East Coast Championship at BIRW Starts With Stiff Competition Day one had beautiful weather for sailboat racing with 12-16 knots of wind and sunny skies. Three races had the 16-boat J/105 fleet working hard all day. Race 1 had loulou first around the top mark followed by Eclipse, back with […]

Tenacious Takes Top Honors in J/105 Fleet at AYC Annual Regatta Brothers Carl and Scott Gitchell used to argue so much aboard the J/105 they co-own their crew took to calling them “The Bickersomes.” Age and maturity have mellowed the brothers over the years, and things are less contentious on […]

J/105 Jib Class Rule Change A change to the J/105 Class Rule for jib materials of construction has been passed by the Executive Committee. This change will be effective January 1, 2016. The new Class Rule 6.5.1 will read: “The roller jib shall be constructed of either woven ply, laminated […]

Chicago NOOD More than 100 boats in 10 classes competed in the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta in Chicago, including 11 J/105s. Tom & Gyt Petkus’ Vytis came out of top after the seven races with a line of 1,1,5,1,2,1,4 for 15 points. Clark Pellett’s Sealark took the runner-up spot with […]