Glenn Darden’s Baby Doll, sailing with Willem Van Waay, Jackson Benvenutti and Min Min Kelly, have been crowned 2023 J/22 North American Champions. Darden, hailing from Fort Worth Boat Club in Texas, and 21 other teams travelled to CORK in Kingston, Ontario, Canada to battle it out over seven races. […] Read More

The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis had three days of extremely challenging light winds, strong currents and ultra-competitive fleets from May 5-7. Brad Julian and his team Yard Sail capitalized on a strong Sunday finish. Yard Sail moved into first place in the J/22 fleet after an […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 More

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 More

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 More