Month: November 2022

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)- The 2022 Argentine J/70 Championship took place over the November 19th to 21st weekend,…

(Sydney, Australia)- The latest race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Ocean Pointscore Series was the Sydney to Port Hacking Race (approx. 45.0nm round trip) last Saturday.
In the Two-Handed division, CYCA Director Jules Hall’s J/99 DISKO TROOPER- CONTENDER SAILCLOTH won the race on IRC and ORCi, while Andrew Butler’s J/122e RUM CHASER won on PHS and is leading the PHS series. 
Jules Hall from DISKO TROOPER- CONTENDER SAILCLOTH commented, “interesting racing on Saturday. A classic building NE breeze. We were the second two-handed boat on the water at the Port Hacking turning mark (largely due to errors with kites on other boats approaching the mark), rounding just behind the Shearwater 57.
We had a good beat back, bouncing off the shore and swapping places with the two Sydney 36s (Salt Shaker and Philosopher), Rum Chaser (J/122e), and Crystal Cutter (Beneteau 40 – crewed). Through the Sydney Heads a few boat lengths behind Salt Shaker and Philosopher. Crystal Cutter is behind us. We lost a bit down the harbor due to a lack of practice sailing the A3.5 in 25 knots so should have been a couple of minutes closer at the finish. Managed to snag the win on IRC and ORCi! Plus, great news for newcomer Ian Smith on J/99 JUPITER finishing third on ORCi.”  Sailing photo credit- Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

As the northern hemisphere is ever so slowly meandering its way through the fall and heading into the winter months, it is cause for celebration in America to give “Thanks” to those that helped the early settlers to the “New World” survive their first bitterly cold winter in 1621. 
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and occurs this Thursday, November 24. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists (aka “the Pilgrims”) and the Wampanoag native Indian tribe shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. Coincidentally, Governor William Bradford of the Massachusetts colony presided over the feast, a distant relative of the Johnstone family!
Meanwhile, our colleagues “Down Under” in the southern hemisphere have been busy planning their summer 2022/2023 sailing campaigns! In Australia, the Sydney Harbour to Port Hacking Race was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, it was the next event in the summer-long Ocean Pointscore Series. The 45.0nm race saw some amazing performances from two J/99s and two J/122s.
Off to the east across the Pacific to South America, staying away from the infamous Roaring Forties, of course, we find that Club Nautico Olivos (a northern suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina) hosted the Argentinean J/70 National Championship. The three days of competition produced six races for the twenty-seven-boat fleet that had teams from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil. Notably, the “international” turn-out was strong because the 2025 J/70 World Championship will also be sailed in the same waters on the Rio de la Plata, hosted by Yacht Club Argentino in downtown Buenos Aires!
While sailing activity is picking up quickly Down Under, the warmer parts of the USA are now seeing quite a bit more activity as that region rolls into its winter sailing season- principally across Florida and southern California.
Out west, the ICYRA College Match Race Championship was sailed in San Diego, CA. Hosting the event was the San Diego Yacht Club with eight teams racing on a fleet of matched J/22 one-design sailboats. 
Simultaneously, the San Diego YC was also hosting its Hot Rum Series, a very popular PHRF “pursuit race” that takes the fleet offshore. The second race in the three-race series just took place for the 128 participants. The “Top bananas” in the whole fleet are a pair of J/105s… not surprising considering they’ve won this series many times. Nevertheless, a number of other J/Teams are having fun, too, like J/145s, more J/105s, J/109s, J/111s, J/122s, and J/120s.
Jumping across the continent to the southeast coastline, two very cool events took place on Tampa Bay, hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL. One was the fifth annual J/70 US Youth Championship, with nine teams competing from across the country. The other was the inaugural J/70 Mixed+ Championship for a fleet of eighteen teams.  The format and concept were well-received with very enthusiastic participation by women sailors. The format was the teams had to have at least 50% of the team as women. Anyone could steer, and over half the boats had women’s helms. 
Up in the northeast the annual awards were held for the Buzzards Bay Trophy series. It’s a series of eight races, starting in June and ending in September, that is hosted by all major yacht clubs on Buzzards Bay. A J/120 and J/121 collected a LOT of silverware…as there were trophies for the individual events as well as the overall series!
Hopping across the Big Pond to the United Kingdom, we find the Hamble River Sailing Club continues to host its famous fall sailing event- the Winter Series. After 10 races, it’s clear there is a historical performance taking place in IRC 2 Division by J/109s, as well as an ongoing, epic battle between a J/80 and J/92s in the IRC 3 Division. 
J/Community Finally, in the J/Community section below, the world-famous woman offshore sailor- Pip Hare- is putting together a series of videos on “How to sail doublehanded offshore” on a J/99 shorthanded offshore speedster, sponsored by YACHTING WORLD and Key Yacht Group. 

J/99 and J/122E Silver @ Port Hacking Race
(Sydney, Australia)- The latest race in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Ocean Pointscore Series was the Sydney to Port Hacking Race (approx. 45.0nm round trip) last Saturday.
In the Two-Handed division, CYCA Director Jules Hall’s J/99 DISKO TROOPER- CONTENDER SAILCLOTH won the race on IRC and ORCi, while Andrew Butler’s J/122E RUM CHASER won on PHS and is leading the PHS series. 
Jules Hall from DISKO TROOPER- CONTENDER SAILCLOTH commented, “interesting racing on Saturday. A classic building NE breeze. We were the second two-handed boat on the water at the Port Hacking turning mark (largely due to errors with kites on other boats approaching the mark), rounding just behind the Shearwater 57.
We had a good beat back, bouncing off the shore and swapping places with the two Sydney 36s (Salt Shaker and Philosopher), Rum Chaser (J/122E), and Crystal Cutter (Beneteau 40 – crewed). Through the Sydney Heads a few boat lengths behind Salt Shaker and Philosopher. Crystal Cutter is behind us. We lost a bit down the harbor due to a lack of practice sailing the A3.5 in 25 knots so should have been a couple of minutes closer at the finish. Managed to snag the win on IRC and ORCi! Plus, great news for newcomer Ian Smith on J/99 JUPITER finishing third on ORCi.”  Sailing photo credit- Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

NILDO Wins Argentine J/70 Championship
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)- The 2022 Argentine J/70 Championship took place over the November 19th to 21st weekend, with sailing taking place on the famous muddy giant river of the Rio de La Plata. Hosted by the Club Nautico Olivos on the northern shore of Buenos Aires, the fleet of twenty-seven boats was finally able to complete six races over the three-day regatta. 

The regatta started well enough with just two races on the first day. Then, an impending huge storm front struck the fleet on the second day, permitting just one race to be sailed. After the first race, it was survival of the fittest as races were canceled and 25 to 35 kts wind buffet the fleet- true “blowing dogs off chains” conditions or in the Argentinean Pampas version “cows flying across the prairie”. Thankfully, the final day of sailing on Monday enabled three more good races to be sailed in benign northerlies. 

In the end, it was the Paradas (Guillermo and Miguel) and the Engelhards team on NILDO that won the regatta with a 2-4-1-6-2-1 to win the six-race, one discard event with just 10 pts net. Second went to Ezequiel Despontin’s team of Borgstrom, Calabrese, and Crouse on 707 with a 7-6-4-1-1-2 tally for 14 pts net. Rounding out the podium was Jose Figueroa’s crew of Pereyra, Giamona, Marino, and Figueroa on TREINTA Y NUEVE with a 15-7-2-2-6-3 record for 20 pts. net. 
Rounding out the top five in this very competitive fleet was Fernando Gwozdz’s PRINCIPADO with 21 pts net in fourth place and Franco Campero’s AMIGO VII team taking 5th place with 33 pts net.  Sailing photo credits- Flo Gonzalez Alzaga FOTOS  For more Argentinean J/70 Championship sailing information 

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Crowned J/70 U.S. Youth National Champions!
(St. Petersburg, FL)– Nine teams participated in the fifth annual J/70 U.S. Youth National Championship, hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, FL. Over the  November 18th to 20th weekend, thirteen races were completed in a fresh breeze on Friday and Saturday. However, Sunday’s blustery, nasty cold front brought a bit too much wind and waves for the youth teams. After several hours of postponement, the StPYC PRO posted an “AP over A” to signal racing was canceled for the day.  

It was great racing for the teams, with everyone getting their “slice at the apple”, so to speak, to post podium finishes. No team dominated the event. Nevertheless, in the end, one team did start to gain consistency in the starts, boat speed, and most importantly in their boat handling capabilities. Winning was Emery Diemar’s RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS team with 43 points total. His Coral Reef Yacht Club youth team consisted of Griggs Diemar, Kit Harmed, Freddie Parkin, and Tom Whidden.

By contrast, it was a full-on battle for the balance of the podium, with five teams separated by just six points! Winning that 13-round fight by a single point was Pearse Dowd’s CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB team from Marblehead, MA. His team consisted of Matt Caplan, Max Dressel, and Tom Spencer. 
J/70 Youth Champions- Red Hot Chili Peppers 
J/70 Youths 2nd place- Corinthian Yacht Club youths
The final step on the podium went to Callen Burnett’s SUSS BUSS team from host St. Petersburg Yacht Club. His crew included Ian Brown, John Hartney, and Ian Iles-Lee. 

The balance of the top five was determined by a tiebreaker at 56 pts each. Winning on countback to take fourth place was Emily Allen’s StPYC Youth team and Trip Wagner’s LITTLE TRAVERSE SAILORS team from Harbor Springs, MI ended up in 5th place.
The goal of the event is to help develop and build leading-edge junior keelboat sailing programs across America. Youth teams representing sailing clubs from as far away as Minnesota competed on provided J/70s with class sails. Boats were identically rigged and tuned at base settings recommended by the sailmaker.  For more J/70 US Youth National Championship sailing information 

Yale Wins College Match Race Championship
(San Diego, CA)- Ten college sailing teams from across the country participated in the 2022 College Sailing Match Race National Championship, sailing the San Diego Yacht Club matched fleet of J/22 one-design keelboats. The teams were treated to good sailing conditions for all three days of the event this past weekend, managing to get through two round-robins, then the quarter-finals, semi-finals, petit finals, and the final rounds on Sunday. 
On Friday, the majority of the first stage’s round-robin was completed. Conditions were 6-8 kts out of the West Southwest. Stanford University and Yale University both led after day one with a record of 6-0. 

“Going into the day our goal was to get comfortable in the boat and nail the basics,” said Stanford sailing coach, Augie Dale. “The breeze was fairly shifty so being in phase was super important around the marks.” 
On Saturday, conditions were 7-9 kts out of the West. The round-robin and quarterfinal rounds were completed. Yale, Brown, Charleston, and Georgetown made it to Sunday’s semi-finals. 
“The Brown sailors have been getting stronger as the event has progressed,” said Stu McNay, coach of Brown University. “We prepared as well as we could before arriving, but there is no way to fully replicate the peculiarities of a given fleet of boats that will be used for the competition. Today, our sailors demonstrated their teamwork and grit in the quarter-final elimination round with two come-from-behind wins against the Coast Guard Academy. Those wins advance our team to the semi-finals which will be raced tomorrow.”

On Sunday, the semi-finals, petit finals, and final rounds were completed. Conditions were 7-9 kts out of the West. Yale and Charleston battled it out for the national championship while Georgetown and Brown competed in the petit finals for third and fourth place. Yale beat Charleston and Brown was able to outduel Georgetown. 
Jack Egan ‘25, Nicholas Davies ‘24, Megan Grimes ‘24, and Christophe Chaumont ‘23 of Yale University took home the title for the Bulldogs for the second year in a row! 
“The team kept their cool under pressure today,” said Thomas Barrows, coach of Yale University. “In the semi-finals, we had a close final race with two lead changes. I was proud of how they kept their heads down and kept on improving on little things. In the finals, the team did a great job with their down speed maneuvers in the pre-start and were able to start ahead.”
The second-place College of Charleston sailing team included Axel Stordahl, Lawson Levine, Lucy Klempen, and Garrett Grenauer. The third-place Brown University sailing team included Liam O’Keefe, Hunter Zonnenberg, Hannah Sellers, and Thomas Styron.  Sailing Photo Credits: Mark Albertazzi   For more College Sailing Match Race Championship sailing information

LEVEL 5 Crowned First J/70 Mixed+ Champions!
(St. Petersburg, FL)- The inaugural 2022 J/70 Mixed+ Championship was hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club from November 11-13, 2022 with sailing taking place on Tampa Bay. The Mixed+ concept is a new format that requires 50% or more women per team. This year eighteen teams took on the challenge, coming from all across America. 

The regatta enjoyed three great days of sailing after the effects of Hurricane Nicole rolled through. The rain didn’t dampen spirits but allowed event organizer Ed Furry to run many chalk talks with the help of J/70 World Champion crew member Willem Van Waay and other pro sailors. There was plenty of sharing of knowledge throughout the event. Doug Wake from Vakaros provided data for debriefs and photos for the event. PRO Todd Fedyzen and his team ran nine great races over the three-day event. 
Starting in the lead on the first day was Miranda Bakos and her LEVEL 5 team from Corinthian YC in Marblehead, MA. They proved to be the dominant team, winning four races on their way to becoming the inaugural J/70 Mixed+ Champions. Astonishingly, they counted only all podium finishes in the nine-race, single discard series… they tossed the 3rd place for a total of just 14 pts! Her five-person team consisted of two College All-Americans (Greiner Hobbs and Will Felder) and two women crew (Emmy Digiacomo and Janey Powell).

The balance of the podium was determined by a tie-breaker at 24 pts each. It was a see-saw battle between these two teams all weekend long. In the end, winning the countback to take second place was Laura Sigmond’s NORBOY Chicago YC team from Chicago, IL with a crew of Leif Sigmond, Bridget Groble, Marty Kullman, and Collin Kirby. 
Losing that countback to take third place was Telmo Basterra’s MERMAN team from the Jacksonville University Sailing team. His crew consisted of Kaitlyn Liebel, Grace Benzal, and Ian Hunter. 
Rounding out the top five was Bruno Pasquinelli’s STAMPEDE team from Fort Worth Boat Club in Fort Worth, TX, and Katherine Gluskin’s SAM’S DECAPITATED DOLLS team from the host St. Petersburg YC, finishing 4th and 5th, respectively. 

Sailing on the WILD CHILD Team were Nikki Bruno and Ashley Love (see her video highlights below). Nikki offered some insights on her experience in this first-ever regatta:
“As one of the very few women involved in pro classes (I sail a lot of Etchells, J/70s, and other boats) I see a lot of value in bringing more women into the pro sailing world. Some guys think that we’re not strong enough for some jobs and sure, me at 5’ and 105 lb will have a tough time trimming an Etchells spinnaker in 18kts! LOL! But, I sure as hell can hoist and jibe it on the bow (assuming everyone else does their jobs right… hahaha)! It’s also important for more women to be around just for solidarity and I think it keeps some of the guy’s antics (ie. un-reciprocated flirting, unwanted touching, etc) at bay when there’s power in numbers. And, for what I might lack in strength, I certainly can make up for in tactical and strategic knowledge, and most importantly, attitude. I wouldn’t say that staying calm under pressure is more of a male or female trait. However, I often find myself as the only one on board who is encouraging everyone else to focus forward on the race and not about what we just screwed up. I think as women we are just conditioned to be more tuned to the emotional needs of others, and any great skipper can tell you that when a team gets along well and stays focused, performance soars.” 

Ashley Love’s highlights of the J/70 Mixed+ Regatta For J/70 Mixed+ Championship sailing information

San Diego Hot Rum Series Report
(San Diego, CA)- The San Diego Yacht Club’s incredibly popular Hot Rum Series started on time again on November 5th with races scheduled on November 19th and December 3rd, 2022. With 128 entries, it proves the event is as popular as ever for Southern Californians. It’s one of the most popular “pursuit style” races in America, where the slowest boat starts first hours ahead of the biggest and fastest boats, and whoever crosses the line first wins! Starting and finishing just off the western end of Shelter Island, the fleet heads out en-masse through the Point Loma passage to two buoys offshore and returns to the same start line to finish the race just off Shelter Island.
Since it is consistently one of the world’s largest PHRF “pursuit races”, the little boats know they almost always have no chance of winning overall and simply enjoy the parade of beautiful large sailing yachts gliding past them in all their glory. The smallest, slowest boats (J/22s & J/24s) start well over an hour before the biggest boats- the spectacularly fast fleet of four J/145s, for example.

After the first two races, two J/105s are dominating the top of the overall standings. Leading is Jim Dorsey’s J-OK with a 3-2 tally for 6 pts. Second is Rick Goebel’s SANITY with a 2-4 for 6 pts. Sitting in 7th place is Dave Vieregg &  Bennet Greenwald’s J/105 PERSEVERANCE with a 6-10 for 16 pts. 

In the 19-boat PHRF 1 “big boat” division, the J/145s are doing well. The top 145 is Ernie Pennell’s MORE MADNESS with a 4-5 for 9 pts and sits in 4th place. Rudy Hasl’s PALAEMON is next with a 2-8 for 10 pts to sit in 5th place.
In the huge 27-boat PHRF 2 division, the top teams are John Laun’s J/120 CAPER with a 12-1 for 13 pts and sit in 5th place. The next J/120 is Chuck Nichols’ CC RIDER in 8th, with Brian Ganz’s J/111 ZOOM sitting in 9th and Ed Sanford’s J/111 CREATIVE in 10th place.  

In the huge 38-boat PHRF 3 division, the podium is occupied by all J/105s. Leading is Jim Dorsey’s J-OK with a 2-1, but is tied on points with Rick Goebel’s SANITY with a 1-2. Third is Vieregg/ Greenwald’s PERSEVERANCE with a 3-4.  For more San Diego YC Hot Rum Series sailing information

Hamble Winter Series- Week VII Report
(Hamble, England)- The Hamble River Sailing Club Winter Series continues unabated with some great sailing for the intrepid racers. The fall season has so far provided a good mix of weather conditions, from light airs, sunny, and warm to “blowing dogs off chains”, cloudy, with temps hovering in the high 40s F. This past week saw the 11th race completed on the always capricious Solent. 
With everyone’s thoughts slowly starting to focus on Christmas and perhaps the possibility of some skiing, the Race Team decided to help by introducing some downwind slalom turns into the courses this week. The CV Wetwheels Hamble, anchored at Yacht Data Bank (4N), whilst Kathy Smalley and Peter Bateson worked out which twelve marks the yachts could slalom around. Navigators then had to work hard recording and translating them onto charts and into GPS plotters and computers. 

“Most seemed to think it was worth it, with some great sailing and racing,” commented RO Peter Bateson. “The breeze was westerly, about 12 knots, and it was cooler, 10-11 C. degrees, though sunny with cloudy intervals.”
The first windward mark was West Knoll (3Y) and IRC 1 & 2 then zig-zagged down to Howden Fastnet (40), before returning upwind to Jane (4E), followed by a slalom down to Hamble Yacht Services (4V) and then closing out the race with final windward/leeward – involving Paul Heys (48), a laid leeward mark and the finish at (4J) hamblewinterseries.com, some 12.8 miles.
IRC 3 had an almost identical course except that the Paul Heys buoy was replaced by the John Fisher buoy (4Q) and the course length was 11.8 NM. 

IRC 2 Division In IRC 2, Mike Yates’ J/109 JAGO won their 10th race in a row by over 2 1/2 minutes on IRC corrected time..a pretty stunning result. Their outstanding performance is surely unprecedented in the annals of HRSC Winter Series history! After discarding two 1st, JAGO is sitting on just 8 pts net! Fellow J/109 owner Chris Burleigh, sailing JYBE TALKIN’ has also sailed well, but has dropped down into 3rd place after posting a 6th in their last race to be sitting just one point from 2nd place with a total of 31 pts net. Still sitting comfortably in 5th for the series is Rob Cotterill’s J/109 MOJO RISIN with 49 pts net.

IRC 3 Division In IRC 3, the battle continues for the third step on the podium between David Greenhalgh’s J/92 J’RONIMO and Russ Bowdler’s J/80 JUSTIFY. With their 1st place this past weekend, J’RONIMO continues the race up the standings and still has a mathematical chance of winning the 2022 HRSC Winter Series in IRC 3. J’RONIMO now has 22 pts net, just 6 pts out of 1st place and only 5 pts from 2nd position. Meanwhile, Bowdler’s J/80 JUSTIFY posted a 5th in their last race to sit in fourth place with 28 pts net.   Sailing photo credits- Paul Wyeth/ PWPictures.com  For more Hamble Winter Series sailing information 

J/Teams Win Buzzards Bay Trophy
(Marion, MA)- J/Teams went 1-2 in the competition for the season-long Buzzards Bay Trophy this year.  The summer series consists of eight races each hosted by one of the various yacht clubs on Buzzards Bay in southern Massachusetts. 
The races ranged from 15.0nm pursuit races sailed around the buoys to the 105.0nm Whalers Race which rounds Block Island. Over forty boats participated in at least part of the series.   

In the end, Butch Joy and his J/120 KINDRED SPIRIT edged out Jim Coggeshall and his crew on the J/121 CEILIDH. Both boats represented the Mattapoisett Yacht Club.  Ted Herlihy won two races in the series with his venerable J/109 GUT FEELING, sailing for the New Bedford Yacht Club. Thanks for this contribution from Jim Coggeshall.

J/Community
What J/sailors, friends, and family are doing worldwide each week

World famous woman offshore sailor- Pip Hare- is putting together a series of videos on “How to sail doublehanded offshore”. Sponsoring the series is Key Yachting’s J/99 in coordination with YACHTING WORLD magazine.

Pip has been a professional sailor since leaving school at 18 and has a career spanning close to 30 years. As well as a sailor, Pip is a journalist, author, and a compelling speaker on topics such as overcoming challenges to achieve, authenticity, risk management, and gender equality. Her vivid anecdotes bring the drama of solo ocean racing to life – whether you’re a seasoned mariner or an armchair adventurer. She continues to write for sailing magazines, produce coaching materials, and regularly blog.
Here is a “teaser” video of Pip introducing her series to our J/Boats readers worldwide 

Learn more about Pip Hare Racing here.

J/111 BLUR.SE Launched- Fort Lauderdale, FL
Peter Gustafsson’s J/111 BLUR.SE just arrived from her long trans-Atlantic Ocean crossing. Originating in Malta in the middle of the Mediterranean, she was plucked out of the water, and put on the deck of the UNITED HEAVY LIFT ship. Then, upon arrival in Fort Lauderdale, FL, she was dropped back into the water. 
This particular J/111 BLUR.SE is famous in Europe. She’s won the Gotland Runt Race in Sweden. Won several famous single and doublehanded races on the Baltic Sea. And, most recently won her class in the ROLEX Middlesea Race on the Mediterranean. 
Soon, BLUR.SE will be headed up the East Coast for winter storage and some work to prepare her for two major events in 2023. First, is the famous Bermuda One-Two Race in the first week of June that sails the 635.0nm from Newport to Bermuda singlehanded. Then, returns from Bermuda to Newport sailing doublehanded. Thereafter, she gets transported out to Chicago for the famous Chicago to Mackinac Island Race in July. Read about Peter Gustafsson’s BLUR.SE blog here.  Learn more about the J/111 offshore speedster here
                         

NEW J/Gear Holiday Special- 20% off 
(Newport, RI)- The Holiday J/Gear Special is 20% off EVERYTHING on the J/Gear website (except 1/2 models and custom prints). The discount code is- JB2022HS.
The discount will run from November 1st through December 15th. Nevertheless, we encourage early ordering to meet custom requests.
The J/Class logo is embroidered and you may customize it for the whole crew.  For more ordering information 

Sailing Calendar
Boat shows 2023: Jan 21-29- Boot Dusseldorf Boat Show (J/45 debut)- Dusseldorf, Germany
Regattas: Dec 1-3- Jammin’ J/22 Jamaica Regatta- Montego Bay YC- Montego Bay, Jamaica Dec 17-18- BACARDI J/70 Winter Series I
2023 Jan 16-20- The Southernmost Regatta- Sailing Inc- Key West, FL Jan 18-23- Barbados Sailing Week- Bridgetown, Barbados Jan 27-29- BACARDI J/70 Winter Series II- Coconut Grove (Miami), FL Jan 29- Feb 3- Grenada Sailing Week- St. Georges, Grenada
Feb 14-18- RORC Caribbean Series- English Harbour, Antigua Feb 20-24- RORC Caribbean 600 Race- English Harbour, Antigua
 Mar 2-5- Heineken St. Maarten Regatta- Simpson Bay, St. Maarten Mar 9-11- BACARDI J/70 Regatta- Coconut Grove (Miami), FL Mar 24-26- St Thomas Regatta- Red Hook Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands Mar 27- Apr 2- BVI Spring Regatta- Nanny Cay, British Virgin Islands
Apr 6-10- SPI Ouest France Regatta- La Trinite sur Mer, France Apr 16-22- Voiles de St Barth Regatta- Gustavia Harbor, St. Barths Apr 20-23- Charleston Race Week- Charleston, SC Apr 29- May 5- Antigua Sailing Week- English Harbour, Antigua