J/105 at Strictly Sail J/105 Fleet 5 had a booth at the 2015 Chicago Strictly Sail Show held at McCormick Place January 14-18. The booth was manned by Fleet 5 members and had the J/105 Bella (Chicago NOOD winner) as the center piece where visitors to the booth could climb […]

Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race Despite generally light airs with winds reaching no more than 15 knots, three teams have won their skipper’s weight in rum for breaking records in the 79th Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race. Peter Lewis on his J/105 Whistler won the 35ft and Under […]

GBCA Icicle 3 Finally! GBCA’s third Icicle race on January 17 saw some 60+ boats find themselves in 64 degree temperatures and mostly sunny Texas skies. The wind gods’ decision to provide fluky 2-10 knot breezes made for some extremely interesting sail choices and some very strange position changes along […]

GBCA Icicle 2 For once, January in Texas took on aspects of that Northern Yankee weather. GBCA’s second Icicle began with the temperature at 39 degrees, heavy cloud cover, and high humidity that switched into light rain for the last two-thirds of the race. Twenty-five brave competitors started, but it […]