Rossi Milev wins at J/24 Midwinters and is awarded the Helly Hanson sailor of the month in April 2019

Tampa, FL (March 3, 2019) – The 2017 J/24 World Champion Rossi Milev, on Clear Air, hoisted another perpetual class trophy, taking the 2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club today. With crew Dan Borrer, Gayle Gray, Vince Somoza (boat owner) and Mark Goodyear, the Ontario Canada-based helmsman led the team to net …

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Ontario Fall Series finishes up with great wind and chilly temperatures

The Ontario Fall Series (Detlor-Coleman-Nicoll Trophy) finished up with great wind (which we didn’t have all summer) and chilly temperatures at Port Credit YC. In total we had 10 boats out (6- J/24s and 4-J/70s) – all starting together but with separate scoring. As has become a tradition, boats were all hauled out on the …

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Winners of the Lake Ontario Racing Council (LORC) for the 2018 season – Ontario Series and World Qualifiers

Congratulations to the winners of the Lake Ontario Racing Council’s 2018 summer series consisting of the ABYC, PCYC and EYC Level and Open Regattas. The Winners were: 1st  – A-Salt (Ed Rees) 2nd  Black Swan (Eli Gershman) 3rd Black Pearl  (Eriks Kalvins) Congrats to all of the winners from 2017 and 2018 2017 Ontario Series …

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2018 Canadian Champs at CORK August 18-20 – won by Michael Howarth in Wharf Rat

The 2018 J/24 Canadians were held during CORK week in Kingston.  The hope was for good thermals.  13 boats launched from Kingston Yacht Club.  Unfortunately, the thermals never materialized and the 3 day event was sailed in Northern wind directions on the lighter side and a very light southern wind on the last day.  It …

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2017 driveHG.ca J/24 Worlds awarded Chisholm Trophy for Excellence in Race Management

Ice is now covering the huge snowfall that hit southern Ontario the second weekend in February. Temperatures are expected to rise well above freezing again, which has been the pattern for the entire winter – so even iceboating has come to a halt! The 2017 driveHG.ca J/24 Worlds will be awarded the  Chisholm Trophy for …

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