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January 5, 2025
New 2025 Mast Package Discount
The J/80 North American class represented by President Emeritus Ramzi Bannura, has negotiated a discount with Sparcraft for new 2025 rig packages The discount price of just under $9,000 for a full rig: mast, boom, standing rigging and Profurl R250 furler is nearly 30% off retail. Sparcraft and Profurl are
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December 12, 2024
Sailing with North U
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October 21, 2024
American Yacht Club Fall Regatta
The American Yacht Club’s annual Fall Regatta marks the close of the summer offshore sailing season on Long Island Sound. Fleets were treated to great sailing and good breezes for the two-weekend event, enabling racing all four days and the one-design classes to have nine races. The top two podium
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October 8, 2024
Christopher Hobb’s Lifted wins 2024 J/80 North American Championship in Toronto
Race report by David Doyle It’s been eight years since the J/80 North American Championship came to Toronto, and again the National Yacht Club did not disappoint. Thirty teams competed in perfect warm Fall conditions on Lake Ontario October 1-6. Tight racing and dynamic shifty winds ensured no one could
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September 16, 2024
North American J/80 Class Seeks Additional Leadership
Your J80NA Class Association Executive Committee (EC) has been hard at work planning events. Next year’s North American Championship will be held at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. In 2026, the J/80 World Championship returns to North America with both the World and North American Championship events taking place
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July 15, 2024
Colored Gelcoat J/80’s
Report by Peter d’Anjou In the early days of J/80 construction circa 1992 – 1997, Tillotson Pearson, the original builder offered colored gelcoat hulls. Today, a few of those older colored boats survive. Hull 9 is for sale in New Orleans after spending most of it’s life on Lake Champlain
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June 30, 2024
Race Week Anacortes
Race Week Anacortes had lots of races over the three days in WA at the annual event held June 24-28. The half-dozen J/80s Julian Croxall’s RECKLESS log only firsts and seconds for the victory at 10 net points. The silver was won by Mike Kalahar’s LITONYA with 19 points net,
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June 27, 2024
2024 J/80 East Coast Championship
The 2024 J/80 East Coast Championship was held at the 26th Annual Nepean One Design Regatta in Ottawa, Canada. Fleet 20 continues to grow in numbers and enthusiasm ahead of the 2026 World Championship coming to Kingston, Ontario. The Nepean Sailing Club hosted a fantastic three-day event with excellent race
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June 5, 2024
Cedar Point One Design Regatta
Thanks to Brian Gibbs for this report: Back in January, I got word of a new J/80 regatta coming to New England this summer. Bengt Johansson, a long time J/Boat sailor (J/24, J/109 and now J/80 owner), had reached out that he was working on getting a J/80 class start
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