Twenty-two teams took to the waters of Lake Ontario for the inaugural day of the J/22 North American Championship at CORK in Kingston, Ontario Canada. After strong winds swept through the area on Thursday, the breeze was slow to rejuvenate Friday. But competitors only had to wait a short time […]

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 […]

Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger dominated to secure the title of the 2022 J/22 North American Championship, racing J/22 USA sail #1542. With crew Geoff Becker and Billy Farmer, the Rochester Yacht Club-based team tallied just 14 points in eight races, including one in which they did not start (1-3-2-1-2-1-4-[22/DNS]). Christopher Doyle’s […]