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With this week marking the start of December, there’s no question that our friends Down Under in Sydney, Australia are quickly turning their thoughts to their most famous offshore race- the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race that takes place on Boxing Day, December 25th out of Sydney Harbour. Several J\/Teams are part of the preparation, including J\/99s and J\/122s. More news and developments on that later.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over in the Europe and the United Kingdom, one winter series wound down while others are starting up! On the Solent in England, the Hamble River Sailing Club concluded their well-regarded Winter Series with their twelfth and final race. It was a showcase event for a certain J\/109 team, while others like J\/92 and J\/80 had nice performances.<\/p>\n

Over on the continent, the Italian J\/24 Winter Series 2022\/2023 started in Cervia, Italy. The Nautical Club Amici Della Vela of Cervia is hosting a good fleet of fifteen teams. Similarly, the RZV Naarden club is hosting the start of the J\/80 Frostbite Cup in Naarden, The Netherlands for twenty teams. Then, the French J\/80 Class held their annual awards for the J\/80 Coupe de France- the classifications included General, Women, Masters, Youth, Mixed, and Club teams…lots of silverware was handed out!<\/p>\n

Jumping down to the Caribbean, we find that Montego Bay Yacht Club will be hosting their famous Jammin’ J\/22 Jamaica Regatta from December 2nd to 4th. The field of twelve teams from across the USA, Europe, and the Caribbean are excited to get out on the gorgeous emerald blue\/green waters of Montego Bay!<\/p>\n

Over in the America’s, the San Diego Yacht Club will be hosting their third and final race of their famous Hot Rum Series off San Diego, CA. Will the two leading J\/105s maintain their overall lead? Will the J\/145s usurp the current podium with a mighty, last-ditch effort to crack the top three? Both teams are sitting just 1 and 3 pts off the podium!<\/p>\n

J\/Community<\/strong>
Down in the J\/Community section, there is a great report from top Swedish woman J\/24 sailor Monica Persson. She and her marauding bandits of Viking women from Sweden sailed in the Lady Liberty Cup off Manhattan, New York. Manhattan Yacht Club was the host for the dozen teams, an all-women event in their fleet of J\/24s on the Hudson River.<\/p>\n

Enjoy Ashley Love’s thoughts and perspectives on sailing the inaugural J\/70 Mixed+ Regatta in St. Petersburg, FL. The event was hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club for a fleet of 18 teams that were a 50\/50 mix of men and women.<\/p>\n

Then, the J\/24 class completed scanning and posting over 55 J\/24 Magazines in Acrobat PDF format (over 5,000 pages). That archive starts in 1978 and goes to 2011! Have fun reading… you will see MANY of the world’s top sailors mentioned in multiple regattas over time. Renown sailors such as Ken Read, Terry Hutchinson, Dave Ullman, Ed Baird, Jim Brady, Brad Read, Ed Adams, Tony Rey, Tim Healy, John Mollicone, Will Welles, the “Honeybadger guy” Travis Odenbach, Mark Ploch, John Kolius, David Curtis, Vince Brun, Ian Southworth, Bruno Trouble, Eddie Warden Owen, Keith Musto, Mark Foster, Augie Diaz, Francesco de Angelis, Ian Bashford, Franco Brcin, Mauricio Santa Cruz, Chris Larson, Charlie Scott, Larry Klein, Russ Silvestri, Bill Shore, Ed Reynolds, Larry Leonard, Don Trask, the Seattle Mafia (Buchan’s, McKee’s, Mark Laura, Keith Whittemore, Brian Thomas, etc), and the list goes on and on… you can rest assured it will take more than a week to read through it all… a walk down memory lane for many of you… a challenge to you all to understand why and how the J\/24 influenced the world of sailing beyond anyone’s imagination.<\/p>\n

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\"J\/45<\/a><\/p>\n

CRUISING WORLD Sailboat Review: Race-ready and Cruising-compatible J\/45<\/span><\/h2>\n

Race-ready and cruising compatible, the handsome and powerful J\/45 presents an offshore sailor with options.<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
(Annapolis, MD)- Sailing performance was definitely a factor for Erik Asgeirsson when he began his search for a new sailboat. Currently the Fleet Captain at the American Yacht Club in Rye, New York, he\u2019s a racing sailor and has been part of a crew who campaigned his uncle\u2019s J\/35 around the buoys for many seasons. But, after years of owning a Pearson 10M, and with four daughters between the ages of 8 and 14\u2014 not to mention a fondness for the rocky coast of Maine\u2014 he also wanted a family-friendly cruising boat, which will be shared with a co-owner and his family at the club.<\/p>\n

By luck, Al Johnstone and the team at J\/Boats had just such a dual-purpose vessel in mind when they sketched out their newest model, the J\/45. They envisioned a performance-oriented, offshore-capable sailboat that would be equally at home both on the Newport Bermuda Race starting line and on an extended cruise to anywhere… Read the rest of the very informative review by CRUISING WORLD’s Mark Pillsbury here<\/a>.\u00a0Learn more about the J\/45 offshore performance yacht here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"j109<\/a>J\/109 Crushes Hamble Winter Series. Crowned “Yacht of the Series”!<\/span><\/h2>\n

(Hamble, England)- There is really only one place to start this week. Mike and Susie Yates J\/109 JAGO were awarded “Yacht of the Series” and the Paul Heys Trophy winner. This very well-sailed J\/109 had a remarkable season. They excelled offshore with a third overall in the UK Doublehanded Series, including a first place in the Doublehanded Nationals, and then scoring a perfect twelve first places in the twenty-one-boat IRC 2 Class at the Hamble Winter Series.<\/p>\n

Last year Mike was very disappointed when he did not retain the Paul Heys Trophy for the best-performing J\/Boat. “You told me last year I had to sail faster,” said Mike on Sunday. And, he certainly did, adding the major prize- Yacht of the Series- during the process!!<\/p>\n

\"HambleThe final Sunday of the 2022 series was a rather damp affair, cloudy with a bit of drizzle. The breeze was SW 5-9 kts dropping to 4 kts in patches towards the end. The CV Wetwheels set up a quarter of a mile inshore of John Fisher (4Q). PRO Kathy Smalley and her trusted Lieutenant, Peter Bateson, decided to give the IRC Classes a “round the cans” course, but with a windward\/leeward flavor. The windward mark was West Knoll (3Y) followed by a range of leeward marks for the different classes. All classes had the final 3 marks in common in case course shortening was needed, but it wasn’t, so Jane (4E), Royal Southern (4S), and of course, hamblewinterseries.com (4J) to finish, was the order.<\/p>\n

\"J\/109IRC 2 Division<\/strong>
In IRC 2, Mike Yates’ J\/109 JAGO won their final race by over FOUR minutes on IRC corrected time.. yet another stunning result. Their outstanding performance was unprecedented in the annals of HRSC Winter Series history! After discarding THREE 1st places, JAGO completed the regatta with just 9 pts net! Fellow J\/109 owner Chris Burleigh, sailing JYBE TALKIN’ also sailed well to get the bronze medal– two J\/109s on the podium! Then, finishing 5th for the series was Rob Cotterill’s J\/109 MOJO RISIN.<\/p>\n

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IRC 3 Division<\/strong>
In IRC 3, the battle continued until the end for the third step on the podium between David Greenhalgh’s J\/92 J’RONIMO and Russ Bowdler’s J\/80 JUSTIFY. Ultimately, the Greenhalgh family’s J\/92 J’RONIMO took the bronze, with Bowdler’s J\/80 JUSTIFY finishing in fourth place.\u00a0Sailing photo credits- Paul Wyeth\/ PWPictures.com<\/a>\u00a0For more Hamble Winter Series sailing information<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"J\/80<\/a><\/p>\n

Coupe de France J\/80 2022\u2013 Magnificent Triumphs and Discreet Glories!<\/span><\/h2>\n

(La Rochelle, France)- Marc Le Borgne reports on the season-long Coupe de France J\/80 series. “The good thing about J\/80 is that each regatta offers everyone, whatever the final classification, the possibility of glorious moments, sometimes furtive, often spectacular, but always memorable for the crews concerned.<\/p>\n

The classification of the Coupe de France does not take into account all these individual successes but, for those who take the time to examine them, it gives a fair measure of the joyful spirit of competition that reigns within the J\/80 Class.<\/p>\n

In this regard, 2022 was a great success, as evidenced by key figures:<\/p>\n