J/88 News

(San Francisco, CA)- The South Beach Yacht Club on the southern part of San Francisco Bay hosted its 13th annual Red Bra Regatta 2025. The event was all about fun and supporting other women. Specifically, the regatta supported "Girls United" for the seventh year this September! Girls United for KenyaGirls…

(Annapolis, MD)- The 2025 J/88 North American Championship, hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club, enjoyed very competitive racing for the dozen teams that sailed on the northern reaches of Chesapeake Bay. In the end, one team came ready to "play ball" and nearly ran the table with all bullets, an…

(Chicago, IL)- The Chicago Yacht Club recently hosted the first of its perennial late summer regattas, the Verve Cup Offshore. Blessed with great weather most of the weekend, the two one-design classes of J/88s and J/105s enjoyed three great days of racing on Lake Michigan off the spectacular Chicago lakefront….

(Harbor Springs, MI)- Traveling far and wide, sailors from across the Great Lakes always look forward to their mid-summer favorite event, the famous Ugotta Regatta hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Springs, MI. Rolling out the proverbial red carpet for a fleet of J/70s and offshore handicap racers…

J/111 BRAVO Awarded Everett B Morris Trophy, J/122 TEAMWORK Wins ORC NA's D3!(Block Island, RI)- This year's Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week featured a diversity of weather challenges all week long; from clear sunny "shorts & shades" glamma days to grey, cool, ugly, drizzly days to keep everyone…

(Annapolis, MD)- Enjoy this series of five videos produced by the regatta for your enjoyment and happy memories of sailing this de-factor "J/Fest" on the Chesapeake Bay. 1. Why do J/Sailors love sailing the Helly Hansen Sailing World Annapolis Regatta? Watch this fun sailing interview video on YouTube herehttps://youtu.be/hGRtpDvjmt0 2….

(Larchmont, NY)- This coming weekend, the first of the major offshore races will be taking place on Long Island Sound- the Larchmont Yacht Club's EDLU Distance Race. The Edlu Race, first sailed in 1954, has long been a classic tune-up race for the around Block Island Race and Block Island…

(Seattle, WA)- The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club in Seattle, WA will be hosting its popular season-opening offshore race- the Race to the Straits Regatta- for a fleet of 103 boats. The full course length is 30.25 nautical miles each day. Saturday’s race will be from Shilshole Bay to Point Hudson…

(Annapolis MD)- The Helly Hansen Regatta returns to Annapolis, May 2nd to 4th with more than 160 teams expected to race in boats ranging from 20 to 40 feet. The annual spring regatta, which is considered the premiere local sailing event of the year on the Chesapeake Bay, also serves…

(San Francisco, CA)- The battle-hardened, hard-core sailors of San Francisco Bay, accustomed to the worst their Bay can dish out, were pleasantly surprised to contend with a very sybaritic weekend of sunny weather and light to moderate wind conditions! Hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club, their Spring Fest regatta had…

(Charleston, SC)- Over the course of nearly three decades, Charleston Race Week has developed a proven reputation that brings sailors back year after year. While the location is an integral piece of the puzzle, well-run races in a unique venue as winter fades doesn’t hurt. The 29th edition will be…

Over the past few weeks, global thrills, corinthian skills, and spring sailing have been heating up across the J/World! From the gusty breezes off Cascais, Porugal to the sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean, the J/70 and J/24 classes continue their high-octane march across continents this spring. The debut of the…

(Rye, New York)- American YC is excited to announce that registration for the 46th American YC Spring Regatta is now open! The club is building upon the success of the past two years with three days of fantastic racing planned, along with our not-to-be-missed shoreside parties! The Spring Regatta will…

J/125 Crushes Overall! J/Crews Clean House and Silver in Various Divisions (San Francisco, CA)- An annual favorite in the bay, the SSS (Singlehanded Sailing Society) Three Bridge Fiasco is the biggest yacht race in the USA west of the Mississippi River, with 300+ boats every year. The race is a…

(Hamble, So'ton, England)- The 43rd running of the Hamble Winter Series started with two completely contrasting days of weather. Saturday, day one of the Hamble One-Design Championships, had glorious sunshine and a steady breeze. But, when the PRO Peter Bateson announced "We have passed the wind test" on Sunday morning…