Four decisions were made on the penultimate day of the 134th Travemünde Week: In addition to the ranking regattas of the Kielzugvögel and Korsar, it was the title fights in the J/22 and Olympiajolle that attracted the most attention. The race committee of the Zürcher Yacht-Club (ZYC) started the day […]

Glenn Darden’s Baby Doll, sailing with Willem Van Waay, Jackson Benvenutti and Min Min Kelly, have been crowned 2023 J/22 North American Champions. Darden, hailing from Fort Worth Boat Club in Texas, and 21 other teams travelled to CORK in Kingston, Ontario, Canada to battle it out over seven races. […]

The Van Uden Reco Regatta took place in Stellendam, The Netherlands. The nine-boat J/22 fleet watched as Dirk Jan Verdoorn’s NED 1295 JUT EN JUL won by scoring just bullets in their five-race scoreline. His team consisted of Renee Groenevel, Liselotte Verdoorn and Anneloes Krikhaar. Second place went to the […]

Brisk conditions brought the J/22 Midwinter Championship to a close Sunday in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, but Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger got hot to secure the 2023 title. With crew Geoff Becker and Justin Damore, the Rochester, NY-based skipper leapt from third place to first among the 20-boat fleet with 13 […]

Thanks for this contribution from Montego Bay YC Commodore Spencer May: This year’s regatta was intense; both the competition and wind could only be described as fierce….in other words ‘blowing dogs off chains’ sailing conditions! We saw 20+ knots of breeze consistently with gusts up to 30 throughout the two […]