{"id":136,"date":"2022-05-18T17:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2022-05-28T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T18:23:48","slug":"j-newsletter-may-18th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/j-newsletter-may-18th-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"J\/Newsletter- May 18th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
May 18th, 2022<\/th>\n\"\"<\/a><\/th>\n\"\"<\/a><\/th>\n\"\"<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The Sun Never Sets on J’s Sailing Worldwide<\/span><\/h2>\n

The beginning of the summer sailing season has essentially started this past weekend in most countries across the northern hemisphere. There was a lot of activity in Europe and the USA and sailors certainly experienced an amazing breadth of sailing conditions… from fresh to frightening to near-complete “glass outs”. <\/p>\n

In Europe, the various J\/70 sailing leagues are starting to roll, as well as their respective J\/70 fleets in most countries. In the middle of Europe, the Swiss J\/70 Women’s Cup started in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland for eighteen teams, hosted by Yacht Club Bielersee. Nearby, the German J\/70 Class kicked off their season in several different venues. The growing Berlin J\/70 fleet enjoyed close racing on Lake Muggelsee. Meanwhile, the MaiOR Regatta took place in Kiel, Germany with sailing taking place on the Baltic Sea. Their neighbors in Scandinavia were also enjoying their initial summer events. The Swedish J\/70 Sailing League started this past weekend in Skanor, Sweden for a fleet of eighteen sailing club teams. Then, just across the Baltic Sea straits, the J\/70 Denmark Grundig Sailing Cup took place in Horsens, Denmark, hosted by Horsens Sejlklub.<\/p>\n

Heading west across the English Channel to the United Kingdom, we find the J\/70 South Coast Championship that took place on the Solent, hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Meanwhile, simultaneously, the  Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) De Guingand Bowl Race saw several J\/Teams garner well-deserved silverware for their offshore racing efforts, including an unprecedented sweep of IRC 1 Class by a J\/121, J\/111, and J\/122. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over in America, there was activity taking place from coast-to-coast. The huge Annapolis Sailing World Regatta had 120 J\/Teams sailing over the three-day weekend. The proverbial “J\/World” event saw good competition amongst the J\/22s, J\/24s, J\/70s, J\/80s, J\/30s, J\/35s, and J\/105s. Despite difficult weather conditions, the hosts (Annapolis Yacht Club, Severn Sailing Association, & Eastport Yacht Club) managed to keep the sailors having fun and entertained. Also on the east coast was Larchmont Yacht Club’s Edlu Distance Race. Because of very light winds, the entire fleet sailed the short 18.0nm course… sailing were a range of J\/Teams- J\/44s, J\/105, J\/100, J\/92, J\/99, J\/42, J\/111, J\/112E, J\/121, and J\/133. Finally, out in the Pacific Northwest, the Sloop Taven YC’s Race to the Straits took place north of Seattle, WA. The event is two races- Shilshole to Port Townsend and return and party at Northwest Maritime Center. A large contingent of J\/crews enjoyed the racing, such as J\/30s, J\/27, J\/80, J\/29, J\/105s, J\/99, J\/120, J\/109, and J\/111.<\/p>\n

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\"J\/109<\/p>\n

RORC Vice Admiral’s Cup Preview<\/span><\/h2>\n

(Cowes, Isle of Wight, England)- A 50-strong entry will contest RORC\u2019s Vice Admiral\u2019s Cup this weekend, with up to eight short, sharp races scheduled across three days for the six classes competing. Light to moderate airs at the start of each day are forecast to build from the southwest, with gusts potentially reaching 25 knots on the opening day, creating conditions that will test crews\u2019 reactions to the limit and provide fast planing conditions, especially for the lighter designs. The fleet includes the J\/109 and J\/111 one-design classes, both have long been stalwarts of the regatta. The format of Vice Admiral\u2019s Cup racing means they always enjoy extremely tight racing that both tests and hones all aspects of boat speed, maneuvers, and tactics. At last year\u2019s event, for instance, both classes had races in which all the podium places were determined by a difference of less than 50 seconds!!<\/p>\n

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Sailing the seven-boat J\/111 class will be Paul Griffiths’ JAGERBOMB, Cornel Riklin’s JITTERBUG, Andrew Hubbard’s JOLENE, Chris Jones & Louise Makin’s JOURNEYMAKER II, Tony Mack’s McFLY, Tim Tolcher’s RAGING BULL, and Simon Grier-Jones’ SNOW LEOPARD. <\/p>\n

Also looking forward to close competition will be one of J\/Boats’ signature racer-cruisers, the classic J\/109. Eight teams will be participating in this weekend’s thrash around the cans, including Mike Yates’ JAGO, William Stock’s JENGU, Rosie Berry’s JENIE, John Smart’s JUKEBOX, David Richards’ JUMPING JELLYFISH, Chris Burleigh’s JYBE TALKIN’, Rob Cotterill’s MOJO RISIN’, and Jamie Will helming the Royal Air Force Sailing Association’s team on RED ARROW.   Sailing photo credits- Paul Wyeth Pictures<\/a>  For more RORC Vice Admirals Cup sailing information<\/a><\/p>\n

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San Francisco Bay J\/105 Women’s Invitational Preview<\/span><\/h2>\n

(San Francisco, CA)- The SF Bay J\/105 Women’s Invitational is happening this Sunday at St Francis Yacht Club. Eight teams are planning to sail in this event which has been organized to celebrate women sailors participating in SF J\/105 Fleet 1 and empower women to take the helm of one of the most successful one-design boats racing on the Bay. The regatta consists of 3 races, back-to-back plus a collaborative post-racing debrief and awards party.<\/p>\n

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Commented the principal organizer, Bruce Stone (owner of J\/105 ARBITRAGE), “at the end of 2019, the J\/105 Class called on local fleets to consider ways to promote more gender parity in our sport. While our Fleet has a healthy number of women participating, the owner-skippers are disproportionately male, which also transfers into a mainly male Fleet and Class leadership. Following on a successful regatta created by Toronto’s Fleet 4, we are running an SF Bay Fleet 1 variation of the theme on May 22.<\/p>\n

Intending to build female participation as skippers, crew, and potentially as owners, we have asked J\/105 owners to enter their boats with the proviso that there be a woman driver. A guest skipper may be a regular crew member already on the team, someone they invite, or an experienced sailor we recommend.<\/p>\n

The St. Francis YC is excited to support Fleet 1’s agenda for this special event. Key modifications to the Fleet\/Class Rules include (a) waiving the Owner-Driver Rule and (b) waiving the weight limit. The latter allows for the required owner’s rep on board and\/or the guest skipper to be a simple addition to the whole regular team.”<\/p>\n

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The response was overwhelmingly positive, with more skippers than boats excited to participate. In the end, here are the eight women skippers and a brief backgrounder on them:<\/p>\n