This gorgeous sailing yacht has garnered accolades across Europe and America since its debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival in Cannes, France. SAILING Magazine's 2022 October issue "cover girl", the new J/45 offshore performance cruising yacht, will make its American debut in Annapolis. J/Boats is excited to have one of its largest displays in years of our latest designs, with four boats on display.Īll J/Sailors and J/Lovers are invited to join us on the J/Stand in Annapolis where we will be displaying the J/9 daysailer, the J/99 shorthanded offshore speedster, the J/112e performance cruiser/racer, and the magnificent, new J/45 offshore performance cruising yacht. (Annapolis, Maryland)- The 2022 edition of the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland will run from October 13th to 17th. Sailing is a J/70 one-design class and IRC handicap classes with J/111s, J/109s, J/112e, J/99, J/92, and J80s.
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it was tight racing for the overall honors between "the kids" and the "old southerners"!įinally, over in the United Kingdom, the Hamble Winter Series started its three-month-long fall series that goes from October 1st to December 3rd. Hosting the eighteen teams was the Grimstad Sailing Association. Still further north from Berlin were the always active, hyper-kinetic Scandinavians! The Norwegian J/70 Sailing League held its finale in Grimstad, Norway to complete the four-event series. just one more regatta to go with the finale in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The sailing was shifty and puffy for the eighteen teams vying for season honors. Just off to the northwest from the Swiss regattas, the German J/70 Sailing League held their Act V in Berlin with sailing taking place on Wansee Lake. The Club Nautique de Versoix gave the dozen "premiere" teams an excellent weekend of racing on gorgeous Lake Geneva. Next, the Swiss J/70 Sailing League final Act IV was sailed off Versoix, Switzerland. the winners, unsurprisingly, were both Olympic and World Champion sailors!
Despite the weather, the competition was fierce and the top women's teams showed extraordinary boat-handling skills, boat speed, and tactics. The twenty-four women's teams from ten nations had over 110 women participating in a somewhat lightish air series. The regatta was hosted by Cercle de la Voile de Vidy. Needless to say, the SAILING Champions League founder- Oliver Schwall from Germany- is thrilled to see the continued growth and development of sailing at the grass-roots level in Europe!įirst, the Women's J/70 SAILING Champions League final took place on gorgeous Lake Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Most sailing leagues have Open, Women's, and Youth Divisions, some even have Masters divisions! The statistics are staggering: 17 nations with 108 events for Open, Women's, and Youth averaging 45 races over 3 days = 4,860 races during the 5 months series. Over 400 sailing clubs are participating with over 10,000+ sailors involved. The growth of J/70 sailing leagues in Europe has been remarkable now seventeen nations strong.
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Given that 95% of the boats racing were incredibly generous J/Boat owners, the regatta might as well be called the "College J/Fest"! There were one-design classes of J/105s, J/100s, and J/109s, plus PHRF racing for J/44s, J/112e, J/122s, J/133, J/42, J/99, J/92, and others.Įuropean sailors saw several national J/70 sailing leagues completing their summer-long series for hundreds of sailing clubs across the continent. Together, the Storm Trysail Club and the Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY hosted the STC Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. Simultaneously, going westward down Long Island Sound, there was an amazing "college big boat" regatta for about 450+ college sailors. Americans dominated the event for the first time in recent memory. The regatta was blessed with plenty of wind (too much at times) primarily from the NNW to NNE sailing inside Narragansett Bay, with just one day offshore on Rhode Island Sound with a classic SSW hazy sea breeze.
This past week saw amazing sailing taking place in a wide variety of locations throughout Europe and the USA.įor starters, the J/80 World Championship was hosted by SAIL Newport in Newport, Rhode Island for a fleet of forty-eight teams from ten nations. Come on down and Rock the Casbah! Beer, wine, and munchies. Plus, J/Boats Block Party- Friday evening- 6:00 PM- at J/Boats stand. This weekend is the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, open from October 13th Thursday to the 16th Sunday! Come down and join us to talk shop, share a few sea stories, and learn more about the NEW J/45, J/112e, J/99, and J/9! The Sun Never Sets on J's Sailing Worldwide
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