Latest News
-
August 19, 2025
North U Performance Race Week in Seattle — September 15-19 at Seattle Sailing Club
The North U Performance Race Week is an intensive five-day clinic designed to elevate your competitive sailing skills. The curriculum covers every facet of racing trim, helming and boat handling, with special attention given to tactical decision-making. Participants receive on-the-water coaching aboard J/80s, combined with comprehensive shoreside seminars and detailed
Read More -
August 12, 2025
PHRF for One-Design Perfection
Racing the family J/80 exclusively in PHRF for years, and then finally checking in at a big one-design regatta, reveals the benefits of both. Read the Sailing World article here: PHRF for One-Design
Read More -
July 28, 2025
Welcome Letter to J/80 North American Participants
Southern Yacht Club welcomes all J/80 North American participants to get in some practice on Lake Pontchartrain ahead of the event. Attached below is our Fall schedule. We traditionally sail three races starting at L0:00 AM, followed by burgers and cocktails at the bar. You’re also invited to stay for
Read More -
June 30, 2025
Summer Keelboat Regatta at CORK/Sail Kingston in Canada
In preparation for the 2026 J/80 North Americans and Worlds regattas in July next year, CORK/Sail Kingston in collaboration with the J/80 North American Class Association, hosted a 3-day “test event” regatta in Kingston Canada on June 27-29 employing the Vakaros RaceSense starting system – a first for J/80s in
Read More -
May 7, 2025
CORK Summer Regatta June 2025
The 2026 J/80 World Championship and 2026 North American Championship will be held in Kingston, Ontario in July 2026. Both events will be hosted by CORK Sail Kingston (https://cork.org/). Specific dates for 2026 can be found here – J/80 NACA Calendar. Kingston, Ontario is an excellent sailing venue with strong thermal
Read More -
May 5, 2025
Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Annapolis
“Race for every point” is a phrase heard often at regattas, and that was certainly the takeaway for many teams at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis May 3-6. Three days packed with races for 240 teams in 18 classes gave every sailor an opportunity to make
Read More -
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
Read More -
December 12, 2024
Sailing with North U
Read More -
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
Read More