The Chesapeake Bay had its annual Spring One-Design Regatta on April 29, hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club. The Bay delivered good conditions to get off three races in each fleet. Winning the 16-boat J/22 class with straight bullets was Peter McChesney’s THE CAT CAME BACK. Posting another impressive record was […] Read More

The second running of the Women’s Match Race Clinegatta opened the door for eight teams of mostly women sailors (and some guys too) to advance their sailing skills. Hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club on April 27-29, coaching was led by World Champion Liz Baylis and assisted by defending US […] Read More

Ryan Davidson’s Invisible Boatmobile edged out David Buckley’s Magic 8 Ball in the 11-boat J/22 fleet at Charleston Race Week. Scott Ford’s Warrior Sailing placed third. For complete event details, visit https://www.charlestonraceweek.com/. Read More

The United States J/22 Class Association proudly announces that Patrick Isherwood and his team have been awarded the annual J/22 Scholarship Boat. Isherwood was selected from several extremely qualified candidates from the nation’s top-ranked university sailing teams. Isherwood, and his teammates Jack Hurley, Peter Girard, Dakota Northrup and Marina Barzaghi, […] Read More

Four J/22 World Champions finished in the top five of the J/22 Midwinter Championship at Houston Yacht Club in Texas, but it was 1999 Champion Mark Foster on Pressure Drop who edged out fellow Texan Terry Flynn on Tejas to earn the title on a tie-breaker. Both teams had net […] Read More

On the middle day of the J/22 Midwinter Championship, the luck of the Irish was with Mark Foster. With a line of 1, 3, 4, 3, Foster won the day and moved to the top of the leader board tied with his old friend and Texas neighbor Terry Flynn. Both […] Read More