The Sun Never Sets on J's Sailing Worldwide
This coming weekend is an unusual "triple-witching hour" of celebrations for various constituencies around the world. First, Happy St. Valentine's Day to all that love to enjoy the day with loved ones and family. Second, the USA marks the weekend as well with President's Day and it's a national holiday on Monday. Then, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on Friday, 12th February, 2021. The festival sees the Chinese community across the world welcome the 2021 "Year of the Ox", decorating their homes in the lucky color red and attending parades as they wish for a happy and prosperous year ahead.From a sailing standpoint, the Yacht Club Monaco held their second event in the YCM J/70 Winter Series off Monte Carlo, Monaco. The two-dozen teams enjoyed a total of nine races on Hercules Bay. There was a surprising outcome given the talent of the fleet.
J/45 Virtual Tour
Discover the new J/45 offshore cruising yacht as if you were there!
(Newport, RI)- You were waiting for it impatiently, the virtual tour is now here! From the cockpit deck plan to the owner's cabin, visit in detail the new flagship J/Boats, dedicated to offshore sailing. With leading edge design, combined with a modern and refined interior design, discover in total immersion the perfect alliance between performance and cruising comfort, like no J before it. Click here to watch the video of the J/45 virtual tour today!
J/24 Midwinters Update
(Miami, FL)- Following in the same footsteps as their J/70 friends and colleagues, the USA J/24 class has organized their J/24 Midwinter Championship in Miami, Florida, with the Shake-A-Leg Foundation being their host at their amazing facility on the Miami waterfront.Responding enthusiastically has been J/24 sailors from across the country. Clearly, there is an enormous pent-up demand to get back out on the water and enjoy the camaraderie of seeing long lost friends from living the pandemic life.
So far, thirty J/24 teams are registered on YachtScoring to participate in what may be the first regatta for nearly all the teams since the March "lockdown" last year. The depth and talent of the fleet is remarkable, with many boats getting their covers dusted off, boats polished, bottoms sanded, and shaking out the mice family living in the sail bags! Sailing the regatta are several past National, North American, and World Champions; such as the John Mollicone & Mike Marshall duo on AMERICAN GARAGE, Robby Brown's ANGEL OF HARLEM, the Long Island Sound brother duo of Al & Dave Constants on BLITZ, the scary smart crew on HONEYBADGER (Travis Odenbach, Patrick Wilson, Chris Stocke, and Monica Morgan), Eammon Delisser's MAIN SQUEEZE with Luke Lawrence on cockpit/ tactics, the famous Aidan Glackin on MENTAL FLOSS, Mark Pincus steering SCOUTS HONOR, Kirk Reynolds driving TYRUS, and Marcus Rogers on WIND MONKEY with Carter and Molly White providing traffic directions. Should be fun!
If YOU are not on a J/24 sailing in this regatta, you better be asking yourself, "why not"!? Go for it, it's an easy drive down I-95 to Miami! Just chuck the boat in, pop open a few "tinnies", lather-up with sunscreen, put on the shades, and take a cruise around the lovely aquamarine waters of Biscayne Bay with friends! Sign me up! For more J/24 Midwinters event and registration information, click here to go to Yachtscoring.com and sign up!
J/Boats Armada for Rolex Fastnet Race
(Cowes, Isle of Wight, England)- Forty-Seven J Boats teams have entered the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race, the largest number of entries by a single boat brand by far in the world’s largest offshore race! A record entry of over 500 yachts is expected to start the race in Cowes, on 8th August 2021.Notably the first entry was a J/Boat! Eva Herman’s J/122 JULIET ROMEO. She is clearly excited to get out on her boat and have "a star to steer her by".
For the last four decades, J/Boats have featured in every edition of the race. For the 49th edition, 12 different designs of the J/Boats range will be racing. #jboats #jcomposites #RolexFastnetRace #rorc #sailboat #sailing Learn more about the Rolex Fastnet Race here
February Special- Marmot Jacket!
(Newport, RI)- The J/Thermo Jacket is by Marmot and is a stuffed lightweight, highly compressible and enviably warm Primaloft ® Black insulation — a synthetic insulation made with 60 percent recycled fibers that boasts warmth without bulk and a soft feel — the outer is from a durable nylon ripstop fabric. Elastic hem and cuffs keep the jacket in place and Angel-Wing Movement™ allows you to move without the jacket riding up. Zippered pockets offer a warm place for your hands to rest. Wear under a shell or on its own. Perfect for packing and stylish for cool weather. Click here to enjoy a 20% discount on this gorgeous Marmot jacketSailing Calendar
Feb 17- SORC Miami to Eleuthera Race- Miami, FLMar 4-7- J/70 Primo Cup- Trophee Credit Suisse- Monte Carlo, Monaco
Mar 5-7- J/111 Key West Winter Series- Key West, FL
Mar 5-8- St Maarten Heineken Regatta- Simpson Bay, Saint Maarten
Mar 10-13- J/70 Bacardi Cup- Miami, FL
Mar 19-21- J/70 Davis Island Winter Series III- Tampa, FL
Mar 19-21- San Diego NOOD Regatta- San Diego, CA
Mar 26-28- St. Thomas International Regatta- St. Thomas, USVI
Mar 29- Apr 4- BVI Spring Regatta- Road Town, Tortola, BVI
Apr 2-4- St Petersburg NOOD Regatta- St Petersburg, FL
Apr 11-17- Les Voiles de St Barth Regatta- Gustavia, St Barthelemy
Apr 8-11- Charleston Race Week- Charleston, SC
Apr 24-30- Antigua Sailing Week- English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
For additional J/Regatta and Event dates in your region, please refer to the on-line J/Sailing Calendar.
G-SPOT Tops Monaco J/70 Winter Series Act II
(Monte Carlo, Monaco)- The Monaco J/70 Winter Series continued this past weekend, hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco in Monte Carlo. Twenty-three teams sailed the event with most participating from Monaco, but including enthusiastic teams from Italy, France, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, and Netherlands. The fleet was greeted by rather mundane conditions for the famous Hercules Bay. For the most part it was grey and overcast with moderate conditions for the weekend.Over the three-day series, the YC Monaco PRO managed to run a total of nine races. In the end, it was Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio's G-SPOT that sailed a solid, very consistent series. Other than a black flag blemish on their record in the 7th race, they had four podium finishes including two race wins to take the event with 31 pts. net.
Ludovic Fassitelli's JUNDA- BANCO DEL SEMPIONE started off the series with a black flag, and after a 2-2-1 in the next three races was looking good for the top of the podium. Thereafter, their team faltered a bit but hung on to take the silver medal with 34 pts. net. Rounding out the podium and taking the bronze medal was Claudia Rossi's PETITE TERRIBLE- ADRIA FERRIES. Starting off with a black flag as well, she amassed a regatta-winning tally of three bullets and 2-3-5, but that was not enough to overcome a second BFD in her 7th race.
Rounding out the top five was Gianrocco's Catalano's ALICE in 4th place and taking 5th position was Loic Pompee's SAILING RACING TEAM.
In the Corinthians Division, it was Lorenz Kausche's RHUBARBE team from Switzerland that took gold. Second was Cesare Gabasio's TINN J70 from Monaco and third was Thomas Studer's Swiss crew on JERRY.
For more Monaco J/70 Winter Series sailing information
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Gorgeous J/100 For Sale
This J/100 is an elegant daysailer and is a modern classic with teak decks and navy hull. With a carbon Hall spars mast, North sails and Raymarine electronics, she has proven to be a very competitive boat. Having achieved first in her class (ISC Group 5) in the 2019 Round the Island Race, as well as 3rd in Cruiser div B in 2019 Cowes Week with an all-family crew.
TIDERACE has had 2 owners from new and has been very well-maintained. Specified with optional stanchions and double lifelines she is prepared for crewed racing. The J/100 is a versatile model that can also be day-sailed easily shorthanded. Please contact Key Yachting for a full video tour!
Ever wonder how a boat is created from an idea to reality?
Here are some progress photos of the new J/9 daysailer and the evolution of the process.The quick lesson is that once the designer has created the hull and deck lines for the boat, it's sent to our Symmetrix tool maker in Bristol, RI to make the male "plugs".
Step 1- make the frames and spray coat with what looks like wedding cake white icing (a foam).
Step 2- the 5-axis CNC milling machine "carves" out the shape of the plug.
Step 3- coat the mold with an epoxy/ fiber mix (the gray stuff).
Step 4- the 5-axis milling process carves the mold to within 1mm of the designed shape.
Step 5- mold is "long-boarded" manually for smoothness.
Step 6- final thin coating (black) of mold release epoxy is sprayed and hand-sanded and buffed to a brilliant, smooth shine!
Step 7- apply mold release, then cover the plug in multiple layers of glass to create the female "mold". Add several cross frames and longitudinal supports (mostly steel tubing). Flip it all over, pull the plug out of the mold! Now, we're ready to make boats!
Sounds easy, right? Not! But, it's much faster and more accurate today than it was back in "the old days" of wooden frames and strip-planking and hand-sanding everything!
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