Mr. October may be a name known for Major League Baseball’s World Series, but Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger has earned the name this year for sailing. Only three weeks after winning the J/24 World Championship, Odenbach won the 2024 J/22 World Championship hosted by Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, Maryland. With […] Read More

A southerly wind of 5-7 knots led to new race winners Friday but not a change to the top of the leaderboard at the 2024 J/22 World Championship hosted by Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, Maryland. Locals Brad Julian’s Yard Sail and Chase Quinn’s Osprey swapped firsts and seconds to […] Read More

The Chesapeake Bay delivered gorgeous conditions Thursday for the 48 teams competing at the 2024 J/22 World Championship. Another three races were run by PRO Mark Foster and the Race Committee, bringing the total to six and now including the discard. Winds started at 16-18 knots, and dropped only slightly […] Read More

Forty-eight teams representing 15 states and four countries took to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay for the inaugural day of the J/22 World Championship in Annapolis, Maryland. Summer-like conditions greeted racers with blue skies, temperatures in the 70s and winds at 8-10 knots in a light chop. The Race […] Read More

The 2024 US Match Racing Championship was hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco Bay, California, from October 4-6. Ten teams competed in J/22s for the Prince of Wales Bowl, each having earned their place through a series of qualifying events held earlier in the year. After […] Read More

Thanks to Chris Princing for this recap: Nothing has seemed right to Tom Barnes since that fateful Sunday in 2018 when Bill Coberly wrestled away the Cranberry Cup from Tom’s mantle. Since then, Tom has been runner-up in the J/22 Michigan Championship three times in the six-year history of the […] Read More