Twenty-two teams took to the waters of Lake Ontario for the inaugural day of the J/22 North American Championship at CORK in Kingston, Ontario Canada. After strong winds swept through the area on Thursday, the breeze was slow to rejuvenate Friday. But competitors only had to wait a short time […] 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