16. After a six-race series, John Aitchison’s MOOSE UNKNOWN from Canada won the J/105 fleet with four firsts and a 2-4 for 6 points net. The balance of the podium was a […]

Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault won the J/105 class in the Cleveland Race Week Offshore Regatta, following up on their victory last weekend in Cleveland One Design Regatta. Running a two-boat program, with J/105 Arbitrage in San Francisco and J/105 Arbitrade on the East Coast, they brought the latter to […]