Brisk conditions brought the J/22 Midwinter Championship to a close Sunday in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, but Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger got hot to secure the 2023 title. With crew Geoff Becker and Justin Damore, the Rochester, NY-based skipper leapt from third place to first among the 20-boat fleet with 13 […]
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J/22 Midwinter Championship Begins with Beautiful Breeze
The luck of the Irish was with all 20 boats as the J/22 Midwinter Championship kicked off at Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Breeze in the mid-teens equated to three races, and Chris Doyle’s The Jug 4 1 proved most dominating on the day at 5 […]
Read MoreCalifornia Dreamin’ Series #2 in J/22s
After winning the initial stage in the Grade 3 California Dreamin’ Series, Nicole Breault and her Vela Racing team toppled seven other teams on March 4-5 to claim the second event in San Francisco, CA. Sailing in J/22s, Breault’s crew of Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer, Karen Loutzenheiser and Maggie Bacon went […]
Read MoreFestival of Fun in San Diego
Thanks to Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News, for this report: Hosted by San Diego Yacht Club, when the Women’s Winter Invitational was first held in 2018, 17 yacht club teams took a chance on this new event. With competitors mostly from California, crews from New York and Texas put some […]
Read MoreRepeat for Yale at Match Race Champs in J/22s
Ten college sailing teams from across the country were hosted at San Diego Yacht Club for the 2022 College Sailing Match Race National Championship, November 11-13. Racing was held in the club-provided evenly matched fleet of J/22s on San Diego Bay, with ample viewing opportunity on the city’s waterfront. In […]
Read MoreJ/22 East Coast Championship 2022
Twenty J/22s descended on Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, MD during the final weekend of October for their East Coast Championship. Saturday saw solid breeze allowing five races, and Sunday was light with one race. J.R. Maxwell’s Scooby managed the winds and current to take the victory with 19 points. […]
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