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Long standing Chesapeake Bay contender Eurotrash Girl joins the J World stable today. She is a ocean equipped J 120 with a long list of victories and smiles on her resume. The J 120 is the boat we have been pining for here at the world for years. She is a modern comfortable cruiser that is right at home on the race course as well. We plan to use her to expand our cruising course curriculum and add some big boat racing programs. Stay tuned.
Our student Justin and coach Dave enjoying great breeze and finally some sunshine! As most of you know, I think the springtime is the best sailing on the bay. Lace up you Sperry’s, grab a fleece and join us out on the water.
While tight reaching along St. Martin’s eastern shore, we watched with delight as a J/122 crept up on on windward hip and watched the deft crew prepare to hoist a spinnaker on an impossible angle. As the head rocketed towards the masthead and the tack hammered home, I exclaimed, “how did they get a Flying Jenny kite way down here?” Kevin Ryman, my coaching partner explained “that is Flying Jenny!” Was David Askew back in the 122? Were they speedy dopplegangers? We may never know, but the short encounter made us wish we were sailing a J 122 in these conditions. The following is a great perspective from the spinnaker fleet from this year’s Heineken regatta.
J/80 US Midwinters Report
(Key West, FL)- Top J/80 sailor Andrew Kerr has been going down to Key West as part of his annual pilgrimage south to escape the frozen Midwest. He provided a great report on how it all went down for the J/80 class in their recent Midwinters.
“This year’s Key West Race Week was also the venue for the J80 Midwinter Championships; it is hard to think of a better venue for a championship in January! Peter Craig and his team from Premiere Racing always make the event a World class event with top level race management on the water and great shore side activities after wards.
On the Sunday evening I participated as a member of the tactician’s panel representing division three (J80 class and PHRF 1 and 2 fleets) with Ed Baird as moderator, Ed does a great job keeping everyone engaged and the ideas and conversation flowing and as a result the interaction with the audience was highly effective with great insight and thoughts from the panel and questions from the audience. Read more
After reading Kristen’s inspiring “What’s in my sea bag?”, long time industry partner Jerry Richards sent us this article as a follow up. Enjoy.
What to Wear
Protecting The Power Within
Making it Your Advantage
How Important Is What You Wear?
As long as conditions are safe, rough weather should not keep you from going racing. Rough weather days can be the most enjoyable and certainly the most memorable. However, poor quality clothing and out of date fabrics can ruin the day for racers of all ages especially the novice. Read more
Three days before I leave for the warm waters of Florida and the Caribbean we get hit with a “polar votex”, really a vortex? So enquiring minds want to know why this happened. So here is the explanation, http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/showbiz/polar-vortex-explanation/ . By the way, it was 28 degrees south of Jacksonville this morning.
Welcome to the third installment of “What’s in my sea bag?” We are going to share with you what kind of things we would pack depending on what kind of trip and the location. Up next, Kristen Berry. As many of you know, Kristen and I share one brain, so I am looking forward to finding out what I should take to Key West. So Kristen, What’s in the bag?
January is a funny time of year for me. I get excited to head to points south for J World Annapolis winter programs like Key West Race Week, St. Pete NOOD, and the BVI Alumni Flotilla, but inevitably some “arctic vortex” turns my palm tree paradise into a reptile freezer. Read more
Welcome to the second installment of “What’s in my sea bag?” We are going to share with you what kind of things we would pack depending on what kind of trip and the location. Up next, Jahn Tihansky, as many of you know Jahn has a formidable sailing resume but this time around packing was a new experience. How do you pack for your first ocean crossing? So Jahn, What’s in the bag?
I am preparing to embark on a trans-Atlantic passage from Portimao on the south coast of Portugal to St. Maarten in the Caribbean via Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Read more
Welcome to the first installment of “What’s in my sea bag?” We are going to share with you what kind of things we would pack depending on what kind of trip and the location. First up is Carole who is a repeat offender when it comes to cruising in the Caribbean, (also a master provisioner). So Carole, What’s in the bag?
