About J80 Fleet 12 -Massachusetts

Fleet 12 covers all of Massachusetts and includes 25 boats along the 1500 miles of its Atlantic Ocean coastline. The largest concentration (14) of J/80s are in Marion, MA on Buzzards Bay and race One-design Thursday evenings under the Beverly Yacht Club banner. Buzzards Bay is ideal sailing territory with typical thermal winds out of the Southwest every day and summertime water temps in the low 70's. Marion has over 1,000 moorings, 95% of which are sailboats, as well as Barden's Boatyard, which has a drysail program for many J/80s and J/24s.

One can sail from Marion to Newport, RI in about 6 hours and travel North thru the cape cod canal to Boston, also in about 6 hours. Most of the other 80s in fleet 12 race handicap from Scituate, to Marblehead, and to a growing fleet in Boston Harbor. At Boston's  Courageous Sailing Center you can rent a J80.

​BYC and fleet 12 hosted the 2018 J/80 North American Championships. Chip Johns, who races his boat Cavitica (702) out of BYC, is the current J80 North Amercian Class Champion.

Fleet 12 Regatta Calendar

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Fleet-12 2019 Calendar
​OD Race Opportunities
and handicap events where you'll find J/80s in the fleets
Date
Regatta
Results
April 12-14
Charleston race week
TBD
June Series
J80 BYC J/80 One - Design
Starts May 23
​(5 weeks/10 races)
Register Here
TBD
July Series
J80 BYC One -Design
​6/27, 7/4/7/11/ 7/18, 7/25
​Register Here
TBD
August Series
​J80 BYC One -Design
Aug 1,8,15,22,29
​Register Here:
TBD
Marblehead NOOD 
J80 OD class start Marblehead, MA
July 26, 27, 28 2019
​Register Here:
TBD
Buzzards Bay Regatta

BBR is always the 1st Friday, Sat Sunday in August
​8/2-4/2019
BBR 2019
J80 Class Start
​Aug 2, 3, 4, 2019
​Register Here:
TBD
Mallory Cup
U.S. Sailing Adult Championships to be sailed in J/80s. Hosted by BYC Marion, MA 
Sept 4-8, 2019
​Register Here:
Register
J80 NAs
J80 NA Class Championship
Open event
hosted by J80 Fleet 1
Guilford, NH
​J-Jamboree 2019
Register
J80 Worlds
Bilboa Spain
​July 2019
Link
Handicap
Jubilee Yacht Club
Thursday Night PHRF
Beverly, MA
Link
Handicap
Hingham YC
? Evenings
Hingham, MA
ORR-EZ
Link
Handicap
Cottage Park YC
Winthrop, MA
ORR EZ fleet .795
Link
Handicap
Constitution YC
Wednesday Night ORR-EZ
Boston Inner Harbor
​ORR-EZ
Link
Handicap
Beverly YC
​Wednesday Night PHRF
Marion , MA
Link
Handicap
Boston Harbor Handicap Racing 
Deer Island, Boston, MA
ORR-EZ 
Link
Handicap
Scituate YC
Tuesday Night PHRF
​Scituate, MA
Link
One Design
Annapolis Nood
May 3-5
​Annapolis, MD
Link

Officers / Contact

Fleet Captain:
Peter d'Anjou 
pjdsail@gmail.com
Hull #1152 Le Tigre
Marion, MA
508 528-0821 (H)
508 440-7988 (C)
Racing on Buzzards Bay