2010 Youngstown Levels - July 24-25th, 2010

How was this year's Youngstown regatta you ask? We'll let the two skippers which battled out to the last race, no, the last leg tell everyone just ahead. First, I can tell you this much:  Saturday's 14-17knots at 260 degrees for 1.2NM were fair and square for everyone. The relatively steady wind direction, some current as always here, and the famous Niagara scarpment induced wind lanes made for thoroughly challenging conditions. The RC started 4 races, yes four, with the last ending by 2:38PM.  Planet B went back to the club with bragging rights, with a starting and ending bullet for the day whilst Jamaica Me Crazy replied with 2 bullets for race 2 and 3.  The fleet behaved, all weekend with only one over early by two boats on Sunday and relatively stress free starts both days. The stiffling heat and humidity was not a factor during the days races, but may have played havoc on those staying on board or on near by tents. It rained buckets both nights.

Sunday's start, also on time, was at the top range of wind for the day clocking at upwards of 14NM, but as the clouds left the race course, so did the wind, by then we had raced 6 thoroughly enjoyable races, so the single drifter race (a shortened course!) was just a reminder for all of us who have raced at Youngstown at the end of July, that there's always at least one weird wind race! Today again, the RC chose 1.2NM and the direction started at 306, with a change of course after the first start. Winds (or currents!) were a huge factor, and disturbed air from other fleet's caused lanes to appear and dissappear. And now over to the skippers....

"Thank you for the kind words Robert. I too agree it was the best organized racing I have done in years.

It was J105 North American quality!!  The RC multi-tasked: starting our class while others were finishing, making a change of course for one fleet for while the other fleets were still rounding the old course, kept a tight start line. And the PRO had a great sense of humor and kept the fleets informed.  Peter Hall" On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Robert Baker, wrote: "This is a message to all J105's who couldn't make it to YYC Levels this year.  You just missed the BEST REGATTA that PLANET B has been in years!!

We had 7 great races, with extremely tight racing.... in fact the top 2 boats were tied after Saturday with first and 2 seconds. .." Read More

Photo Album | Regatta Results | Overall Standings

2010 YYC - Registration | Sailing Instructions

The Founders Regatta's is Jamaica Me Crazy's first for the year! JMC's strong showing brings her first season's regatta, overtaking the early leaders Hey Jude and Planet B.  Full Tilt Boogie is second for the weekend, Planet B is third.

The overall standings change little as the fleet is out in force again this weekend.

In the midst of Toronto's G20 mayhem,  12 participants braved the elements, police and coast guard Toronto Harbour overzelous patrolling.  The regatta was punctuated by unusual wind shifts, hazy, variable wind, and only one race on Saturday due to poor wind. A total of 4 races were started.  Planet B's two first place finishes, was marred by a black flag DSQ, which also affected Hey Jude on Sunday's second race.  The absence of the two season's leaders, for that race was not wasted by Jamaica Me Crazy and Full Tilt Boogie.  Remarkable this weekend was the srong showing of all competitors, new and old to the fleet.  

This year's Founders edition also featured the hospitality of Vicky Hall, Peter Hall and crew of the Jamaica Me Crazy, which hosted an informal get together, well attended and exquisitely catered by Vicky and members of her crew.  Once again the bar has been set high for the next social event organizers! Check out the photo album link for some pics of the event. Thank you guys, it was terrfic!

Photo Album | Regatta Results | Overall Standings

2010 Founders - Registration Form | Sailing Instructions

Live Edge wins New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta!

Live Edge will be spending the summer in the USA, ably representing our fleet at several east coast regattas.  Their next stop the East Coast Championships July 17-19 at the NYYC, after a great first start. Good Luck Mike and crew.

Live Edge--> East Coast Championships Results 

 

2010 ABYC Open Regatta A great start for the 2010 Season with 13 racers (11 starters each day) at the always favourite ABYC Open Regatta. With six races (three each day) races in weather more not unlike mid-summer Lake Ontario conditions. Hey Jude's stood out with two bullets each day, complemented by a second place on Saturday and Sunday. Planet B, was unable to maintain the pace, finishing 4th or better for each race.  Jamaica Me Crazy, started Sunday with their first bullet of the year. Fourth was Thunderstruck poised to maintain their great results in 2009..

Photo Album | Regatta Results | Overall Standings

2010 ANNAPOLIS NOOD DIV 3 Series Standing - 8 races scored. Regatta results saved: Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:11:59 PM EDT Division: J/105 (28 boats) (top)
Pos 1 51055 Peter McChesney Annapolis YC 1 1 5 1 3 5 2 3 21.00 1
Pos 2 110 James Rathbun Royal Canadian YC 3 2 16 3 12/40% 4 1 1 42.00
Pos 3 351 Jim Konigsberg Annapolis YC 4 11 8 5 4 6 5 4 47.00
Pos 4 202 Arthur Libby Annapolis YC 9 8 6 9 16 9 3 5 65.00
Pos 5 210 Will Crump New York YC 5 18 2 4 5 9/ZFP 17 8 68.00
Pos 6  328 Cedric Lewis Annapolis YC 12 19 3 2 22 1 19/ZFP 2 80.00
Pos 7 Can 267 Michael Mountford Royal Canadian YC 17 4 7 6 7 14 9 16 80.00
Pos 8 501 Carl Gitchell Annapolis YC 6 7 10 7 20 19 6 6 81.00
Pos 9 Can 54858 Ian Farquharson Royal Canadian YC 16 3 4 11 13 15 19 10 91.00
Pos 10 USA 23 Marty Hubltz / Eddie Hornick Severn River YC 7 5 11 15 26 2 20 7 93.00

Full Results Photos: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Sailing World :here

(C) Photos by: Jeremia T.D./ www.timwilkes.com

02.May.10 - Annapolis NOOD Regatta Peter McChesney from Annapolis Yacht Club dominated the 27-boat J/105 fleet at the Annapolis NOOD regatta from April 30-May 2. Scoring just 21 points over 8 races, he finished in the top 5 in every race including 3 bullets. Hey Jude's Jim Rathbun of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club came in second with 42 points, with an impressive 2 bullets, and ending 4th or better in every race but one.

The Notice of Race ("NOR") for the 2010 Canadian Championship and the Appendix for J/105s has been posted on the CORK website. 

Visit the 2010 J105 Canadian Championship at Cork Website for NOR, Registration and Event information.

REGISTRATION: Register before Aug 10 to avoid a late fee.
DOCKING: Information regarding docking before, during and after the Championship is included in the NOR and if you have not made arrangements for docking before and after the Championships I would encourage you to do so ASAP with they City of Kingston. The deposit is only one nights docking (further information is in the NOR). Docking during the Championships at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour is included in the registration fee and will be reserved with your registration.

ACCOMMODATION: Information is provided in the NOR Appendix.

SOCIAL: This years Saturday night social event will be held at the Kingston Yacht Club - If you have not done so already, please let me know if you think you will be attending - I would like to give the club a rough idea of numbers.

SPONSORS: At this time we do not have a sponsor for the Championship and any ideas are welcome if they could be directed to my attention.

2010 J/105 North American Championship website and NOR Fleet 5 has gone live with their website and Notice of Race for the 2010 J/105 North American Championship at Chicago Yacht Club (September 13-19). You can link to the website directly through the logo left, the countdown, the racing schedule page and to register link here:  Event website

Minutes of Last Association Meeting: The March 27 Association Meeting Minutes are posted.  Please use the READ MORE link below for detail.

2010 Racing Schedule: Updated 2010 Racing Schedule

Schedule Highlights:
* Saturday, May 15th morning:  Open to all J105 owners, A clinic will be held at RCYC with either Chris Cook, Dave Wright or RCYC Pro,
* Friday, August 20th:  Feeder Race to Kingston.  Start at 1:00 pm.
* Friday/Saturday/Sunday, August 27th, 28th, 29th : CORK and J105 Canadians

Narragansett Bay Championship - please post!;
From: Bruce J Stone (bruce@brucestone.com) Sent: February 28, 2010 5:36:48 PM
To: webmaster@j105.ca

Come on down to Rhode Island for some great racing this July/August!

Many of you have heard about the progress we are making on the J-105 Tour idea…the mid-summer portion, the Narragansett Bay Championship, is now posted on the National website, but here’s a heads-up with more details:

Hey Jude finishes 2nd Overall for the 2009 J105 North American Championship!
Championship Day 4.Jim Rathbun and crew achieve the fleet's best away result for the fleet and culminates a flawless 2009 campaign.  Congratulations Jim. Sonic Boom was 15th and Live Edge was 16th. The excellent result reflects well on the quality of sailing of the J105 fleet in Lake Ontario, and the tenacity and consistency of the Hey Jude crew which has beem demonstrated with skill at the highest levels at every major away regatta they have participated in the last ten years.

After San Fransisco's Power Play, and runner-up is James Rathbun on Hey Jude third place went to Kincsem team of Joerg Esdorn and Duncan Hennes.

Two races were completed on the final day of the championship. Jeremy Henderson and Harald Edegran on Conundrum ended the regatta on a perfect note, winning both contests. Kincsem followed Conundrum in Race 10, then Kenneth Colburn on Ghost. In the concluding race, Damian Emery on Eclipse came in second, trailed by Hey Jude.

Competitors benefited from four days of solid breeze on Long Island Sound. The top three boats are: Bruce Stone, Power Play (55 points), James Rathbun, Hey Jude (64), Joerg Esdorn/Duncan Hennes, Kincsem (73).

Check out Bernie's Photo Gallery with shots of Sonic Boom Crew and on the water action.

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Championship Day 3. . Live Edge overtakes Sonic Boom on Day 3 and improves her standing to 16th overall 2 points ahead.  Hey Jude drops to fourth place. 11 points behind today's new leader Power Play and 5 points behind Kincsem.  With stronger winds reported today, expect the top three boats to be racing defensively tomorow.

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Championship Day 2. A Tougher day for Jim Rathbun today, but the RCYC boat moved down one place to second overall with two days of racing left.  RCYC other two boats Sonic Boom and Live Edge were mid-fleet. Competion is intense with all the favourites, except for Kincsem having at least one tough race.  Temperatures remained mild at 14 C and winds ranged between 10 and 14 kts.  Check out on the course photography, of all three Canadian boats, here

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Championship Day 1. Jim Rathbun and Hey Jude lead the NA's with three top 5 finishes, including a bullet after three races of the championship. As one of favourites to win the event, they will have tough going against the strong local contingent, many who know well the strenght of the Canadian crews.

Sonic Boom, and Live Edge are top 20 although still early days we expect . Expect great racing from the experienced Rathbun and crew. We all cheering for you Jim.

Links
2009 NA's Overall Results here | NA Photos from Bernie F
PhotoBoat.com Photo Gallery Thursday | Friday | Saturday |  Sunday

Rye, NY. Weather Information
Real-time data from the racing area | Rye tides | Sailflow wind forecast| NOAA Forecast | NOAA Local radar

Re:Tern wins the 2009 J105 Pre-Canadians or Fall Regatta. Another wonderful day in the neighbourhood.  With winds somewhat more settled than Saturdays constantly oscillating shifts that played havoc to many a tactician, Sunday we experienced wind speeds ranging from 4 to 12.5 Kts.  The fleet, behaved well today again. Mike Milner and the rC calling only one boat over early and did not use the black flag more than once in six races for the 12 participating boats this weekend.  Races were 0.8 or slightly longer and the 6th raced featured a upwind finish.

The morning de-brief by Chris Cook was not only educational but was presaged the strategy for Sunday's racing.  The best racers this weekend, Re:Tern who embraced the "climbing of the ladder" approach of gaining advantage at the three distinct phases of the race. They showed disciplined starts, good assessment of the mid course conditions, and gradually moveded to the favoured side of the course.

Planet B, second overall for this regatta, did not fare as well, caught on the wrong side, and unable to rapidly change sides hurt them. They had 2 bullets. The Usual Suspects had another great regatta, coming in third for the weekend.  Hey Jude's DSQ on the black flag, was the difference in their result, and shared bulltets with Re:Tern, Live Edge, and Tusk, the latter two with their first 1st place finish for the season.

The 2009 J105 Canadians, will be the final show down between Hey Jude and Planet B, as only two points separates these two boats for the 2009 Fleet 4 Championship.

2009 Pre-Canadians

| Results

2009 Pre-Canadians

| Photo Gallery

Hey Jude stages a comeback to win the 2009 J105 Championship.

Jim Rathbun on Hey Jude staged a comeback to win the J/105 Canadian Championship over the weekend. The team scored 41 points over 9 races. Glen Malcolm and Arthur English, racing Starcross, came in runner-up with 43 points, followed by Dave Shaver on Re:Tern (45 points). 18 boats competed at this year's event.  Hey Jude, already registered to the 2009 North American Championship is well poised to do well at Rye.  Jim and three other Fleet 4 boats have already registered.

Jim Rathbun will also be crowned as this year's Fleet 4 champion, over Stuart Kilpatrick/Robert Baker's Planet B and Peter Hall's Jamaica Me Crazy.

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Photo Gallery

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Final Results

| 2009 Canadians Results

	Hey Jude wins the Royal Weekend Regatta and the J105 Royal Week North Sails Plaque.  With 2 bullets, Jim Rathbun and crew overcame on all takers over the three race regatta.  Saturday's two race event, a traditional windward leeward, was marked by slow wind conditions which made the Race Committee postpone the start until the wind settled.  Once it did the fleet raced two 1.3 NM races in 8 to 12 knot winds. Confusion over a change of course, not documented in the Sailing Instructions, marred the first race won by Full Tilt Boogie, followed by Thunderstruck and Jamaica Me Crazy.  The second race was won by Hey Jude.   Saturday's afternoon wind conditions were highly influenced by the remnants of Hurricane Bill.
Sunday's only race was delayed, until the gradient winds built to a steady 8 to 15 kts from the North West.  The pursuit style race, was interesting, but presented problems to our fleet with close encounters around the marks with boats of other fleets not respectful of the three boat length circle or our ability to nimbly round the marks.  Hey Jude won with a comfortable ten boat lead over Planet B.
Photos 2009 Royal Weekend	Fleet 4 Results.  (Up to LYRA course races).