Quantum Sails will be running a J/105 specific seminar at Strictly Sail with Kerry Klingler on Saturday 1/13 at 10:30am in room 104A.   Everyone is welcome, skippers, crew, and friends.  The seminar is free and they will have refreshments at the Quantum booth afterwards.

 

Here is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/203562120190813/

2017 CYC Mackinc Awards

The 2017 winners of the J/105 Section in the CYC's Race to Mackinac were recognized on November 4th.  As the largest section in the race, 20 boats were entered with Mark Symonds' Pterodactyl securing the win.  Vanessa Gates skipper Striking to second place and Clark Pellett's Sealark took third.  Mark Gurney aboard Buzz was fourth.  

The race is the longest-running fresh water race in the world and consists of 333 miles of varied conditions on Lake Michigan sailed over a two-three day period in mid July.

Those participating in next year's J105 North American Championships in Harbor Springs who are interested in racing to the Island the weekend prior should make plans now to apply for an invitation to race.  For more information email Clark Pellett at cpellett@aol.com or visit theCYCwebsite:  http://www.cycracetomackinac.com/

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!

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.

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.

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

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