Chicago NOOD Prior to the 2014 Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta Chicago, Skipper Steve Knoop had raced in the previous 25 Lake Michigan NOOD stops aboard his Tartan 10. Making his maiden NOOD appearance in the J/105 fleet this weekend, Knoop looked anything but a newcomer, sailing his way to Overall […]

Southern Bay Race Week The J/105s sailed in the PHRF A2 fleet as a two-boat competition at Southern Bay Race Week. Rich Payne’s Flying Colors and Don DeLoatch’s Special K conducted a match race for fleet honors, with Special K winning six of the seven races sailed.

North Sea Race A fleet of 52 yachts entered the 180nm Royal Ocean Racing Club North Sea Race – the fourth race of the RORC Season’s Points Championship. Starting from Harwich on the East Coast of England, the line was blessed with a 15 knot easterly wind, providing a true […]

Cedar Point One Design Regatta Seven fleets attended the 2014 Cedar Point One Design Regatta on Long Island Sound, hosted by Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT on May 31-June 1. Fourteen boats comprised the J/105 fleet, won by Paul Beaudin’s loulou with 12 net points. Six races took […]