Articles by: Class Office

Perfect Start to J/105 North American Championship

Little Traverse Bay presented picture-perfect conditions for 15 teams on the initial day of the J/105 North American Championship hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI. Winds in the teens joined by blue skies and temperatures in the low 70s made for three ideal races, all of […]

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110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

From tragedy and big seas to flat calm and floating, the 110th Chicago Mackinac Race was a race of extremes for the 289.4 nm course from the Chicago Lighthouse, just off Navy Pier, to Mackinac Island. After the Cruising Division start on July 20 and the Racing Division start on […]

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Tight Racing at Whidbey Island Race Week

From Canada and California, Oregon and Idaho, and even Hawaii, 68 boats made the pilgrimage to Whidbey Island Race Week in Oak Harbor, WA. One design fleets including J/105s were joined by five PHRF fleets, one Sport PHRF class and one Performance Cruising class for racing from July 19 to […]

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Beaudin

The western end of Long Island Sound has the reputation of being a light-air venue during the summer. However, Larchmont Race Week 2018 disproved that theory as the wind gods smiled on the sailors from July 14 to 22 with puffs at one point approaching 30 knots. Over 100 one-designs […]

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