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North sails helped dominate the 2008 Eastern Great Lakes held at Buffalo Yacht Club this past weekend. 50 boats sailed this Worlds warmer upper ( they take place in Rochester in 3 weeks!) and it was a true test as nearly all conditions were experienced this weekend. It blew upwards of 20 in several of the races. Kevin Doyle, of Buffalo, long time friend of North and one of the usual top J/22 sailors won big over a tough field. Jim Barnash was second, followed by Todd Hiller and Class president Chris Doyle ( Kevin's brother). We are very enthused of course as the Worlds are coming up and over 80 boats are preregistered....North will be well represented. Click here for full results. For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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There will be a lot written about the conditions that the various fleets sailed in this past weekend in Annapolis.. But it really was nice as there was truly a little of everything form hot flat water drifters to chilly 15mph lumpy breeze. It was a great one for North J/22 customers for sure... And for the J/22 fleet here in Annapolis. 36 boats represent a nice comeback from a bit of a dry spell from the huge 130 boat worlds a few years back. Todd Hiller from Annapolis with wife Lynda, Lesley Cook and Casey Williams dominated the event with a 13 pt lead over J/22 class president Chris Doyle from Rochester with Adam Burns and North rep Will Harris. Our team with myself, my wife Jo Ann, Jeff Eiber and Sarah Paisely was third,2 pts back from Chris. But the best news is that North sails helped achieve these overall results! Here are the complete results.
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We are very pleased with the great results our sails posted at the J/22 NAS last week in Cleveland. It was a true testimony of our sails' ability to perform in all conditions all across the board. Mike Ingham wrote a great report for Scuttlebutt about the regatta that I'll take the liberty of pasting in below. Suffice it to say it was a great event both on and off the water...a lot of fun. Congrats to Cleveland Yacht Club for a tremendous job! My teammates, Jeff Eiber and Todd Hiller were fortunate to win but as Mike points out it wasn't all too easy. Fortunately our greatest challenge came from one of our own guys, and a very loyal supporter from Dallas, Kelson Elam. This was one of Mike Ingham's first few regattas in the J/22 and he did quite well finishing 5th, considering the conditions and talent. Mike is making a run at the Worlds in Rochester next August. I am also proud of my wife, Jo Ann and her finish as the top woman's team. There were 8 all woman teams at the NAS using this as a tune up for the Rolex that takes place in mid November in Houston. Jo Ann had Lynda Hiller, Margaret McChesney, Sarah Paisley, and Nicole Finefrock with her ( yes a total of 5!). Of the 8 Woman's teams sailing, 7 had North Sails. North Overall Results: 1,2,5,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,16,18,21 Here's Mike's article: "This year's J/22 NA's were held in Cleveland, Ohio and had 68 entries, the biggest J/22 NAS since the mid 90's. Greg Fisher with Todd Hiller and Jeff Eiber won but not without some challenge from Kelson Elam. Lake Erie can have any kind of weather this time of year, even snow, but this year temperatures were in the 80's and it was sunny all week. With that comes the fear of no wind, and sure enough, Wednesday's practice race was a drifter. But we were pleasantly surprised to get four good races in on Thursday in 10kts of wind, where Greg Fisher's team showed great speed and consistency to top the leader board, but only by a few points over Elam and local Fred Hunger. Lake Erie is by far the shallowest of the Great Lakes, and this makes for lots of chop, so there were big differences in boat speed in these tricky conditions. "It all changed on Friday, as there was no sign of wind - none all day. The regatta organizers showed great wisdom in two ways: by not sending us out to drift around, and by not tapping the Keg too early. Both good moves, which suitably set up for a very fun band and a late night. Our final day on Saturday began with a 10-14Kt SW breeze that built for the second race of the day, then continually died for the remaining two races. Kelson got close to Greg early on in the day, but after eight races with one throw, Greg seemed to have just a little edge and was able to beat him by five points. Final Results (Top 5 of 68) Complete results: http://tinyurl.com/33canb For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails or any other help with your program, please contact our J22 experts. To order our fast J/22 sails online, click here.
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The Dutch J22 class organisation did a very very good job to organize the Nationals in the estuary of Oosterschelde river, close to the Belgium border. This area is well known for its clear water, fantastic natural environment (we saw dolphins at the weathermark swimming in front our J22)and ofcourse the worlds most famous oyster and musselculture. I am pretty sure everybody felt very comfortable and welcome , the Roompot marina proved to be a great place with good infrastructure and facilities and a great hospitality. The regatta was well organized by Mr Peter Anink and his team. The weather was fantastic with on the first day medium wind conditions, the second day light wind and the last day wind ranging between 14 and 21 knots.
This regatta without a discard was very challenging for every competitor and consistency is key to success. Our winning concept was , stay out of trouble, conservative sailing and wait for mistakes of your competitor. Good Mast setup and North allround sails proved to be a winning concept. However the most important factor is always the crew, Bram ( welcome back after two The races were very tense and close mark roundings and finishes kept everybody on their toes until the horn sounded! Challenging wind and current conditions especially on day two, when the wind dropped from 8 till 4 knots , really enlarged the difference between good and bad decision on laylines and crucial markroundings. If you had it wrong , it sure cost dearly. Sailing the alphabet ( OCS or DSQ )was also very expensive and sure you lost the chance to finish top three. This was my fourth national title after winning in 1997, 2000, 2003 and now 2007 but nearly all other championships , we competed in,we finished either 2nd or 3rd!! We sail always standard J22 boats and this was fourth boat ( NED74, NED123, NED176, NED1599) just proving that we sail a real one design and the secret of success is not the boat, but the team and the skills. This winter we will sail winter series and next year we plan to go to the Worlds in Rochester USA which is also the J22 25th anniversary regatta. Already we are looking forward to see you all in next regatta. If you need more information on our North J/22 sails or any other help with your program, please contact our J22 experts. To order our fast J/22 sails online, click here.
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In the mostly breezy and lumpy conditions sailed on Friday and Saturday, Pete McChesney, with team mates Scott Snyder and North Big Boat salesman, Matt Beck, showed his continued consistency in winning the 2007 East Coasts with finishes of 1,2,3,1,2,2. However, not far behind in second place, Todd Hiller won three of the 6 races sailed. Jeff Todd, North Sails Chesapeake's service manager was a solid third, only one point behind Todd. Alon Finkelstein and North Od's Al Terhune rounded out the top five. Unfortunately all the wind was used up on Friday and Saturday as the wind never quite filled in on Sunday. A valiant effort (and patience) was provided by Eastport Yacht Club and chief PRO Sharon Hadsell in an attempt to allow the sea breeze to materialize. EYC did a great job throughout the weekend both off and on the water in making the 2007 East Coasts a superb event. Full results, click here. If you need more information on our North J/22 sails or any other help with your program, please contact our J22 experts. To order our fast J/22 sails online, click here.
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This past weekend Severn Sailing Association hosted the J22 Mid Atlantics. North had a great weekend! The weather was perfect allowing the race committee to run 4 races on Saturday and two on Sunday. We were very fortunate to have enough wind to compensate for the large motor boat chop and strong currents. If you need more information on our North J/22 sails or any other help with your program, please contact our J22 experts. To order our fast J/22 sails online, click here.
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Great news from chilly Minneapolis! At the J/22 Dave Cool regatta held last weekend by Wayzata Y C, North Sails finished 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10 overall!! Lars Hansen beat a tough fleet with crew members Rod Konis and Jon Noller. Below is a report from Lars and a picture of the gang sailing downwind ( note how bundled up they are!) Congrats Lars, Jon and Rod!
Race 2 was started and abandoned when the wind backed 90 degrees and went away . Jappa had a huge lead at the time, almost to the leeward pin while half the fleet was still going for the first windward mark. It was a good move by the PRO Blake Middleton. We waited for the wind to settle down enough to set the course and it was around 3pm before the wind cooperated. The wind had gone to the SSW. There appeared to be more pressure out to the left, so off we went. We were with Kurt Holtze, Foster/Turner, Dan Towey and Bowers/Brasch on our way out to the left when we got nervous about the persistent lift we had been on. At the mark we set the spinaker, we gybed at the offset to stay in the pressure and made big gains on the run. I am so pleased with the Airex spinaker, we just sailed away from the boats behind us. We favored the right for the rest of the race and won by a big margin. Sunday was supposed to be windy but was lighter than Saturday. Fortunately it was more steady in direction and the start went off on schedule. We started near the pin just under Brasch/Bowers with Nick Anderson just under us. It was a long drag race in light air, shifting gears as the pressure came and went was the key. I was pleased as we were able to hold our lane above Nick and with an occasional scallop to windward were able to get in front of Bowers/Brasch. This opened the door for us to tack and when we got near the layline we were clear to go. Over night regatta leader Georg Hanson was nowhere to be seen so we stayed on top of Bowers/Brasch . This worked well and we extended in clear air. We led at the mark. The Bowers/Brasch team did well though and sailed back from mid fleet position to take second by the end of the race. In the last start I put the boat in the second row and we had to slow down to clear out, fortunately for us the Bowers/Brasch team was OCS and fell into our gas as we extricated ourselves. We worked the short right side of the beat and led at the first mark. On the second run we let Nick get to the favored side as we stayed in the middle a bit. He passed us, did not let go and won that race. We got second and won the regatta. Bowers/Brasch were second and Jappa was 3rd North Sails won 4 of 5 races and overall 1,2,3,4.7.8.9.10. I was really pleased with our sails, they are really fast and easy to use. Thanks Greg. Full results http://www.wyc.org/Results/SeriesOngoingResults.asp?Series_Id=41 For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
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The Annapolis NOOD was held this past weekend and a near record turnout of 280 boats attempted to sail the in the 3 day event. The weather didn't quite co-operate to the fullest with all classes on all courses not being able to race on Friday due to lack of breeze. The smaller boats raced on Saturday while the outside courses and bigger boats either still lacked breeze and didn't race or got just one race in. However it was a super event for North One Design! 37 boats raced this years in the J/22 division and 5 races were sailed in a truly wide array of conditions. It actually blew hard on Sunday with some puffs as high as 15. When it was over North sails dominated the J/22 Class with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 overall!! The fleet was also deep talent wise with such notables as Pete McChesney ( past NA champ), Bill Abbot ( past Soling World Champ), Allan Terhune ( past Lightning NA Champ),Class President and 2007 NA runner up Chris Doyle. Our team of Jeff Eiber, Todd Hiller, Bill Cook on Saturday, and myself was fortunate to win due only to the fact we never had the "big one". This was one time no throw out was a benefit! In the Etchells North Sails were 3, 4*, 7,8,10. In the Melges 24 North was 1,3,5,6,7,9. Chris Larson sailing with Justin Damore dominated this event winning by 4 points. Jeff Todd, NS Chesapeake's service manger, got Neil Sullivan back on board with Norths and they were 6th. In the J/24, as we know, North Sails dominated the event finishing 1,2 overall. Paul Van Ravensway won this hotly contested event over Tony Parker by 2 points. Tony was one point ahead of Mark Hillman who had world champion Anthony Kouton on board. Paul and his team was chosen the top boat of the event as well! Read Paul's Interview posted on the Sailing World Magazine Website One great thing for our group here at Chesapeake was the total team work of service, big boat and One Design. Jeff Todd and his group did a superb job in handling the service for the event. Their truck was front and center at "the tent" for all to see and chuck their broken sails into. Between Jonathan, Wilbur, Jeff, Aaron, Al and Greg we had lots of great coverage both on the water and off. For more information visit the event web site at: http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/annapolis-md/sperry-top-sider-annapolis-nood-results-day-3-51656.html For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here. J/22 Sails
Report by Greg Fisher
Last weekend 24 J/22's sailed in Dallas at Lake Ray Hubbard. Chandler's Landing Y C hosted the event and 5 races were sailed. Kelson Elam, 2006 Midwinter Champ and 2007 runner up won the series with a 3,5,4,2,1. Terry Flynn was second. Eric Faust was 4th and David Smedley and Jeff Progelhof using their new Norths for the first time were 5th and 8th! North customers were 1,4,5,8 overall!!! Congrats to all! Congratulations Kelson! For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
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Report by Greg Fisher 37 boats sailed in the varied conditions on Lake Ponchatrain this past weekend in the J/22 Midwinters. The regatta was hosted by Southern Y C, the club so heavily filmed during Katrina as it burned to the ground 18 months ago. Although the club lives in a series of temporary trailers presently, their tremendous southern hospitality certainly was at an all time high. Dwight LeBlanc, Peter Gambel and the rest of their team did a great job hosting a superb event from the first class race management to the crawfish boil Friday night! The sailing conditions were tricky to say the least with predominately light breeze and super flat water ( tough flat out boat speed conditions) to some medium, almost heavy lumpy stuff the last race on Saturday. Sunday the fleet was greeted to 6-8 mph breeze with some good old Lake Ponchatrain lump. When the racing was all over my team, composed of my wife Jo Ann, Jeff Eiber, Meg Muller and myself was fortunate to win. 5 points back was Kelson Elam, last years winner, from Rockwall, Texas followed by Terry Flynn of Houston, Texas. Click here for the final results. We were pleased and proud that Kelson also used a full inventory of North Sails as did 7 of the top ten! All North customers used our NB1 main, FR-2 Airx spinnaker and Big Foot jib. North Sails were on boats that won 4 of the 7 races..congrats to Chris Wilke from New Orleans, Chris Doyle ( our class prez) from Rochester and Jan-Peter Lovald from Minneapolis for their wins in this tough sailing! As always you come away from a big regatta like this learning something new...for me it was the importance of sailing the boat super flat whenever we could maintain speed. This absolute flat attitude meant we could trim the main very hard when there was enough breeze (everyone nearly on the high side) which helped produce some great height. At times the boat was so flat that we actually developed lee helm and I had to push the helm away to keep the boat tracking. Interestingly enough, this was when we felt the quickest! When the breeze died we'd ease the mainsheet a fair bit, develop some series twist and switch to a first-gear-bow-down mode to keep speed up....though still sailing the boat very flat. At all times ( unless we were overpowered) we set the traveler to windward to ensure the boom was on center. Jeff would regularly lean in to check. Kelson, too, enjoyed the same height and he sailed exceptionally flat as well. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
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Report by regatta winner Dave Nickerson The Lake George Club hosted the combined J/22 Northeast Championship and Lake George Open September 23/24 for 36 boats from Cape Cod to Ohio. Wow – these guys really know how to run a regatta. The venue, the hospitality and the food was just outstanding – a big thanks to all the volunteers that made it happen. We’ll definitely be back. A typical shifty lake breeze varied from about 8 to 16 knots from the SE to S on Saturday and about the same on Sunday though less shifty (except for the last attempted race with blasts well into the high 20s from the front that caused so much carnage at the J/24 NAs in Rochester). [The boats were close together on the course and scores were tight. Dick Hallagan in 981 was going really well and won 2 out of the 4 races. Being new to the J/22 class, this was our first “big” regatta and I had no idea how we’d go against the more experienced teams. Our local Fisher’s Island Sound fleet in southeastern CT is just getting going and has lots of great sailors, but only Rod Johnstone had traveled to major J/22 events. Frankly, I was a bit surprised by our upwind speed and height when close to other boats. Chris Field (our middle) did a great job keeping us in phase which never hurts and we could usually find the gears to deal with the changes in velocity. Set-up wise, we followed your “Lose the Tension Gauge” suggestions. However, the water was relatively flat, so we typically had the upper shrouds maybe a half turn tighter than I’d use in lumpy Fisher’s Island Sound. Here are the results: For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
Report by Greg Fisher This weekend 22 boats sailed the J/22 East Coasts in Annapolis. Though the turnout was down a bit (many boats were driving to the NAS in Minneapolis that race this week), the talent was up, and the racing was tough. The sailors had a bit of everything, especially shifty and complicated light lumpy stuff...typical Chesapeake Bay in the hot summer. When it was all done North Sails dominated the regatta with a 1,2,3 overall. Pete Mchesney, with team mates wife Margart and Scott Snyder won in a tiebreaker with Todd Hiller with wife Lynda, Lesley Cook and Emma Jones sailing. In third was Lightning Champion Al Terhune with wife Katie and Jason Werner. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
Report by Greg Fisher This past weekend 30 boats sailed the MidAtlantic Championships in Annapolis. There was a little of everything, breeze wise but when it was all said and done Pete McChesney with wife Margaret and Scott Snyder as crew won by 11 pts over North Sails Chesapeake's service manager Jeff Todd. Alon Finklestein was 3rd, also with Norths. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts. To order your J/22 sails online, click here.
Report courtesy Todd Hiller The J22 event June 10th was the Eastport Yacht Club One Design Classic. They did a bang up job given the breezy and shifty conditions. There was major ebbing current which made for a really shitty port tack upwind. The boat would just bounce all over the place. The downwind legs were fun. It was nice to sail the thing downwind like a Laser and by the lee in the lighter stuff. Full results, click here. Division: J/22 (12 boats)
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Report by Greg Fisher
The link to the regatta site is http://wyc.org/j22/cool.htm Lars' report of the last race is below. Nice job Lars!! Photo: Lars and his team mates Jon Noller and Rod Komis.
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Report by Greg Fisher Congratulations to Sean Clare and his team for their win at the Tennessean regatta this past weekend. Below is a report from Sean. North sails were 1,2,3! The Tennessean Regatta, HIYC, Nashville, TN Things were a bit bumpy on the afternoon before the regatta. There was a severe outbreak of tornadoes in Middle Tennessee. Our thoughts go out to the families that lost so much from the storms. The most affected area was about 2 miles from the race area. So needless to say, it was close to home. Our turn out was a bit down from what was expected but the folks that made it to this regatta got a chance to experience all extremes and fantastic race management. Saturday the temperature was in the mid 50's and the wind was blowing from the north at 15 to 20 mph with gust to 30. Needless to say the rides were amazing. We managed to get in 3 loooong races. Among the casualties from the breeze was a brand new spinnaker on the Morang boat that went to shreds, the entire sea-hood ripping out on the Trotter-Borquin-Harrison boat, and the amazing pirouette on the Clare boat just to see how many flips Kyle Meyhoefer could do down below. Once we came in, the beer flowed and the fish stories grew. Sunday showed us the opposite conditions. The temperature raised and the wind velocity fell. Old Hickory Lake is famous for the term “Jackson’s Revenge” It will Givith and it will Taketh away! The conditions were very shifty and you had to commit to a side. The middle was dead. The Freeman-Robertson boat did a great job working the shifts throughout the day. When the racing was over the results with a throw-out for the top 3 stood as 1—Clare, 2—Freeman-Roberson and 3--Carson. For complete results, click here.
Report by Greg Fisher By now many of you have read how Sally Barkow with her team mates of Carrie Howe, Debbie Capozzi and Annie Lush dominated the 2005 Rolex held in Annapolis last week. They built had such a lead that they had the event won before the last race. Cory Sertl, winner of the 2001 Rolex and a past Yachtswoman of the Year was second and she too, clinched her title without having to sail the final race. 2005 Rolex Yachtswoman of the year Jody Swanson was third with 2004 US Yngling Olympic rep Carol Cronin in fourth. New Zealand Olympic Yngling Rep Sharon Ferris rounded out the top five. My wife Jo Ann Fisher was sixth and fellow Annapolis skipper Lorie Stout was seventh. Up until the very last day the 42 boat fleet enjoyed some of the best racing we've seen all summer on the Chesapeake Bay. On Friday, the sea breeze was not destined to appear and the fleet was finally towed in. It truly was a great series with some tremendous racing. It also couldn't have been much better for North Sails...
This was also a good event for North Sails here in Annapolis. A true team effort in handling the regatta between One Design and Chesapeake made for some great exposure and service for all teams racing. When this event's results are coupled with the wins at the recent East Coasts, the MidAtlantics and just this past weekend at Lake George, it gives us great confidence that North J/22 sails are indeed the fastest! Read more at the event's website. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report by Greg Fisher Great news from lumpy Chesapeake Bay! Not only were North Sails on the top 3 boats, but also 7 of the top 10 and won every race! Here's the top 10: Did you notice that 5 of the top ten were women? In the top 20 there were 10 women's teams...8 of them sailed North. We have 3 clinics set up this week as we roll into the Rolex. Measurement starts Saturday and the practice race is Sunday. We are definitely enthused about the outlook for the Rolex. Coupled with our buddies from North Sails Chesapeake, we are hoping for not only great results, but also providing some super service. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report by Brian Bissell Earlier this month (Aug. 6,7) the Dillon Open Regatta was sailed on Lake Dillon in Colorado. Surrounded by picturesque mountain ranges, Dillon Lake boasts the highest elevation sailboat racing in the country. Over 100 boats entered the competition in classes ranging from Stars, Santanna 20s, Melges 24s, J/24s and J/22s. Chris Snow and Andrew Kerr of North Sails provided a clinic on the Friday before the regatta. The opening ceremony on Saturday included an impressive airshow. While jets flew overhead performing arial acrobatics, sailors where busy checking the starting line and pondering first beat strategies for the first race. Two races were sailed on Saturday and one was raced on Sunday before the breeze died. It was a great test of skill, however, since each race was a completely different wind range. In the J/22 class, there were 12 teams, two of which were preparing for this years Women's Rolex regatta. North Sails had an impressive showing taking the top five spots. Fun was had by all and it was great to see the high level of competition on the man-made lake in the middle of our country. Some pictures can be found at this website... http://www.dillonopen.com/ For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report by Greg Fisher
This past weekend the J/22 MidAtlantics were held in Annapolis and hosted by Severn sailing Association. 29 boats sailed in some very trying conditions...Saturday was a hurry up and wait day until a light sea breeze developed in the afternoon. It was light and quite lumpy to say the least. Sunday started out with a bit more breeze up to 12mph but faded through out the day. Still, 5 races were sailed and Mark Hasslinger, the PRO, should be commended for doing a great job getting them all in. Great party Saturday night too! When the smoke cleared it was a true complete North customer domination with overall finishes of 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 overall! All North boats sailed the NB1 main, the Big Foot jib and the FR-1 Airx spinnaker. Pete McChesney , with teammates Dave Van Cleef and Joe Gibson sailed a consistent series to win by only two points over US Yngling Olympic representative Carol Cronin with crew Jamie Haines , Kim Couranz, Linda Epstein and Margaret Podlich( filling in for Linda on Sunday). My wife Jo Ann, with her crew of Lesley Cook, Emma Jones and Morgan Wilson sailed to third overall. Yes, I am a proud Hubby! In fourth was Aden King with Todd Hiller and Colin Robertson. Some cool other stats: Final Results: http://savvyoutlook.com/photoGray/aldenBugly/2005/j22MidAtlantics/ For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Photos courtesy of Alden Bugly's photoGray.
Report by Greg Fisher Cory Sertl (2001 Rolex winner) just emailed me about her win at 25 boat Youngstown Levels in Youngstown, NY. She won with 3 firsts out of 5 races and 13 points less than Dick Hallagan who was second. Hallagan, a top Lightning sailor, was second followed by 2004 Lightning North American Champion Jody Swanson. All three sailed North sails!!!! More cool J/22 stuff!! North Sails dominate the summer One Design regatta hosted by Annapolis YC this past weekend. North Sails were 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,14,15 overall!!! Carol Cronin won, followed by Al Terhune ( past Lightning NA Champ and a new resident of Annapolis) and Jeff Todd ( North Chesapeake service manager). We are especially excited as many of the teams sailing were gearing up for the Rolex...lots of great activity with lots of enthusiasm!! For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report courtesy J. Den Engelsman This event was a truly North event where roughly 60% of all sailors sailed with our design. This was the third time the worlds were organized in Holland and besides some 60 boats from Holland there were boats from Belgium, bermuda, Cayman islands, France, germany, South Africa, and USA. The dutch J22 class has a strong fleet and still growing. More sailors start to appreciate the true one design and cheap racing which the J22 offers. Also easy trailering ( a small car can tow the J22) and easy set up of the boat all makes this class by far the biggest one design keel boat in our country ( 200 boats). On friday 1st July measurement started most boats had no problem, while others had to change small things either on keel, rudder or sails. By Saturday everybody was in the water and ready for the practice race on sunday. The racing started on monday but after serious warnings form the met office about squalls and thunderstorms the race committee decided to cancel all races for this day. On tuesday the qualification was going to be decisive with only three races sailed nobody could afford an OCS or DSQ which meant everybody started conservatily and there were little protests. Still it meant some sailors did not make the cut for the Gold fleet among them Edgar Westerhuys and Mark Tighelaar normally top 20 in Holland. All other favorites qualified however Tjarco timmermans ( team magic marine) had the best score after one day. Followed by Huib Bannier and ourselves ( John den Engelsman) team Leventi on the third spot. On Wednesday the racing continued with 3 more races. We started and sailed very much thru the middle of the beat resulting in top 5 finishes but at the end of the day this was not enough . Team magic marine sailed three good races and team Nic Bol was the day winner with a score of 1,4,1 finding themselves at place nr 2 after 6 races sailed. We were still in third spot only two points behind nr 2 with still 5 races planned it promised to be some intense racing. However on Thursday bad luck was with us , NO WIND, no races meaning the leader was in firm position, he didn't sail a bad race yet and only needed one more good race out of the two. For us and team Bol only left to fight for second place on the friday. Friday started with more waiting for stronger stable winds. Finally around 12.15 hrs the silver fleet started. With some A- typical weather for already the whole week meaning big gains could be made once you find yourself on the right side of the course. Tjarco decided to go left while we were sure to tack to the right side of the course! Only finding ourselves in the back of the fleet at the end of the 1st beat. Tjarco did the right thing and rounded in 4th place with both Nic Bol and ourselves some 500 yards behind on place 30 and 34. Tjarco managed to gain two more places and finished 2nd. Both chasing teams could not gain places in race nr 7 and so Tjarco is the new world champion 2005 with one race still to sail. He did a fantastic job , didn't sail worse then a fifth place and was beyond any doubt the best all around sailor for this championship. Nic Bol and ourselves now had to fight for the second place but both couldn't afford a bad result while this would mean we dropped to place nr 7th or 8th. We started at the committee boat and immediately tacked to the right. Nic followed but we had a nice clear lane and had first opportunity to choose. Rounding the 1st weather mark in 1st place , Nic followed in place nr 12. Now we were in second place and we only needed three boats between Nic and ourselves to assure the silver medal. Diederik Forma (also North) had the best day result and finished 4th in the final ranking with Menno Bron on the fifth place. The lady cup was for Marijke Manuel ( 6th position) who sailed an exceptional worlds with an all ladies team. Albert Kooijman ( North) , european champ 2004 ,finished on spot nr 7. With North (Goldfleet )on 2nd,4th and 7th place this was a good event for us. The silver fleet was showing an even better performance with North sailors on nrs 1st, 2nd ,4th and 5th place. The price giving was very professional and all sailors stayed while a big lottery went on and much was to win , a spinnaker, Tacktick compass, watches and other goodies were at stake. After this Tjarco and his team were , as by dutch tradition, thrown into the water winning the well deserved Gold medal for this worlds. For full results see www.j22.nl Next year the worlds will be sailed in France, La Trinite first week of july. This will give a big boost to the French class.
Report Greg Fisher The J/22 North Americans were held at Oklahoma Boat Club in Oklahoma City, OK last weekend. 56 boats sailed in some reported very tough conditions. For the practice day, the expected 15-25mph winds greeted the competitors. However, once the event started the breeze dropped and became quite challenging shift wise. In fact, Friday was abandoned due to lack of wind and the remainder of the series was sailed all on Saturday. North customers finished second place Marvin Beckman and third Kelson Elam. Both teams won a race as well. Marvin's accomplishment was especially praiseworthy as he just put his brand new North Sails on the day before the event started.
While I would have liked to have been in Oklahoma at the NAS, my daughter was originally due Sunday so sticking close to home was imperative for me! Again, this result along with the results we sent out in the enews last week demonstate that our sails continue to perform...with our customers doing the scoring! Again, the NB1 main, Big Foot jib and the FR-1 Airx spinnaker were the sails of choice! For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report courtesy Lars Hansen
We had a great regatta here on Lake Minnetonka this weekend. There were 22 boats out for our annual Dave Cool Memorial Ice Breaker Regatta. We sailed 4 races on Saturday and 2 on Sunday in winds about 7-16 out of the Northwest. On Sunday in the second race it snowed ice pellets enough to accumulate on the deck during the downwind. During the weekend most of the big pressure seemed to come from 30 degrees to the left of the course but in-between there were some nasty holes in the pressure. Changing gears was really important and I thought your sail really worked well. I still try to over sheet it when coming out of tacks but was very pleased with the main. It was an interesting regatta as our fleet gets better and better, 6 different boats won races and we almost won the regatta without ever winning a race. Inspired by my terrible start in race 5 we did win the last race by the biggest margin of any of the races and sealed the deal to win the regatta. North sails won 4 0f 6 races and were on 7 of the top ten. Both Judy Wollner and Rick Lucas were impressed with their new sails. Judy won a race and Rick had a pair of seconds. Click here for complete results. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report by Greg Fisher Last week the NOOD was sailed in Annapolis as you know. While the J/22 fleet was a bit smaller than years past (39 boats), it was still one of the bigger fleets sailing. The conditions were challenging for sure with a little bit of something for everyone: breeze and cool temps to sun and some near drifters. The great news was that North sails ( actually North customers to be exact!) finished 1,2 overall. Pete McChesney, with his wife Margaret and Allan Terhune ( past Lightning NA Champ) finished up an impressive series with a first in the last race. They sailed a very consistent series to finish second over Henry Filter with Moose McClintock and North Chespeake's Matt Beck. Both Pete and Henry used full North inventories. Ray Wulf from Annapolis was third, Tim Libby, also from Annapolis, fourth and Chris Doyle from Youngstown, NY rounded out the top five. North Sails were on 5 of the top ten boats, more than any other sailmaker! My team of Tood Hiller and my longtime crewmate Jeff Eiber could only sail Friday as my wife became ill and my presence was needed on the home front. She is ok now. For more information on our North J/22 sails please contact our J22 experts.
Report by Greg Fisher
27 boats sailed in the 2005 J/22 Midwinter's sailed in Miami and hosted by Shake a Leg. Although participation was well down from year's past, the competition was tough and the weather great as well ( though we lost the last day to lack of breeze). The consensus was that the lack of attendance was due only to circumstance and not a sign of "tough times". There were 9 boats from Annapolis, 4 from Cleveland but only 2 from Texas. Congrats, though, to a great event managed by Jack King and the staff at Shake a Leg. Scott Nixon with Mike Wulf and Andy Horton, won the event with 12pts followed by "top amateur" and North customer Henry Filter, with Doug Clark and Phil Wherheim and 27 pts. Terry Flynn was third with 28 pts, tied with ourselves. We lost the tiebreaker and wound up 4th. Dave Van Cleef of Annapolis rounded out the top five. North Sails were 8 of the top 14 and 15 of the fleet of 27. A couple high points were our two newest customers, Terry Schertz from Colorado and Justin Damore from Annapolis, each won a race with their new Norths on for the first time. Justin went on to finish an impressive 9th overall. Here's what Terry has to say about our sails:
Here's what Justin Damore, winner of the second race has to say about his new sails:
My team, comprised of US Yngling Olympic skipper Carol Cronin, Todd Hiller (one of our top J/22 skippers in Annapolis) and my daughter Martha on the bow, sailed a brand new US Watercraft boat -1586- in the regatta. We were very pleased with how everything "worked" and once we got dialed in our speed was fine. It was interesting how the boat required a much different setup than our old boat. Much more rake with the leads further aft became important, especially in the breeze. It certainly will be an advantage to be able to help set our customers up tuning-wise, no matter what vintage of boat they sail. For more information on our North J/22 sails or help with tuning your J22 to speed please call our J22 experts.
For more information on J/22 sails, contact the North J/22 experts.
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From Lars:
Long time North customer Lars Hansen won yet another Dave Cool Icebreaker J/22 regatta in Minneapolis, MN April 22/23. It was a great turnout with great weather. The competition, as it usually is on Lake Wayzata, was tough. We were proud that North sails helped Lars win the event and that 5 of the top 10 sailed North Sails!
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