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A team comprised of coaches from the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) won this year's Governor's Cup sailing regatta, which took place from Saturday, 20 to Sunday, 21 September. In 1991, Governor Alan Scott presented the Cup for the first J/22 regatta and it has been raced every year since then. This year there was a large entry with a total of 10 boats. Three races were sailed on the Saturday in light and shifty winds. After the first day, CISC Sailing Director Mike Weber and his crew of CISC coaches, Alex Lovelock and Stephan Skovgaard, finished with first places in two races and a fourth place in the other race to sit in first place overall. The Sunday saw similar conditions with slightly stronger wind. There were four very close races with each race being won by a different team. The coaches managed to hold on to first place, beating second place Donald McLean by one point and only two points ahead of third place finisher Mike Farrington. "The shifty wind made for a very tactical regatta. You really had to keep your head out of the boat and play the shifts exactly right or else you quickly fell behind," Mr Weber said. For complete information on our North fast J/22 sails, please contact our J22 experts.
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Fisher Secures First J/22 World Championship In the competitive J/22 fleet, Fisher felt fortunate to outlast his competitors. “I wasn’t able to prepare as much as I’d like to this year with my father being ill,” Fisher explained. The foursome did sail the Annapolis NOOD, as well as a race leading up to Worlds, and made sure to arrive at the event early for practice and tuning. With 104 boats racing as one fleet, the starts were critical for all competitors. Fisher described their team approach, saying, “I’m along for the ride. Jo Ann’s job is critical because she tells us when to go, while Jeff’s job is to look around for boats and make sure I’m aware of those who may take our hole or roll over the top of us, and Sarah calls time.” Fisher suffered a 20% penalty in the regatta’s first race. Fisher explained that Jo Ann advised to hold back, but Eiber and Fisher saw the boats to weather moving so they trimmed in and accelerated. “From then on, I was very careful to follow what she was saying!” Fisher conceded. PRO Hank Stuart was praised for managing such a large fleet, including the placement of a mid-line boat at the starts. Fisher agreed, “The fact that the line was square and the fleet was spread out evenly, made it a challenge for everyone to start together. Tricky, but fun!” Stuart also adjusted the downwind legs to always keep the legs square. Additionally, Fisher noted his helpful use of the radio. “Hank had a nice ‘bedside manner’ when on the radio. No one was ever at a loss to know what he was planning for the starts. It was an equalizer between newer sailors and more experienced sailors so we all received the information at the same time.” Only one race was sailed on day 1 due to the light wind conditions. Three races were completed on days 2 and 3, when Class President Chris Doyle of Kenmore, NY found his team in first place mid-way through the championship. With the lowest score eliminated after race 6, consistency paid off for Fisher’s team, whose final results included all top 12 finishes. “Being able to change gears smoothly was imperative and because of our great team work it almost became automatic,” Fisher expressed. “Jeff was on the jib all the time and always used 2 to 1 sheets, even in light air. Even in bigger breeze, he rarely used the winch.” Fisher was on the backstay and main. “In conditions where we weren’t overpowered, I wasn’t necessarily adjusting the backstay for sail shape, but more to account for the chop so the rig didn’t rock forward and the jib didn’t become too full and the luff too bouncy.” In puffs, he trimmed the main first and the backstay followed. When hitting waves, he eased the main and then the backstay. “The backstay was along for the ride. If we were overpowered, I’d pull the backstay on to flatten the main. We played it more than the main and the traveler. The backstay was most important,” he summarized. The 2009 J/22 World Championship will take place on Lake Garda in Italy. So will Fisher defend his title next year? “We’d love to, but I wouldn’t do battle in a major championship without Jeff, and I wouldn’t dream of doing anything like that without Jo Ann on the boat. We’re talking about it!” The top 10 are: Greg Fisher, Anthony Kotoun, Phil Wehrheim, Chris Doyle, Bill Hardesty, Peter McChesney, Jim Barnash, Todd Hiller, Rob Johnston and Allan Terhune, Jr. Visit www.myyc.org/j22worlds for complete results.\
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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. or more information on J/22 sails, contact the North J/22 experts.
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Greg Fisher of Annapolis, MD prevailed over 103 other J/22 teams from around the globe at the J/22 World Championship in Rochester, NY. Sailing with wife Jo Ann, Jeff Eiber and Sarah Paisley, Fisher finished the 10 races 17 points ahead of Anthony Kotoun of Newport, RI in second place and 30 points ahead of Phil Wehrheim of Rochester, NY in third. Fisher was also the victor at last year’s J/22 North American Championship.
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