The weather started out gloomy, then got downright nasty for the 13th edition of the Ida Lewis Distance Race, which started Friday, August 18 off Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. A forecast calling for storms to pass over the race course during the night convinced seven of the […]

At the 25th annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta in Chicago, the J/105 fleet of 10 boats witnessed a walk-away, as Gyt Petkus

New J/105 owners Alex and Alexandra Clegg and their team on Allora! won the J/Fest New England on August 12-13 in Newport, RI, hosted by Sail Newport. Thanks to Alex for the following report: After a multiple hour postponement in light winds on Saturday, the fleet was sent in with […]

Spectacular conditions greeted competitors for the Buzzards Bay Regatta at New Bedford Yacht Club in South Dartmouth, MA from August 4-6. In the five-boat J/105 fleet, Nicole Breault’s Good Trade went a perfect 10 for 10, leaving the team with 9 net points. Mark Lindquist’s Sterling took the silver position, […]