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

Ten college sailing teams from across the country were hosted at San Diego Yacht Club for the 2022 College Sailing Match Race National Championship, November 11-13. Racing was held in the club-provided evenly matched fleet of J/22s on San Diego Bay, with ample viewing opportunity on the city’s waterfront. In […] Read More

Twenty J/22s descended on Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, MD during the final weekend of October for their East Coast Championship. Saturday saw solid breeze allowing five races, and Sunday was light with one race. J.R. Maxwell’s Scooby managed the winds and current to take the victory with 19 points. […] Read More

The J/Fest Southwest Regatta celebrated its 13th anniversary this year with over 70 competitors from around the country. Lakewood Yacht Club hosted from October 22-23 and provided up to seven races for the one-design fleets. Here is the regatta report from Scott Spurlin: The weather was mid 70s and the […] Read More

The Lake George Club rolled out the red carpet for the J/22 Northeast Championship from September 23-25. The regatta is popular for both American sailors as well as Canadian teams—nearly half the fleet came from Canada. However, it was American Kirk Reynolds’ crew on DELICIA that simply dominated in the […] Read More

Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger dominated to secure the title of the 2022 J/22 North American Championship, racing J/22 USA sail #1542. With crew Geoff Becker and Billy Farmer, the Rochester Yacht Club-based team tallied just 14 points in eight races, including one in which they did not start (1-3-2-1-2-1-4-[22/DNS]). Christopher Doyle’s […] Read More