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Report by Allan Terhune | Photos courtesy J22 class
This past week, Southern Yacht Club hosting the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl J22 Worlds. To say that SYC did a great job would be a huge understatement. They rolled out the red carpet and put on an event that is tough to match. Southern Hospitality was on full display, with great social events, enough food and drink for everyone, fun and challenging races and all of this done with the competitors in mind. They raised the bar for regatta management, both on and off the water. Most of the week was sailed in 4-6 knots of breeze, with the exception being Thursday where we started the day in about 12 knots which faded down to about 6 by the end of the day. Hank Stuart and his team did an amazing job to get in 12 races in these tough conditions. A new World Champion was crowned with Rob Jonston from Texas winning his first J22 Worlds. Rob and his team have been sailing J22s a long time. They have finished 2nd in the Worlds before, and have won many other regattas in between. They sailed the most consistent week and in the end, that was what it took to win. Great job Rob and Team! North Sails had a super event and we are very proud of our clients' results! Top 15:
On Top of that, North Sails won 10 of the 12 Races! Race Winners were:
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Report by Nick Turney
Saturdays conditions consisted of a light 4 knot breeze building to around 7 knots at times. The race committee did an excellent job of managing the race course and got in 5 races for the day. Each race was about 40 min. which kept the fleet close and made for some tight racing. North Sails had a great day finishing 1st and 2nd in every race. After 5 great races the committee sent us in around 3 pm so we could all get ready for the famous raw bar. This is a tradition at Buffalo yacht club. The raw bar consists of everything from shrimp, various types of raw and cooked fish, clams, and crab claws. I did not see 1 unhappy customer from the raw bar. Sundays conditions offered a little more breeze. We had about 10 knots sailing out to the course and saw puffs near 14-15 knots, with 2-3 foot chop. It was a picture perfect lake Erie day. The race committee ran 3 more great races. North Sails also won every race on Sunday. Jimmy Barnash had an amazing event not finishing out of the top 2 and winning the last 5 races. Jimmy was using the NB-1 Main, Big foot jib, and the FR-1 Full Radial AirX spin. Jimmy showed great speed in the various conditions we saw over the weekend. Great job Jimmy! I sailed this event with my good friend John Zelli and Jeff Sullivan. This was my first time driving a J22 in over 3 years. I took away a lot from this event and I wanted to share what I learned.
Results:
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Report by Nick Turney Here is a review of the 2011 J22 "Jackrabbit" Regatta hosted by Canandaigua Yacht Club. Canandaigua Yacht Club is on Canandaigua Lake which is one of New York State's Finger Lakes. If you ever get a chance to sail there, it's a must do. The folks at CYC put on a great event with an even mix of sailing and social activities. Unfortunately, the weather (lack of wind and abundance of rain) wasn’t ideal but all involved had great weekend. Saturday morning looked promising as the forecast was a southerly 8 knots and showers later- they were half right. After a general recall Saturday’s only race was started in 5-6 knots from the South as a light drizzle developed. As the wind faded the rain increased. After drifting across the finish line the sky opened up and the lake glassed off. We won the race followed by Chris Doyle who was trailed by Dave Kerr with Lee Sackett at the helm. We bobbed around for twenty minutes then RC wisely raised the AP flag and sent all ashore. We sat dockside for an hour or so in sunny skies and zero wind. A bit later RC cancelled racing for the day, shortly afterwards a rain cell came through and again, no wind. Good call RC. Saturday night competitors enjoyed CYC’s regatta dinner and other activities. On Sunday morning there were many tired sailors on the dock. The weather was similar to Saturday’s forecast, but with a North breeze. We had 3 races from 0900-1100 in 4-8 knots and rain- heavy at times. Sunday’s key to success in the first two races was a good start close to the boat end and staying in the pressure. The lake’s west shore was close to the pin and typically had less wind compared to the middle or right side of the course. Although the pin or left side looked promising it didn’t work early as the breeze was shadowed by houses on the shore. Chris Doyle won Sunday’s first two races by smartly playing the middle combined with good starts. The final race was the worst finish for both Chris and us as the left side was the place to be. At the first mark both teams were about mid-fleet with Chris a few boats ahead. Shortly after the set Chris gybed away and we stayed on starboard. This was the game changer as we slid ahead and put the needed boats between us to secure the win. In the end North Sails finished first through fifth. Our team of Gunnar Richardson on the bow / tactics and Jon Faudre trimming were a pleasure to sail with. It was the first time the three of us had sailed together in more than ten years, back then Jon drove and I trimmed. Kudos to Chris Doyle’s team of Adam Burns up front and Will Harris between the pipes, they often had the best speed of anyone- even with a borrowed boat! Dave Kerr’s team also sailed very smartly with Lee Sackett and Flip Wehrheim calling turns, they were always be in the mix. Travis Odenbach’s Team of Billy Farmer and Bruce Newell finished fourth and Richard Hallagan’s team finished fifth. For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Report by Allan Terhune Great news to report from the Annapolis NOOD, with North Sails getting 1st in the J80, J22 and J24 classes! I sailed the J22 with my wife Katie on bow, Peeter Must on jib and Riley Chadwick (Friday)/Sam Parisi(Sat,Sun). We sailed very consistent to win the event. We were the only team to have all top 8 finishes. The racing was very close and highly contested. We used the new M7 main, which is a NB-1 Main with a radial head and a radial clew patch. The sail is a lot smoother than the NB-1 and actually felt faster. This sail has now won the Midwinters, Charleston Race Week and the Annapolis NOOD and soon it will be available on the market. We also used the standard Big Foot Jib and FR-1 spinnaker. Here were a few things that we learned (re-learned) about the J22 this weekend: Rig Tuning - at the Midwinter’s we struggled for speed from time to time and I went back and decided not to do the tuning just off of the visual tuning that Greg talked about. For this regatta, I pulled the tension chart off the tuning guide, set the boat at base and developed a chart for the boat with the # of turns to get to the tensions for the wind range (J24 style). This worked much better for me. I used the visual tuning as a check for if I was in the ball park, but used the old style tuning and it worked much better for me. It gave good ratios on turns and never left me doubting where I was and how to get where I wanted to go. The other system was too random for me, but for others it works. It is good that we have two methods. Jib trim on this boat is huge. We spend much more time adjusting the jib, especially in the breeze. When puffs hit, easing the jib an inch or two would really “release” the bow and let the boat stay flat and keep the bow up. This was imperative in the shifty puffy conditions. Once the boat gets overpowered, the boat likes the traveler centered and to have the boat vang sheeted. I don’t think there is ever a reason to drop the traveler below center. The vang is the biggest weapon on the boat. We were playing it in puffs the entire time. It would allow us to flatter the lower section of the main and keep the boat on its feet. This control is a very easy way to go power on and off as it bends the mast nicely. Delegating responsibility on the boat. Katie was the wind person. Up and down, she talked about pressure and compass angles. She did a great job of keeping us in pressure all weekend, which was huge considering how many holes and variations there were. . Riley/Sam were always talking about where the marks were and our relationship to them. Peet was talking with me about boat speed, traffic and the wind phases. I was constantly working speed and processed all the info to make the final calls. It is great to sail with people you trust who give you the information and you never have to second guess it. Having a team that knew what their roles were and how to pass it on. Will Crump and Thomas Klok were also awarded Annapolis NOOD boat of the week award! North Results:
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After a long cold winter, I was excited to travel to Florida with my great crew of Chip Carr (trim and tactics) and Chris Ryan (bow). I have sailed with Chip for 25 years and Chris for 20 years on many different one design boats. Having not sailed on the J- 22 together since last summer, it helps to have good team work if you want to do well in a tough regatta. We left Monday night after work from Annapolis MD with plans to drive all night arriving in Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. However, we suffered a flat tire on the boat trailer one hour outside of Tampa, Florida which delayed our arrival. This was the first flat tire after many years of travelling up and down the east coast. But, once we got to the Davis Island Yacht Club, we put that bumpy ride behind us, and set up to practice in the warm Florida sun. On Tuesday afternoon we weighed in, and rigged the boat. After a good night’s sleep, we had a practice race on Wednesday, and we were probably in 3rd place with 2 teams in front of us who chose not to cross the finish line because it is bad luck to finish first in the practice race. After much debate about whether to finish the race or not on our boat we crossed the finish line first. A race committee member on the main race committee boat yelled at us “don’t you know it is bad luck to finish first in the practice race.” Then a race committee member from the pin boat yelled at us “well if you don’t win the practice race then you can’t claim to have won every race in the whole regatta”. So it turned out to be lucky for us. The first day of racing Thursday the weather was beautiful, 80 degrees and sunny. The wind was light that day, and Hot Toddy got off to a tough start with our worst race (13) of the 9 race series in race 1. Then after the end of the race, the breeze filled in and the whole fleet tightened their rigs only to have the wind die right at the start. We improved for the second race, getting a 4th even with a tight rig. After the 2nd race of the day, the wind completely died, and the race committee towed in the fleet at 3:00 pm. We were in 10th place after day 1. On day 2, we had 15-20 knots of breeze. In the first race we and were called over early, and had to re-cross the line to restart. Working hard we climbed back to finish 11th. After that we got in the groove with much more wind, and excellent boat speed for races 4, 5, and 6 finishing 1, 3, and 2 in those races helped move us into first place after gaining a throw out. We were in 1st place after day 2 with a throw out now counting. The first place that day ended up being the tie breaker for us against Chris Doyle. On day 3, we were postponed at the dock for awhile, the race committee waited to be sure we had enough breeze to sail. The wind was light and shifty again (5-8 knots) and the race committee got off 3 races during the day. So it took a lot of patience and concentration to get some top 5 finishes. The first race of the day was again difficult for us with a 12th place finish. In the end, a lot of the top boats had mixed results on this day which kept the regatta close. The competition was tough. We won by a tie breaker! The top 7 finishers were really close with only 8 points between all of us. There was a tie for 1st, 3rd and 6th place. I think experience, consistency, boat speed, and my dedicated crew where reasons I was able to do well over the 3 day regatta. Chris Doyle sailed a great regatta and almost took the top spot. The race committee did an excellent job getting off all 9 scheduled races for the event. The Davis Island Yacht Club was hospitable with nice parties, and handled launching the boats well. Chris and Julie Howell from the J22 class did an outstanding job throughout in helping run the regatta. Thanks to all for a great event. As I think back as to why we did so well I think a big reason is because of the great J/22 fleet we have in Annapolis. The level of competition in my local J22 class has made us work hard every weekend in local events. Thursday nights also give us great practice on starts and mark roundings with almost 20 boats on the line each week. This really helps us to win the big regattas. This is why many of us are becoming better sailors on a national level. So get ready for another great season of J/22 racing!
J/22 Sails
Todd wins in a tiebreaker with Chris Doyle
Todd said their North sails performed very well. “Thursday and Saturday were both light air days and we had good speed. Friday was the best day with 15-20 knots and again, we had good speed scoring a bullet in the 2nd race of the day. Ultimately, the sails went through all the wind ranges very well,” Todd concluded. For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Great News from the 2010 Mercedes J/22 North Americans hosted by the Buffalo Yacht Club this past week: Boats powered by North sails finished 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,12,13,14,15! 51 boats sailed in the widest range of conditions possible this past week on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Niagara River. The practice race was cancelled due to lack of wind on Wednesday but the fleet was greeted to 15-20+ mph winds from the southwest on Thursday. The waves were refrigerator size and provided some of the most exciting surfing ever...4 races were sailed in those trying conditions! Friday the breeze was much lighter, shiftier and only one race was sailed as a result. Saturday, light winds and again a huge swell greeted the fleet as well as a lengthy postponement. PRO Hank Stewart (PRO for the Worlds in 2008 and the upcoming Worlds in New Orleans in 2011) made a tough but well accepted call to cancel racing for the day at 1:30pm. When the smoke cleared our team, of Greg Fisher, my wife Jo Ann Fisher, my daughter Martha Fisher and Jeff Eiber, won by five points over Jimmy Barnash (also one of our better Thistle drivers!) and J/22 past President Chris Doyle in third. John Loe (with Charlie Enright) finished 4th, Todd Hiller from Annapolis was 5th and Travis Odenbach was 6th. Full results at http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=2443 For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Strong and shifty winds were prevalent at 2010 Stephen Taylor J-22 Circuit Regatta in Oklahoma City. Ten boats participated coming as far as San Antonio, TX. Oklahoma City Boat Club and regatta organizers Ty and Letty Eby were wonderful hosts providing great food and margaritas. Winds on Saturday were out of the south from 15 to 25 mph. With the flat water on Lake Hefner, we pulled the jib cars back behind the screw hole and used plenty of backstay to depower the boat without having to worry about powering through chop. With the very puffy conditions and 20 degree shifts, we found downwind that in the marginal planning conditions that having the three crew sitting on the leeward side of the boat downwind allowed you to sail a bit deeper when the puff hit and the boat did not want to round up. Sunday's winds were a bit lighter gusting to about 18 mph. The winds were less which made finding the next big breeze that much more important. On Saturday it seemed if you just stayed in phase you would do well, however on Sunday, lanes from both side were working and you had to spend more time looking outside the boat. Thanks to the Lil' Hoss team members for the weekend Erin Progelhof and Crawford Milling for doing a great job. Final Results 1st - Jeff Progelhof 1,3,1,1,3 - 9 - powered by North Sails!
2nd - Kevin McConnell 2,2,6,4,7 - 21
3rd - Scott Greenwalt 5,7,5,2,2 - 21
4th - Keith Zars 3,6,2,6,4 - 21
5th - Scott Law 7,1,4,3,8 - 23
6th - Davind Smedley 4,5,3,7,6 - 25
7th - Shawn Cina 6,4,7,5,5 - 27
8th - Kenny Baggett 8,8,8,8,1 - 33
9th - David Bass 9,10,9,9,10 - 47
10th - Letty Eby 10,9,11,10,9 - 49
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Report by Greg Fisher / Will Harris
Great news from one the prettiest Finger Lakes in upstate New York this past weekend. 25 boats sailed in the Jack Rabbit regatta in varied conditions. North Sails performed great and we're especially proud of the performance of one of new customers, Travis Odenbach and his team. Travis switched to North Sails just this winter and made the top ten at the Midwinters (his first event with the sails), was 3rd at the Annapolis NOOD and now takes his first victory over long time North supporters Jimmy Barnash and Kevin Doyle!
Report from North Rep Will Harris:
The inaugural Waterline Systems Great Lakes J/22 Circuit event was the Jackrabbit Rabbit Regatta, hosted by the Canandaigua Yacht Club, May 15-16. The weather was great; sunny with breeze ranging from really light, to pretty $%&? windy. Typical for a Finger Lake, the wind direction varied from really shifty to psychotically shifty. http://www.windwhisper.org/j-22/ For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Report by Lars Hansen Dave Cool was one of the early J22 sailors, sailing J22 #20 (#20 still sails on Lake Minnetonka!). Dave was one of those people that got other people involved and excited about sailing J22’s. This was the 12th edition and even though there was no ice to be broken we managed to break a lot of stuff. All the good teams were there: Peterson, George, Steve-O, Bowers, Terry, Miller, Judy, Jappa, Kurt, MB+Nicolle, Roger, Rich and 20 boats total.
The forecast was for winds 25-35mph out of the south southwest and we got every bit of that. My Team of Jon Noller and Rod Komis (sailing on Rod’s boat!) were looking forward to using the new sails that we got for midwinters but with that forecast we chose to use some older sails just in case. I’ve always been impressed with the durability of the North’s and this was no exception. We used some 3-4 year old sails and they worked great! The first race on Saturday was a WL 2, winds around 25, I was so focused on driving, keeping the boat moving fast and not wiping out that I saw very little of the races. We were set up well: shrouds were up 5 half turns from base, the boom had the banana shape going from the massive vang, backstay was in that sweat spot where 2 inches more inverts the sail. Playing the main like a Laser we were fast. We led all the way.
The next race it got windier and it was crazy. We were the only boat to carry the kite and not wipe out.
As such the race was not so much of a race as a survival contest. We had some great moments of speed and won by a lot. We surveyed the carnage around the fleet: several kites and a jib were shredded, a couple of spinnaker poles pretzeled and numerous other bits were broken or bent. After that racing was abandoned for the rest of the day. Great day! Sunday the wind moderated to 15-20 and we had some much closer racing. We had looked at the course before the start and felt the right side by the point was favored. Leading the regatta we had a good conservative start a third of the way down from the boat. Off the line we felt fast but we could not tack for quite a while. John Peterson started near the boat and tacked right away. We went right when we could, then one of those silly inland lake things happened, The boats on the left had great pressure and angle. What to do? As we got out to the right side and saw that Peterson was ahead coming back on starboard we chose to tack to leeward of him and all that did was send us back into the middle while both sides of the race course lifted over us. Ugh We were deep. We spent the next couple of legs trying to get back and salvaged a 4th. The last race we let the other boats dictate our tactics and got a third place finish covering Peterson who wound up second overall.
North Sails won every race and were on board the top five boats. Results http://www.wyc.org/RacingResults/ResultsRaceSeries/tabid/266/Default.aspx For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Report by Greg Fisher We are proud to report that 2008 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, Anna Tunnicliffe, with teammates Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer, Liz Bower, and Debbie Capozzi won the 2009 Women's Rolex held in Rochester. Anna, using North Sails for the first time, won the last 3 races and the championship with a race to spare. Cory Sertl from Rochester was second, Carol Cronin from Jamestown, RI was third and Jen Provan from Toronto was 5th...all sailing full North inventories. There will be numerous accounts of the series that was abbreviated to 2 days of racing first by 40knt breezes and then a flat calm. But the 6 races sailed provided a bit of every condition that could possibly be sailed in October on Lake Ontario! Don't miss the story from US Sailing and then Anna's report on the last day. Here are some pictures...you can certainly get the feeling of the frigid temps!
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Report Charlie Enright North powered boats finished 1,2 at the 2009 J22 East Coasts. Jeff Todd sailed fast and conservatively to win 5 of 6 races! I was sailing with John Loe, we finished 2nd. Jeff showed great speed on Saturday in puffy, flat water conditions, and on Sunday in lighter, lumpier conditions proving that the North J22 designs are true all-purpose that will deliver speed in all conditions! Top 3:
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Report Greg Fisher 39 boats sailed the 2009 NOOD in Annapolis this past weekend...in a mix of tricky sailing conditions. Friday we experienced some beautiful medium 8-12MPH breeze while Sunday the fleet drifted in wind barely above 3-4. Each day the current was ripping and played a major factor in the racing. When it was all over Chris Doyle with team mates Will Harris and Adams Burns from Rochester finished ahead of our own Jeff Todd, the service manager of North Sails Chesapeake. Lee Sacket from Cleveland was third with Jim Barnash from Rochester and Steve Lowery of Chicago rounding out the top five. We were pleased that North Sails were 1,2,3,4,5,7 (Kevin Doyle), 8 (Gene Peters) and 10 (Alon Finklestein). Doyle sailed our standard NB1 main, our Big Foot jib and our FR1 Airx Radial spinnaker. We are impressed on how well Jeff Todd is sailing lately... At Midwinters, where there was a throw out he was second (would have won without one) and at the NOOD he was second without a throw out (would have won with one!). Go figure! One thing's for sure- Jeff is speedy and we appreciate all his help! For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts. J/22 Sails
Report Greg Fisher | Photos Christopher Howell
Great results from the J/22 Midwinters last week in Tampa. The 28 boat fleet sailed in a variety of conditions with the last race ending in a drifter and the first race taking place in a 20-25 mph blow. We were psyched that the North sails performed super all across the board...winning 5 of the 7 races! Our team of Jeff Eiber and Todd Hiller were fortunate enough to win, North Sails Chesapeake's Jeff Todd with Chip Carr and John Meisner were a close second (would have won without a throwout!) and past class president Chris Doyle from Rochester with brother Pete and Will Harris were third. Chris truly romped in the big breeze and was handily winning going into the last day. North Sails were 1,2,3,6,8,9. Here's a write up on the class web.
3rd place - Chris Doyle, Pete Doyle and Will Harris
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Rob Johnston 
Jeff Todd, sail care manager for North Sails in Stevensville, MD, won the 2011 Layline J/22 Midwinters this past weekend at the Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL. Todd and crew edged out second place finisher Chris Doyle (also North Sails-powered) in a tiebreaker to win the 3-day regatta featuring twenty-six J/22s. Benz Faget and Allan Terhune, who also work for North Sails, finished 6th and 7th respectively.
Winners Anna Turnnicliffe,
Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer, Liz Bower and Debbie Capozzi
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