Defending two-time Champion (2016, 2015) Nicole Breault won the 2018 U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship held August 24-26 in San Francisco, CA. Breault and her team of Molly Carapiet, Karen Loutzenheiser and Hannah Burroughs topped the eight-team field, beating Allie Blecher in the Final 3-0. In the Petit Final, Janel […] Read More

The International J/22 Class Association (IJ22CA) International Technical Committee (ITC) has been using Technical Rulings for more than 25 years in a way that has been effective for the Class and has not been disputed or a source of contention until recently. The ITC acknowledges that there is a discrepancy […] Read More

Dillon Yacht Club’s annual Dillon Open is sailed on the Dillon Reservoir high up in the Rocky Mountains. Greg Schertz, PRO for Dillon Yacht Club running the races said, “Yes, we have challenging sailing sometimes at the nation’s highest sailing club.” Mateo & Tito Vargas’ crew on BABY DOE took […] Read More

The Youngstown Yacht Club hosted the CanAm Challenge Regatta on western Lake Ontario over the last weekend in July. The duel in the J/22 fleet of a half-dozen boats would come down to Vic Snyder’s MO’MONEY and Mark Sertl’s MONEY FOR NOTHING, the outcome determined by tie-breaker on 8 points […] Read More

Cleveland Race Week started June 15-17 on the waters of Lake Erie, hosted by Edgewater Yacht Club for its one-design weekend. In the seven-boat J/22 fleet, Ryan Lashaway’s DEUCE team posted a 1-2-1-1 tally for 5 points and the clear win. It was really a battle for the balance of […] Read More

The MetLife Veterans Regatta, a therapeutic event for veterans of active service duty, brought together 12 veterans from around the country for training and racing at the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover on May 14-15. Racing in Sail Newport’s fleet of J/22s, the veterans’ crews also included a representative of […] Read More