Glenn Darden’s Baby Doll bested 29 other teams to secure the 2021 J/22 Midwinter Championship hosted by Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA. All nine scheduled races were completed in mostly breezy and lumpy conditions on Lake Pontchartrain. Darden, of Fort Worth, TX, with crew Marcus Eagan, Jackson Benvenutti […] Read More

Seven races are in the books at the J/22 Midwinter Championship hosted by Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA, and only one point separates the leaders heading into the final two races Sunday. Day one leader Glenn Darden’s Baby Doll opened Saturday with a pair of bullets, but added […] Read More

Thirty J/22s got back to Championship racing at the J/22 Midwinter Championship hosted by Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA. Conditions were breezy and bumpy on Lake Pontchartrain, testing some boats and equipment. Glenn Darden on Baby Doll mastered the shifts, winning two of three races and placing second […] Read More

At the December 2, 2020 IJ22CA World Council meeting, the new J/22 Class Rules were unanimously approved by all voting National Class Associations. International Technical Chair Ron Harris led a working group to rewrite the Class Rules into World Sailing format. The Rules are now being reviewed by World Sailing, […] Read More

According to Scott Spurlin, J/Dealer in Texas, “The J/Sailors in Texas needed this event! The enthusiasm to get out on the water was over the top! On Friday, the rain was coming down and the gusts were in the 40s, and people still trailered their boats in. We delayed the […] Read More

Thanks to Jeff Todd for this report: The J/22 East Coast Championship was hosted by Severn Sailing Association on October 17-18 in Annapolis MD with Fleet 19. SSA did a great job hosting a socially distanced regatta. We had no after-sailing parties, but we were very happy to be able […] Read More