It’s been a record year for J/Boat owners with major offshore racing wins across the US and Europe. The introduction of the new J/122 built...
J/Owner: US Sailing Sailor of the Week
As Commodore of Larchmont Yacht Club in New York, Jan Smeets knows a thing or two about the inner workings of a yacht club. Following the pa...
J/80 Across the Atlantic
“The rough wind had brought up some nice waves rolling in from astern and with storm jib and main our J/80 was constantly planing with top s...
J Owners Recognized at RORC Prize Giving
Last month’s Royal Ocean Racing Club’s annual awards dinner was anything but a quiet affair for J owners, who wore a path to the podium to c...
J/80’s 1-2 in Asian Sportboat Champs
The J/80 recently debuted in Asia at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Maersk Asian International Sportboat Championship, where two out-o...
J/80 2007 NA Championship
Kerry Klingler sailing his J/80 Lifted with crew including Doug Lynn, Neil Bresnan & John Bowden recently won his second consecutive J/...
J/109s 1-2 @ IRC East Coast Champs
Bill Sweetser’s J/109 Rush dominated his IRC Class 4 followed by fellow J/109 owner Steve McManus sailing Saykadoo (thumbnail courtesy of wa...
Masquerade Repeats at J/105 NAs
A repeat win for a great team as Tom Coates and crew from San Francisco Bay aboard Masquerade topped the record 68 boat J/105 fleet in Annap...
J/105 Class Draws Record Fleet
Annapolis, MD -- When the entry period officially closed on Wednesday, October 17, a record fleet of 69 J/105s from across North America wer...
Burkhalter Finishes 12th in Transat 6.5
Congratulations to Clay Burkhalter of Stonington, CT who recently completed the grueling 4,200nm Atlantic crossing in the Transat 6.5 race (...
Tedeschi’s Top J/109 NA Champs
LONG BEACH, Calif.---“We plan to keep sailing consistently. That is how we win regattas.” Those words as spoken by Stephen Tedeschi on Satu...
J/122 Wins Manhasset Fall Series 2007
Andrew Weiss and crew aboard J/122 Christopher Dragon recently capped off a great season on their new boat with another IRC win, this time a...
Venue Change! J/80 NA Championship
Due to the very low water levels in Lake Norman, NC the 2007 J/80 North American Championship regatta has recently been moved to Annapolis, ...
J-122 ‘J-DAY’ Wins Antwerp Race
J-122 'J-DAY', skippered by Robin Verhoef of J/Benelux, showed excellent performance at the recently concluded Antwerp Race in Belgi...
Burkhalter in top 10 in Mini Transat
After 3000 miles of racing, Clay Burkhalter has moved into 10th position in the 2007 Mini Transat Race. The 83 boat fleet is spread over a 4...
Junior Sailors Thrive on Keelboats
More junior sailors are discovering the thrill of sailing larger keelboats, thanks to a slew of JBBS (Junior Big Boat Sailing) initiatives c...
Annapolis is J/105 Crazy for Oct & Nov
Everything starts with the AYC Fall Series where over 30 J/105s will be tuning up for the NA’s later in the month. And it’s shaping up to b...
Decent Proposals & J/105 Hot Stuff
San Diego J/Owners are always dreaming up fun new ways to spice up life. First, Steve & Lucy Howell, owners of J/105 Blink!, conspired w...
J/133 ‘Best Series Produced Yacht’
The RORC recently announced the Annual Challenge Trophies & Special Awards for the 2007 Offshore Series and what a year it was for J/Own...
J/Fest Weekend in San Diego
This weekend (9/28-30) J/Fest San Diego 2007 will be hosted by the San Diego Yacht Club and sponsored by Longboard Vineyards and JK3 Nautica...
J/122 & J/105 win at Big Boat Series
Dave Kirby of Manhattan Beach, CA, skippered his brand new J/122 “TKO” to victory in the IRC C class at the Rolex Big Boat Series last weeke...
J/Boats... Number One in IRC!
Among the 566 boats on file with US Sailing in 2007 with endorsed IRC certificates, J/Boats is the number one brand, with twice the particip...
J/109 'Tastes Like Chicken' wins NOOD
In sailboat racing there are two degrees of quickness: there's fast and then there's blazing fast. Ask Stephen Tedeschi where his J/...
A UK Triumph of the J’s – J/Cup 2007
On August 23-25 fifty-two J/Boats gathered for the annual J/Cup regatta in the famous southern town of Plymouth, UK. J/Cup is a regatta orga...
Aftershock Wins Verve Cup Overall
Aftershock, a J35 owned by William Newman (Muskegeon, Mich.) is the overall winner of the 2007 Verve Cup, presented by Audi. The 2007 Verve ...
New J/80 Production in USA
J/80 momentum is cranking along worldwide and production has resumed in the USA with new 2008 models shipping from Pearson Composites in Rho...
Bad Pack Wins Bishop Rock Race
Shown here accepting the first place award with his children, between SDYC Commodore James Moxham and race director Jeff Johnson, Tom Houlth...
Alaska & Back with Avante
Bill & Susan Grun of Telluride, CO. recently completed a 2200nm summer sailing adventure from Victoria, BC to Juneau, Alaska and back ab...
J/122 Dominates 2007 RORC IRC Class 1
Philippe DELAPORTE and his new J/122 Pen Azen have been quietly dominating the 2007 RORC Offshore Series in IRC 1 with a record of 6 firsts ...
J/27 Breaks Own Speed Record
Trygve Roberts submitted this story early this season of his experiences racing his J/27 Smack Water Jack in the ROBBEN ISLAND PURSUIT RACE…...
J/100 Crew Sports Pink Toe Nails
After winning the 30+ knot gear buster, tied up to the Castine YC float taking off their seaboots, TERN's crew Ginger Miller and Helen J...
Brilliance Wins Gold at Chester RW
Richard & Sharon Calder's J120 "Brilliance" finished a successful Chester Race Week by winning the Gold Fleet. The crew sa...
J/120 Wins Bayview Mac Race Overall
Frank Kern and crew took home the grand prize of the event and their second major overall win in offshore racing this year at the recent Bay...
J/29 Wins Overall at Whitby Island RW
Bob Ross of Sail Northwest reports: We had a great J/Boat owner and crew party at Whidbey Island Race Week. Well over 200 people and 28 J/b...
Two Old Men ...and the Sea
That’s the caption overlayed on the image of the home page of tangoboat.com along with the Tango team slogan ‘it takes two’. Tango is Mike...
J/145c Wins Around Long Island Race
Mark Hansen's J/145c Sweet Lorraine just recently won class as well as overall IRC and overall PHRF in the Around Long Island Race. They...
J/100 Goes Transpac: Double-handed
California J/100 owner Tim Fuller and crew/navigator Erik Shampain completed the recent 2007 Transpac in just over fifteen days, finishing f...
J/105 Wins Chicago-Mac Overall
J/105 Vytis, owned by Tomas and Gytis Petkus of Chicago took the Mackinac Cup overall award and a first place in the J/105 Section of the 99...
J/122 Video Available Online
The J/122 has been turning heads all year in Europe and North America. Now you can hop aboard for a quick demo sail from the comfort of your...
J/125 Wins Transpac Overall!
Tom & Kevin Garnier have won Division 4 and the Overall 2007 Transpac Race award aboard their J/125 Reinrag 2! The famous offshore down...
J133, J122, J105 Lead RORC Series
With several 2007 RORC offshore races now complete, Charles Ivill’s J /133 JB3 and Philippe Delaporte’s J/122 Pen Azen have each compiled ...
J/122 2nd in Marblehead-Halifax Race
Fresh from a convincing class win at the US IRC National Championships at Block Island Race Week, George Shaw and his crew aboard J/122 ‘Tum...
Acadia Takes 3rd in Tune up Race
In a double-handed tune-up race off the coast of France, Clay Burkhalter of Stonington, CT finished 3rd in Open Sail Simrad Race sailing his...
J/109 ‘Sweet Chariot’ Wins Series
Report from Owner’s Ray & Sandra Entwistle, Hull 264, Sweet Chariot: “After racing for the past 11 Sundays in Australia’s premier winter...
J/65 Makes East Coast Debut
Newport, RI…..The J/65 BRAND NEW DAY recently arrived from California and is soon to launch in Newport, RI for peak sailing season. Designed...
Ole! Spanish Armada takes on J/80 Worlds
First a great showing at the America’s Cup, both as host country and a leading challenger, and now Spain has shown its stuff at the top of t...
J/105 Perseverance Wins @ LBRW
Ben Greenwald's J/105 Perseverance of San Diego topped the largest and most competitive fleet @ Acura's presentation of Ullman Sails...
J/Fest @ BI Race Week
J Owners turned out in force last week at the 22nd running of Storm Trysail Club's Block Island Race Week presented by Rolex. 40% of the...
J’s Win @ Annapolis-Newport Race
Newport, RI - J/Owners recently finished first in three of six classes at the 2007 Annapolis Newport Race... USCG J/44 Glory & Scott Di...
J/122 & 124 Top Class at NYYC Annual
J/122 RAGTIME, skippered by J Boats’ president Jeff Johnstone and the new J/124 WAR BRIDE sailed by Pete Dupont, sailed to a 1-2 overall in ...
