2018 Spring Meeting

Thank you to all the members that attended the meeting today. Your input is greatly appreciated.

The 2018 Race Schedule has been approved, see schedule on the Racing Series page or download on link below:

                                 PDF of 2018 Schedule

Our Articles of Association and the 2018 Special Mac addenda were approved. The only changes were an update to the Driver  and Crew Eligibility to bring our rules into compliance with the 2018 Class rules. In practice, this is no change from our fleet's previous practices. The Class incorporated what a number of local fleets were doing to help maintain the strength and consistency of our One Design status.

Also, for the Weekend Warrior  Series we agreed to a change in how a pro's weight may be accounted for by adding the following statement: "However, new this year, for this series only, if the crew weight will be exceed; the pro can stay on the center line and will not count towards the crew's weight."

This was done so that you can bring a coach along and not have to bump a crew member off the boat which some what defeats the reason for bringing a coach out in the first place.

Spring Fleet Meeting

We are planning to hold our 2018 Spring Meeting on Saturday April 21 at the Chicago Yacht Club Monroe Station 10:00 am to 12:30 PM. Parking is free.

Need to approve schedule, updated Articles of Association and the Special Addendum for the Mac to reflect the latest 2018 Class Rules. Your input is very much appreciated.

If you can not attend, please do fill out the Proxy below so that we have a quorum and can make the necessary decision. Also, below is the 2018 Fleet 5 Membership form.

Proxy       2018 - Fleet 5 Membership Form       2018 Schedule     Agenda

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.