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Tawas Bay Yacht Club • East Tawas, Michigan
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President
Chris Princing
Saginaw, MI
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1st Vice President
Sandy Adzick
Haverford, PA
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2nd Vice President
Travis Odenbach
Newport, RI
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585-943-8652
Secretary/Treasurer
Terry Schertz
Reston, VA
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720-394-9951
US Technical Committee
Chairman
Lars Hansen
Golden Valley, MN
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Chief US Measurer
Tom Linville
Weems, VA
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Nominating Committee
Chairman
Kelson Elam
Rockwall, TX
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Executive Secretary
Christopher Howell
Cleveland, OH
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International President
Christopher Doyle
USA
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International President
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The Netherlands
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Letter from the President
From the desk of El Presidente’
Spring time came early in the Great Lakes. Not a lot of snow and very
little ice this winter. We had record highs in March but then back to normal
for most of April. The Midwinters, Annapolis NOOD and Jack Rabbit
Regatta have all been sailed, and we are starting our summer regattas that
lead up to the North Americans on Tawas Bay in September.
The first lady and I were lucky enough to sail in Annapolis this year for the
first time since 2004. The town looked the same with just a few changes.
The always great crew at the yard of AYC did an amazing job launching
and retrieving all of the boats for the NOOD, which was also the J/22 East
Coast Championship. The RC had a tough weekend to work, but for the
most part got in some quality races on all courses. The turnout for our
fleet was great—36 boats, the largest fleet of the regatta. The winds were
light with the exception of one race on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday
saw a lot of current going out of the bay, and during the flood it was
really ripping. Showing no signs of a letdown, Midwinter Champion Chris
Doyle and crew of Will Harris and Adam Burns mastered the fickle winds
and strong current better than the rest of us, winning our Class and also
the overall NOOD title. They’ll be shipping out for the Caribbean this
winter to represent our Class at the annual NOOD champions’ regatta.
Congrats to team Jug 4 1.
Back home, Tawas Bay Yacht Club came alive in May, and the first J/22
races of the year were held. On opening weekend, conditions were sunny
and warm with a light breeze, and then the sea breeze came in for the last
half of the second race to scramble the fleet. The good news is the bar was
open, and the club was packed!
Cleveland Race Week is right around the corner, and I would expect a large
turnout. I know our fleet is sending multiple boats, and we usually expect
25–30 boats. With the NAs on the Great Lakes this year, maybe more.
I hope to see you all on the circuit sometime this summer. We plan on
being in Cleveland, Buffalo and, of course, Youngstown for the Beer
Barge Regatta! Then it will be time for the 2012 J/22 North American
Championship on beautiful Tawas Bay (www.j22na.com). Book your
rooms early…Tawas is a busy place in September.
Chris Princing, US J/22 Class President
Newsletter Editor
Julie Howell
Cleveland, OH
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September 10-12
Tawas Bay Yacht Club • East Tawas, Michigan
www.j22na.com
By Mat t P r i n c i ng
The 2012 J/22 North American Championship is right
around the corner. It seems like yesterday that the Class
chose this site and host Fleet 44 to hold this event,
although it was actually over a year and a half ago.
Much has been happening since that date. We, the
organizers, have wooed our club members with stories
of past events and the cast of characters who typically
makes this journey. We told of families traveling together
and friends reuniting after being apart for some time.
We painted a picture of what our vision of this event could
be and organized the team to put it all together. The team
has been busy getting all of our bases covered to offer the
sailors and their families a great event—one that should be
talked about for years.
Tawas Bay is a spectacular venue. This is often referred
to in conversation as some of the best sailing conditions in
the world. Our water is fresh and very clean, and we are
surrounded by beautiful beaches in all directions. Tawas
Bay has a very reliable sea breeze that kicks up some
excellent sailing conditions combining nice steady breeze
with some waves to surf down. This natural bay is a great
viewing arena, as there are many places from shore that
you will be able to watch the racing action including
right under the historic lighthouse if you choose.
The State of Michigan has a harbor on the Bay that
includes a break wall reaching well into the Bay which
is also a great place to watch.
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The host club, Tawas Bay Yacht Club, is getting their
ducks in a row. The tent is coming, the band is hired, our
cook staff and bartenders are using the coming summer
season as warm up and practice for this event. The kitchen
staff is in fine form already early in the season, and Debbie
and crew behind the bar are pouring like pros. The plans
for dockage, parking and trailer storage are all worked out
to ensure efficient arrival and departure. Our dignitaries are
excited to participate as well and are looking forward to
greeting each of you at the opening ceremonies.
The towns of Tawas City and East Tawas line the Bay.
The area is teeming with things to do and holds a very
quaint cottage town feel to it. The business districts are
filled with unique shops that bring back the days when
service with a smile was the norm, and you can find hand
crafted and one of a kinds that scream Yes Michigan!
Strolling from the State Dock into downtown, you will find
great restaurants, bars and ice cream parlors and then a
bench to enjoy your cone and look over the water. Motels
and resorts abound along US-23, and you are never too far
away from the activities.
Getting to Tawas Bay is part of the adventure. Whether
you go across Ontario or drive across the U.P. to get here,
you will be greeted with spectacular sights. Northern
Michigan is a gem you won’t soon forget, and September
is one of the best times of the year to be here. The water
is still warm, the breeze is fresh, leaves are starting to turn
and the power boaters went home. When you return from
here, you will be excitedly telling your friends about your
trip to Tawas Bay and proudly showing them where it’s at
on your new map—your hand.
The Tawas Bay Yacht Club (TBYC) is nestled out toward
the end of Tawas Point. This sandy stretch of land is
constantly changing and growing when the waters of Lake
Huron add sand to the end. TBYC has a beautiful front
lawn that is right on Tawas Bay, and it overlooks East
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Tawas and Tawas City across the Bay to the West, making
for some very romantic sunsets just as the lights of town
start to flicker on. You may choose to walk the beach at the
State Park next door or along the nature trail that goes right
by the lighthouse.
Location, location, location. Pretty much sums it up from
the sailors’ point of view. There is no slog out a river and no
hour or two long sail out to the course. Once you leave the
entrance of TBYC, you are on Tawas Bay. A really nice sail
out along the sand bar is relaxing and a great place to do a
last minute bottom scrubbing if you are inclined. Of course
at the end of the racing day, you will be glad that the trip
back was as close as the trip out.
Shoreside activities will follow racing each day. We will
have good old fashioned fun on the front yard, under the
tent, under the stars if you wish and in the clubhouse. Fleet
44 and all the TBYC members look forward to showing
you a great time in our laid back little corner of the world.
Registration is open at www.j22na.com, and there is contact
information as well. You can always find us on Facebook
too—type in 2012 J22 North American Championship in the
search bar and keep up on all the happenings as we lead up
to September.
Keep an eye out for our marketing crew at upcoming events
this summer. They will try to convince you to join in the
fun by buying kegs of beer and handing out cups and
coozies. If the brain is fuzzy the next day on the water,
you can’t miss the 2012 J22 North American Championship
spinnaker that one of the TBYC Fleet 44 boats will be
flying during the racing.
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Oct. 1-5, 2013
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By Greg Fisher
Charleston Race Week
Charleston Race Week has been quietly growing over
the past seven years since it became a regional keelboat
event. Actually over the past two years, the growth
hasn’t been all that quiet or stifled, as it has taken its
place as THE largest One Design Keelboat Regatta in
North America with nearly 280 boats racing on five
different courses. Three courses were set inside the
Charleston Harbor for the smaller one-designs, where
the Cooper and Ashley Rivers meet. Locals say that it’s
this point where the Atlantic Ocean begins!
The Melges 20, 24, Vipers and J/80s shared the two
courses closest to historical Fort Sumter (where the
first shots of the Civil War were fired), while the J/24s,
Ultimate 20s and J/22s enjoyed our own course closest
to the harbor and the Charleston Harbor Marina—home
to CRW regatta central.
Our PRO Tommy Harken is a champion racer himself
and did a superb job of holding nine challenging races
in a wide variety of conditions over the three days of
racing. Tommy promises to be back on our course again
next year as our PRO!
One of the challenges in holding a one-design event of
this size is the logistics of launching and hauling. This
year, James Island Yacht Club stepped up and offered
their brand new hoist to the J/22 Class exclusively
(yes, only the J/22 fleet!). The hassle factor seemed to
be cut in half and promises to be even smoother next
year. AND James Island Yacht Club has already offered
the same facilities to us for 2013. Did we mention that
JIYC has a bar too?
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Charleston Race Week
One of the very nice perks that comes in being a part
of such an extravaganza of a regatta is the social
program, and that it indeed has something for
everyone. With the Americas Cup (yes, really, the actual
Cup delivered to Charleston by the Commodore of
Golden Gate Yacht Club!), a Blue Grass Band, College
of Charleston Cheerleaders, clinics on local knowledge,
contests of all types, food of all flavors and several bars
all onsite…there were some spectacular parties.
Oh yeah, we did have some sailing too! Like the
parties, we had a little bit of everything condition-wise.
Friday, it actually blew upwards of 20 mph, while
Sunday it was quite light and tricky in the speedy
ebbing current. Sharing our course with basically only
the J/24 fleet meant we had good clean sailing and close
racing with little interruption. There is no question that
sailing in Charleston Harbor poses some additional
challenges in the crazy current sometimes tapping out
at over 2 knots. Though I’ve been here now almost
two years as the director of the sailing program at the
College of Charleston, I still am a long way from being
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used to nailing down moving laylines and startlines.
For our boat, having Jo Ann and Jeff keeping tabs on
our progress relative to the mark/start laylines and how
we’re making ground relative to the shoreline behind
was really helpful. They could guesstimate how much
we should leave or under-stand a mark to make the
layline. Trying to lay a mark farther out than 4-5 lengths
was pretty tough. Frankly for me, it seemed way easier
to be nowhere near the lead as you approach a mark so
your competition can struggle and maybe dictate
where it’s best to tack…or not! Pre-race preparation
for the actual start was crucial, we felt. Having a
clear idea where the laylines to both ends of the line
(especially the leeward end) was crucial, and we
practiced this nearly all of the 3-4 minutes before
the start. While we don’t usually use a line sight in
“normal” starts, we found having a very accurate guide
was helpful in the heavy current. With the current
against us. it was easier to avoid a huge midline sag.
With it behind, we were better able to gauge how far
we were going to be over at the gun!
Charleston Race Week
Though the J/22 fleet wasn’t huge this year, there
certainly was no lack of great talent and competition.
In fifth was Mike Marshall, in fourth was my good
buddy Todd Hiller down from Annapolis, third was
Jack Odenbach, and second was Jackson Benvenutti
(a recent grad from the College of Charleston and an
All American in 2011). Our team of my wife Jo Ann,
Jeff Eiber and Ali Blumenthal (a Freshman from our
C of C team) was fortunate enough to survive for the
win. Thanks to Jo Ann, Jeff and Ali for all their hard
work! Also thanks to Travis Odenbach for allowing
us to sail his speedy yacht!
For complete results, and for information about the
2013 event, visit www.charlestonraceweek.com.
So next year will certainly be even better yet for the
J/22 Class at Charleston Race Week. With another year
under our belts, the launching, socializing and racing
will do nothing but get even better which will make
Charleston Race Week 2013 a regatta you can’t miss!
Mark the date: April 18-21, 2013. Ya’ll come on down
and join us!
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Lessons Learned at
Charleston Race Week 2012
By Terry Flynn
At Charleston Race Week, I was on a Melges 20,
where we had nine races on Course Three. The
lessons I learned from that event apply to everybody,
so I am passing them along to my fellow J/22 sailors.
On the first race on Sunday, the wind was from 350 at
about 6 kts. Current was running from the left of the
wind almost parallel to the starting line at about 1 kt.
Our game plan was to keep to the left. The reasons for
this were that it looked like there was a bit more wind
on that side of the course and we thought the current
may not be running as strong on the left side of the
race course.
We got a great start about mid-line with speed.
The fleet split in half with about half the boats at the
windward end of the line going to the right, and from
the middle of the line down going to the left. We
slowly got lifted on starboard tack and were in a bit
more velocity than both sides of the racecourse.
We kept on starboard tack until the boats abeam
started to step out towards the middle. We were
starting to get headed so we led the group back.
Once on port, our angle didn’t look great but we
were leading the left side back—and right where we
wanted to be. At this point, it looked like about five
boats from the right were ahead of us.
We started getting headed and joined the majority
of the left-side boats and tacked back to starboard.
After a few more minutes, the left group getting
headed again tacked back to port.
At this point, we were looking worse with the rightside pack but still good on the left. Here is where
the wheels started to fall off the wagon. I thought
that since we were still looking good on the left pack,
I would consolidate with the right group and continued across the middle to try to change sides. This
looked OK for a bit but as we got in the middle, we
got headed again and tacked back to starboard. Now
we were no longer in control of the left or the right.
We were in what my crew calls “the cone of death.”
Here is what I should have remembered:
1. The old adage “win your side, and hope your
side wins the beat” is very true. Even at the
top of the beat, stay with your pack all the way
to the mark. At worst, you stay ahead of all the
boats you had.
2. Don’t cross the course unless you have a
definite plan or see something that is a game
changer.
3. Be patient. With this much current, the beats
took a lot longer so even when you thought
you were getting to a corner, you really
weren’t.
So by now, you probably have guessed what happened. We got stuck in the middle and watched boats
on both sides of us go around us. The closest boat
from the left ended up rounding the weather mark
in 10th place. Not great, but a lot better than 20th.
This is a hard lesson to learn after a great first half
of a leg. I hope this will help you learn from my
mistakes, and I hope to remember this lesson a little
longer for my own use! See you in Michigan for the
North Americans.
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Southeast
Circuit SPARK PLUG Sean Clare
By Galen Freeman #1261 Hot Ruddered Bum, #274 HelenBack and HO #109 at Ft. Walton YC
Southeast J/22 sailors at Southeast event PPYC Equalizer. Sean Clare second row, seventh from the left,
with the “slick” hair cut next to Galen Freeman with the hat covering his bald spot.
Over the years we have been associated with the
J/22 Class, one simple rule has been proven time and
again—every Class, every district or every fleet needs
a SPARK PLUG—that guy or gal who maintains the
enthusiasm for the rest of us, arranges for the fun, goads
us into participating, shames us when we don’t and
keeps the ball rolling…the SPARK PLUG!
In the Southeast J/22 District 3, the SPARK PLUG for
more years than I can remember has been Sean Clare
#202 (actual years 1999-2012). Sean redefined the district, arranged the schedule, sent e-mails to remind us
of upcoming events, scored the series and provided the
trophies.
Over the years, the individual J/22 sailors have benefited from his leadership both on and off the water as the
level of competition has risen across the spectrum. Last
fall after the Worlds in New Orleans, my good friend
John Robertson noted that Sean had designed the series
scoring to double the points for a different regatta each
year to increase participation. Therefore, the last regatta
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of the Southeast series to be held at Lake Lanier Sailing
Club in Atlanta was to be a shootout to determine the
Southeast Championship as well as the overall Series
Championship.
Four different teams from four separate yacht clubs
across the Southeast were poised to win the 2011
Series—Sean from Harbor Island Yacht Club was (as
usual) leading in series points, Bob and Rebecca Blythe
from Birmingham Sailing Club had sailed well all year,
Wayne Cassady from Kentucky Lake Sailing Club was
always in the top tier at every event, the Hot Ruddered
Bum bunch with yours truly at the helm from Percy
Priest Yacht Club was also in there. Each team had a
chance to take the traveling trophy back to their home
club. The team that prevailed in this one regatta took
home all the marbles.
The 2011 series was up in the air until the end of the
seventh race when John Robertson and our foredeck ace
Skyler Hillburn of Ft. Walton drug me across the finish
line to win the regatta and series by one point! Sean
was second, Wayne third and Bob Blythe fourth overall
in the Southeast Series. Sean also provided really nifty
“trophy shirts” to clean up our wardrobes.
We all owe you an enormous debt of gratitude Sean and
look forward to many more J/22 regattas when all you
have to do is concentrate on the races. I know they’ll
be tough…ATTABOY Sean!
More comments from J/22 sailors across the Southeast
Wayne Cassady, #723: I was not raised with Sean. I
have never done time with Sean. I have never even
crewed for Sean. But this is what makes it all the more
interesting because in racing the Southeast Circuit, we
have got to know Sean and to hear all the good stories he has—and he has really good stories. We have
laughed until we cried hearing these and adding to
them. That is a lot of what racing in the Circuit is about.
That and some really fine competition. A friend at our
house one time commented on all the second and third
place trophies sitting around the living room, “You must
keep the first place trophies in a safer place?” I said
no, they are at a guy’s house in Nashville. His name is
Sean. Sean has spent more years than I know organizing the sailing schedule and getting folks on the road to
events. People can be lulled into thinking these things
just happen—they don’t. Somebody is coordinating
with all the sailing clubs to work
our events into their regattas. You
cannot accomplish that year after
year without a lot of hard work
and respect from a lot of people.
Thanks for doing that for all these
years so we had a place to play.
We look forward to still sailing
with and against you as the Circuit
goes forward…just please don’t
get any better at sailing hull #202 than you already are
with all the new spare time you will have.
Rob Bourquin, Mock Turtle #1047: Sean, thank you
for your service to the Class. We have always counted
on you, and you have been there. On the other hand,
I thought it was the price you had to pay for the fleet
allowing you to school us year in and year out.
Bob Blythe, #467: Sean, thanks for your leadership and
hard work in promoting the SE J/22 fleet over the years.
All of us have benefited from your dedicated service to
the SE J/22 fleet.
Bill Berry, ShaZam #926: Sean, add my appreciation to
Bob Blythe’s from BSC for your leadership and service
to J/22 Southeast.
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Beer Barge Regatta
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By Chris Doyle
Team Sertl at the Beerbarge Regatta,
warming up for the 2011 Rolex IWKC.
We love running regattas in Youngstown. But to
be frank, there are too many regattas for most of
us to do and still keep our bosses/spouses/kids/
parents/pets happy. So Fleet 53/Youngstown
Yacht Club wasn’t all that anxious to add another
event to an already-crowded calendar. Still, by
2011, we had enjoyed the hospitality of many
other clubs without reciprocating, and we were
starting to feel like the folks who arrive at the
party early and then leave late. Actually, we are
those people, but we don’t want to feel like those
people. Thus a group of the River City Irregulars
got together at the Jug one night in the dead of
the 2011 winter, which was a real winter with
snow and everything and not at all like this year’s
winter, and started planning.
a very humane 11:00 first gun on Saturday.
For 2012, more of the same.
Sometimes we like to be billeted by the local
fleet. Thank you Annapolis, Houston: We had
local club members put some out-of-town
competitors up in their homes, and we got four
of the bigger cruising boats in the club and tied
them to the dock to be used as crew dormitories
to great success (no need to drive anywhere as the
grocery store, the drug store, the liquor store and
the Jug are all within ¼ mile of the club). For the
2012 sequel, we are also going to try to arrange
on-site camping (thank you Canandaigua).
We want to have fun on the water. Thank you
Youngstown: So after a full set of races on
This wasn’t our first rodeo, so we started our wish Saturday, we had a crew on a boat throwing beers
list of what we wanted at our regatta with the
and cold water to the competitors, as our comthings we like at other regattas we have attended. petitors sailed the “up the river race” for a bottle
In roughly chronological order this is what we
of rum. While this may violate a number of state
wanted, what we had at the 2011 event and the
and federal laws as well as International treaties
improvements we plan on for 2012:
(we’re on the border with Canada), it is how we
roll, and the government ignores us as long as we
If we are at the venue on Friday, we like to be
are reasonably well-behaved.
fed. Thank you Lake George, Tawas: For our
regatta we had burgers and dogs for grilling,
We love to have the local fleet feed us on
and Adam Masters from Buffalo Yacht Club was
Saturday night, cookout style, and we like there
gracious enough to grab the spatula and cook for
to be a comfortable cushion between us and the
two-and-a-half hours (he may never again ask,
blue-haired, blue-blazer crowd at the clubhouse.
“Is there anything I can do to help?”). For 2012,
Thank you Edgewater: As it turns out, Fleet 53
we hope to make that a little more formal.
loves to cook. So we hosted a dinner of clams,
corn, Italian sausage and salad on Saturday night
Of course, if we are pressed for time, we don’t
on the north dock, all cooked/shucked/served by
like to need to arrive at the venue and launch
our Fleet 53 members. As far as I know, no one
Friday. Thank you Tawas: For our regatta there
died of food poisoning, so I guess we did OK.
was no required in-the-water time on Friday, and
Thanks to Waterline Systems for sponsoring the
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A few of the many YYC volunteers.
Which boat is the Beerbarge?
Team Princing crossing
the wrong end of the fleet
after a port-tack start.
dinner and the regatta. For 2012, we all think
we need faster through-put in the foodline, and
maybe some hotdogs for the folks who don’t like
Italian sausage.
Online registration and scoring seems to have
been embraced by the world, and we have that at
yachtscoring.com. Thank you Luiz Kahl and Al
Gore.
We hate that people use spinnaker sheets for towing. Being in a string of boats attached by spectra tethers is a jarring experience in every sense.
Accordingly, all entrants of our regatta received
brand new 50-foot braided nylon towing lines
courtesy of sponsor New England Ropes.
We like people to enjoy themselves. So in addition to trophies for first through third (Jimmy,
Lee/Dave, Kevin/Vic, as I recall), we had
awards for those who distinguished themselves
on Saturday night at the party (Emily, Will, and
Gunnar). Awards were provided on a highlydiscounted basis by Award and Sports (thank you
President Princing).
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We don’t like to spend a lot of money to do a
regatta, so all of the above was provided for $90
per boat. There was no wrist band charge. There
were no tickets to buy. If you had your spouse or
kids with you, they ate free too. More of the same
for 2012.
And because all of this was done with sponsor support and entirely with volunteer help, the
regatta was able to kick-back to the Club a couple
of hundred bucks to defray some of its costs,
and it was able to also give a nice check to the
Youngstown Junior Sailing Foundation, which is
the local charitable organization formed to promote the sport of youth sailing.
As indicated above, there will be some positive
changes for the 2012 version (why would we
want to do worse?). I don’t think we’ll be doing
towlines again this year. But we’ll try to have
some equally utilitarian giveaway to registrants.
We’re going to try to arrange for on-site camping,
etc. But the guts of the thing will be like it was
last year: An inexpensive regatta with lots of free
food and fun, a free place to sleep if you want
one. And, of course, the Beerbarge. Our goal is to
make this a regatta you cannot afford not to do.
The 2012 dates are August 18–19.
In addition to teams from
Cleveland, Rochester,
Ontario, Buffalo and
Youngstown, we had this
team compete from Hood
River, Oregon. We figured
they took a wrong turn at
Idaho, but it turns out they
were actually en route to the
Rolex International Women’s
Keelboat Championship in
Rochester.
The Binford “Grillzilla” on which the
Italian sausages were prepared.
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June 16-17
Cleveland Race Week One-Design at Edgewater YC, Cleveland, OH
November 3
AYC Club Championship at Annapolis YC, Annapolis, MD
June 23
Severn Sailing Association Summer at Severn Sailing Association,
Annapolis, MD
November 3-4
Miss Piggy at Lake Lanier Sailing Club, Flowery Branch, GA
June 26-29
J/22 World Championship at Crouesty Arzon YC, Brittany, France
February 28-March 2, 2013
J/22 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island YC, Tampa, FL
July 13-15
Sail Newport Regatta at Sail Newport, Newport, RI
April 18-21, 2013
July 21
Charleston Race Week at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina,
Mount Pleasant, SC
Annapolis Yacht Club Summer at Annapolis YC, Annapolis, MD
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GYA Championship at Pass Christian YC, Pass Christian, MS
Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship at Eastern
YC, Marblehead, MA
July 27-29
October 1-5, 2013
Hyannis Regatta at Hyannis YC, Hyannis, MA
J/22 World Championship at Sail Newport, Newport, RI
August 3-5
Buzzards Bay Regatta at Beverly YC, Marion, MA
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Dillon Open at Dillon YC, Dillon, CO
J/22 Midwinter Championship at Southern YC,
New Orleans, LA
August 11-12
J/22 World Championship in South Africa
J/22 Mid-Atlantic Championship at Severn Sailing Association,
Annapolis, MD
September 10-12
J/22 North American Championship at Annapolis YC,
Annapolis, MD
J/22 North American Championship at Tawas Bay YC,
East Tawas, MI
September 15-16
Leukemia Cup at Birmingham Sailing Club, Birmingham, AL
September 21-23
Lake George Open/Northeast Championship at the Lake George
Club, Diamond Point, NY
October 6-7
J/22 Fall Invitational at Toms River YC, Toms River, NJ
October 20-21
South East Championship/Equalizer at Percy Priest YC,
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