Thursday, November 16, 2017

Championship Series Results 2017

The NOOD's and Verve Cup always make for some of the best windward leeward racing in America. We had a great turn out and the sailing was awesome.  The boats traded positions at every turn and there was a number of really exciting crossings on course with tactics playing a big part of every race. The finish order does not tell just how close many of the finishes were.  It was a great time, One Design racing is the best and then there are the parties.

Congratulations all the winners. For more details go to Yachtscoring to see the race results.

Low Point Scoring System
For more details go to Yachtscoring to see the race results.
*Flying Pig and Southbound tied third on points, but the Pig wins the tie breaker with a 1st. The racing was really close!

Monday, November 13, 2017

Larsen Marine Weekend Warrior Series 2017

The Weekend Warrior Series was another battle this year. The Commodore Stein race was canceled by the race committee so we dropped it from the scoring. Congratulations to Sealark for wining the series demonstrating incredible consistency.

High Point Scoring System
A special note goes out to Angry Sloth for 1st place in the Lutz Distance race. Job well done.

And last but not least, a big Thank You to our sponsor Larsen Marine.

Monday, November 6, 2017

VIN Distance Race Results 2017

We added a couple of new races to the distance series this year. As always big wind shifts and the weather played their part this summer, but none the less the competition was really close this year.

Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to our sponsor VIN.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Beer Can Results 2017

It was an a interesting summer for the Beer Can racers this year. While in general the weather was really nice this summer, it seemed storms rolled though Chicagoland almost every Wednesday, making for a number of cancellations and "hugely" varied sailing conditions. None the less, a number of J105's came out to play and did very well as they proved that the J-105 is indeed the best boat on lake Michigan.

Congratulations to the winners:
                                                        1st  Peregrine  (4th overall out 28 boats in Spin 2)
                                                        2nd  Esprit d'Ecosse (They did over 60 races this year!)
                                                        3rd  Valhalla


Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Fall Party - Weather Mark Tavern

This years's Fleet 5 Fall Party will be held Saturday
Nov. 11th at:

        Weather Mark Tavern
         1503 S. Michigan Ave. 
         Chicago, IL 60605

         Tel. No. 312 588-0230

Festivities begin at 7:00  PM

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Owner's gathering

Time to put away the boat for the winter. Don't do what this unfortunate soul did, but do join your fellow J105 skippers for a wonderful evening. No awards or speeches, just a good time. Spouses and significant others are welcomed, earn some points for all those days you spent sailing. Our hosts Clark Pellett (Sealark) & Jon Weglarz (The Asylum) have been kind enough to arrange the event at the Chicago Yacht Club, on Monroe St.
A contribution towards the costs would be appreciated and please do RSVP.

Please contact us if you did not receive an Evite, all J105 owners welcomed!

                      fleet5chicago@gmail.com

Monday, August 14, 2017

2017 Verve Cup Offshore

This year's Verve Cup was a spectacular event, great weather, super parties, and the racing was incredibly tight. The entire fleet jockeyed for position with tight crossings, crowds at every mark, and a number of classic duels up & downwind. Every boat brought their best, the constant changes in the finish orders for each race only hint at how tight the racing was. Every boat was competitive. A great time was had by all!

In the end Vytis took first, but is was a nail bitter to the end. Special thanks must go out to the crew of Vytis for their demonstration of superior sportsmanship throwing the Pig a backup spinnaker after we tour ours doing what seemed like an easy windward drop in the first race (be sure to take a look at your prefeeder on the headstay!). They were rethinking that decision as we chased them down in race four.

The Asylum took second place in what was their first regatta for the season after having to undergo some big repairs to the hull that was damaged on the delivery back from Key West this past winter. Job well done. Losing the tie breaker, that is how close the racing was, and taking third was Sealark. The owner Clark was out of town, so the crew took the boat out and did a super job, the steadiest performance of all the boats (as always).

There were some great downwind duels with the boats well under control, but really close. Positions changing with every puff as the boats surged forward. Other than the terrible fouls committed by B36.'s at the widward mark on the last day (we all saw it), it was a incredibly clean regatta. Ok we won't tell Clark about the guys jamming it in there on port and hitting the mark (they did their turn and so did Vytis).  

A special mention has to go out to Peter and the crew of Phantom, this was their first major W/L regatta and they were in it in every race. They are the boat to watch out for.  Also have to add Valhalla was incredible going upwind. They seemed to have jets at times.The finishes don't tell the story of just how close the entire fleet was. There where many times when the boats where shoulder to shoulder, there was no telling who was ahead.

This regatta proved just how good the J105 is and how great One Design racing can be. Be sure to check out the CYC Facebook page , there are some nice pictures there.

Also have to congratulate Teddy on Southbound, he was in charge of the Verve Cup this year and it was a great event. The party on the "veranda" was special. Thank you to CYC and all the sponsors for putting on a great regatta and to you for all your hard work. A great time was had by all. You definitely qualify to hand out this year's Fleet 5 awards this fall.



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