The 77th annual Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race took place starting May 24 in beautiful sailing conditions interspersed with frustrating doldrums and even a dry squall. Described by some as a race of “chutes and ladders,” the fleet of 76 boats embarked on the 186-nautical-mile journey on Friday afternoon […]

Spanning three weekends, the Seattle Yacht Club hosted its popular Tri-Island Series. The 22-boat PHRF Short Course Division saw the local J/105 contingent in action. Winning was John Aitchison’s J/105 MOOSE UNKNOWN with a 1-5 for 6 points. Third place was determined by a tiebreaker at 8 points each. Losing […]

On May 11, the St. Francis Yacht Club hosted nine teams for the 2024 San Francisco Bay J/105 Women Skipper Invitational. PRO Gerard Sheridan and his RC team ran four action-packed races on the city-front course while Karl the Fog danced across the sky. Nicole Breault’s team on Arbitrage, which […]

As a blustery weather front cleared Sunday morning to reveal clear blue skies and white caps at sea, sailors on the final day of Yachting Cup were excited to get out on the water in some ‘sporty’ conditions. The fresh breeze from the passing front required boats to tune up […]