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SubscribeGUT FEELING does it again!
Following up on their North American championship, Ted Herlihy and crew on GUT FEELING took the J/109 East Coast championship during the Buzzards Bay Regatta. Ed Dailey and Wiley Wakeman and their mates sailed RAPTOR to second place. And James and Michael Feeley sailed LADYLOVE in third place.
| 04 August 2008 |
GUT FEELING takes the North Americans
July 27 - In a highly competitive 15 boat fleet, Ted Herlihy sailed GUT FEELING to the J/109 North American championship in Newport this weekend. Just four points separated the top three boats. Steve Kenny and Greg Ames took second in GOSSIP while Don and Nicolas Filippelli took third in CAMINOS. The NA's were sailed as part of the ROLEX New York Yacht Club race week. Conditions were typical of the Southcoast and Narragansett Bay in summer - light breezes to a 40kt squall.
| 28 July 2008 | Read more |
Pacific NorthWest Championship goes to IT'S ONLY ROCK n ROLL
"It's only Rock n Roll" wins 1st annual PNW Championship
Bob Arney & crew on "It's only Rock n Roll" won the J/109 Pacific Northwest Championship regatta, held in conjunction with J/Fest in Seattle. They overtook Jim Prentice's "Diva" in the standings in the last race, to win by 2 points. Stuart Burnell's "Tantivy" placed third. It was a tight regatta all around, with only 16 points separating 1st through 8th after 5 races. After dealing with fickle wind all weekend, the breeze filled in to a steady 10 knots Sunday afternoon, allowing the RC to get 4 races off. Those that were able to get to the favored side were generously rewarded, and flyers were punished severely. The racing was pretty exciting, as any boathandling mistakes meant losing places and the pack was always tight. And for a pleasant Seattle surprise, there was sunshine all weekend, so all the crews were looking pretty tanned and happy at the awards presentation.
Bob Arney & crew on "It's only Rock n Roll" won the J/109 Pacific Northwest Championship regatta, held in conjunction with J/Fest in Seattle. They overtook Jim Prentice's "Diva" in the standings in the last race, to win by 2 points. Stuart Burnell's "Tantivy" placed third. It was a tight regatta all around, with only 16 points separating 1st through 8th after 5 races. After dealing with fickle wind all weekend, the breeze filled in to a steady 10 knots Sunday afternoon, allowing the RC to get 4 races off. Those that were able to get to the favored side were generously rewarded, and flyers were punished severely. The racing was pretty exciting, as any boathandling mistakes meant losing places and the pack was always tight. And for a pleasant Seattle surprise, there was sunshine all weekend, so all the crews were looking pretty tanned and happy at the awards presentation.
| 21 June 2008 |
BLOCK ISLAND RESULTS
Greg Ames and Steve Kenny in GOSSIP held off perennial power Ted Herlihy in GUT FEELING by one point and Bill Sweetster in RUSH to win Block Island Race Week. See results at www.blockislandraceweek.org
| 20 June 2008 |
Fleet 10 Schedule posted
Hi all,
I hope you are all looking forward to the 2008 season as much as I am. I have posted the 2008 schedule; go to racing and choose "documents" from the dropdown menu.
Our series begins in a little over a month at AYC Spring Series. We have added a couple of distance races this year with the Edlu Race in May and the Vineyard Race at the end of August. We had a good turnout at the Distance Racing Seminar (8 J109 owners out of 50 total owners) in January so there appears to be interest in expanding our agenda from just doing buoy races to include distance races. Let's see how it goes and we will continue to refine the schedule based on the fleet's preferences. At this point I honestly don't know if we will be racing one design in these regattas or competing using our IRC ratings. If you have some thoughts you'd like to share, please pass them along.
You will also note that we have scheduled a J109 Rendezvous on July 19-20th in Stoninington, CT. We are hoping to attract both racers and cruisers to the event so we can get together and learn something from each other. Plans are still being developed but we will likely have a BBQ and some festivities on Saturday after everyone arrives and then hold a fun race/cruise to Newport to position boats for the J109 North American Championship which begins the following week at New York Yacht Club Race Week (Wednesday registration, racing Thursday-Sunday). This event will be followed the next weekend (Friday-Sunday)with the J109 East Coast Championships at the Buzzards Bay Regatta. If you want to have a lot of fun and get some great racing in, put these events on your calendar now and start to make arrangements!
When it is convenient, I'd appreciate hearing which events you plan to support this year. I look forward to seeing many of you next month at American Spring Series. Don't forget to pay your class dues before the regatta!
All the best,
Rick
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I hope you are all looking forward to the 2008 season as much as I am. I have posted the 2008 schedule; go to racing and choose "documents" from the dropdown menu.
Our series begins in a little over a month at AYC Spring Series. We have added a couple of distance races this year with the Edlu Race in May and the Vineyard Race at the end of August. We had a good turnout at the Distance Racing Seminar (8 J109 owners out of 50 total owners) in January so there appears to be interest in expanding our agenda from just doing buoy races to include distance races. Let's see how it goes and we will continue to refine the schedule based on the fleet's preferences. At this point I honestly don't know if we will be racing one design in these regattas or competing using our IRC ratings. If you have some thoughts you'd like to share, please pass them along.
You will also note that we have scheduled a J109 Rendezvous on July 19-20th in Stoninington, CT. We are hoping to attract both racers and cruisers to the event so we can get together and learn something from each other. Plans are still being developed but we will likely have a BBQ and some festivities on Saturday after everyone arrives and then hold a fun race/cruise to Newport to position boats for the J109 North American Championship which begins the following week at New York Yacht Club Race Week (Wednesday registration, racing Thursday-Sunday). This event will be followed the next weekend (Friday-Sunday)with the J109 East Coast Championships at the Buzzards Bay Regatta. If you want to have a lot of fun and get some great racing in, put these events on your calendar now and start to make arrangements!
When it is convenient, I'd appreciate hearing which events you plan to support this year. I look forward to seeing many of you next month at American Spring Series. Don't forget to pay your class dues before the regatta!
All the best,
Rick
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| 17 March 2008 |
Eight J/109’s Boats competed in Buzzards Bay Regatta August 3rd-5th 2007
It was TASTES LIKE CHICKEN’s father-son combination that won the 35th annual Buzzards Bay Reagatta with a string of six first place finishes over the first two days. After Friday’s performance of three straight bullets, Steve Tedeschi handed the helm do his father Brian on Saturday who repeated the previous day's impressive performance.
“Don’t be fooled by the results.” says Tedeschi “The racing was very tight. We didn’t lead the pack around the first windward mark once on the first day. Every boat in the fleet was up in front at one point or another. We considered us ourselves lucky a few times to get around the competition. GUT FEELING and OFFBEAT are very strong competitors. Ted (Herlihy/GUT FEELING) won Block Island last year and was winning the NA’s going into the last day. We just felt like we were getting the right shifts and had great crew work.”
Ted Herlihy hosted numerous J/109 sailors at his house and even offered up his neighbors house to help with the overload. On Saturday Night the Herlihy’s held a J/109 party which most of the class attended and enjoyed greatly.
1. Tastes Like Chicken, Stephen Tedeschi, 6
2. Gut Feeling, Ted Herlihy, 13
3. offbeat, Doug Hannah, 17
4. Superstition, Christopher Zibailo, 28
5. Ladylove, Michael Feeley. 31
6. Warrior 2, Tom Burrows, 33
7. August West, Jamey Shachov, 35
8. Spitfire, Dan Grossman, 46
“Don’t be fooled by the results.” says Tedeschi “The racing was very tight. We didn’t lead the pack around the first windward mark once on the first day. Every boat in the fleet was up in front at one point or another. We considered us ourselves lucky a few times to get around the competition. GUT FEELING and OFFBEAT are very strong competitors. Ted (Herlihy/GUT FEELING) won Block Island last year and was winning the NA’s going into the last day. We just felt like we were getting the right shifts and had great crew work.”
Ted Herlihy hosted numerous J/109 sailors at his house and even offered up his neighbors house to help with the overload. On Saturday Night the Herlihy’s held a J/109 party which most of the class attended and enjoyed greatly.
1. Tastes Like Chicken, Stephen Tedeschi, 6
2. Gut Feeling, Ted Herlihy, 13
3. offbeat, Doug Hannah, 17
4. Superstition, Christopher Zibailo, 28
5. Ladylove, Michael Feeley. 31
6. Warrior 2, Tom Burrows, 33
7. August West, Jamey Shachov, 35
8. Spitfire, Dan Grossman, 46
| 15 August 2007 | BBR Regatta |