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2012 Membership
 Dear J/80 class members,
Can you believe it? It is already February and the first races of the season are already sailed. While many boats are still sitting freezing in sheds or parking lots around the country, it is time for you to plan your 2012 season, get your crew lined up, buy all the new equipment that will make your team faster this year .... AND ... continue your support of the J/80 class. Therefore a gentle reminder: please register your 2012 membership and pay your 2012 dues. After some confusion last year we do have our PayPal account back up and running. If you follow the link underneath, it should be easy to renew.
Thanks and happy sailing 2012,
Your Class Officers | 02 February 2012 | Click here to renew your membership |
The season has started in Spain - great video ...
 | 02 February 2012 | Watch the Video on YouTube |
Key West Final Results
 J/80 one-design sailboat- sailing Key West on Friday
It was a runaway in the 18-boat J/80 class as Glenn Darden steered LE TIGRE to a steady stream of first, second and third place results. John Gluek was serving as tactician on LE TIGRE, winning with an 18-point lead over second place ROCAD RACING skippered by Mikael Lindqvist from Stockholm, Sweden.
LE TIGRE was named Mount Gay Rum Boat of the Day for winning the class which had the closest, most competitive racing for the day on Thursday. The boat is co-owned by Reese Hillard, who works the bow while Karl Anderson trims the jib aboard the Forth Worth, Texas entry. They captured the J/80 World Championship in 2006 and got the three-peat for Key West!
J/80 Le Tigre sailing team- Darden Hillard and crew’Our team really meshed well. We‘ve had a lot of time in the boat and that makes a big difference," Darden said. ’John has done a great job of keeping us in phase and everyone else is just doing their job at a high level."
The next three places in the J/80s were a horse-race to the very end of the regatta. Snagging third place by virtue of a 5-5 on the last day was Ron Buzil on VAYU 2 for a total of 48 pts. Fourth place went to the fast-climbing veteran J/80 campaigners, John Storck Jr and family on RUMOR finishing with a 3-8 to get fourth overall with 50 pts. Behind them in fifth place was Chris & Liz Chadwick on CHURCH KEY with a 9-9 for a total of 53 pts. The SAIL Best Around Buoys Team, Ryan Glaze and the Scott brothers hung tough against some top J/80 teams and managed to finish off with a 6-3 for 54 points, good enough for sixth place. | 22 January 2012 | Final Results |
Key West Day 4 - Wind is back
 It is a runaway in the 18-boat J/80 class as Glenn Darden has steered Le Tigre to a steady stream of first, second and third place results. John Gluek is serving as tactician on Le Tigre, which holds an 18-point lead over second place Rocad Racing (Mikael Lindqvist, Sweden).
Le Tigre was named Mount Gay Rum Boat of the Day for winning the class which had the closest, most competitive racing for the day. The boat is co-owned by Reese Hillard, who works the bow while Karl Anderson trims the jib aboard the Forth Worth, Texas entry. They captured the class world championship in 2006 and are seeking to three-peat at Key West. | 20 January 2012 | Photo Credit: Photoboat.com |
Key West Day 3 - lack of wind keeps the fleet from racing
 Premiere Racing just cancelled racing for the day. Mother Nature seemed to feel our sailors are meant to enjoy The Florida Keys & Key West. RC is canceling racing for today and planning to start an hour early on Thursday with the hopes of potentially getting in three races.
Here is an eye witness report from USA 1313:
Monday was a blast, big breeze, blue skies and warm waters.
It is more fun broaching the boat when the water is warm!
Two fun races, lots of wipeouts.
Tuesday, milder conditions, still sunny and warm.
Three solid races in moderating winds.
No planning conditions. :(
Wednesday am, winds are dead calm at breakfast, might not get much racing in today. | 18 January 2012 | Key West Photo Galleries |
Key West Day 2 on the J/80 Course
 Racing today was a great; the weather was super, 75 degrees, sunshine, with great racing. The wind was out of the south east, which is usually a frontal condition. The forecast called for the wind to slowly shift to the east as the day progressed, with the strength going from 14 knots at the start to 8 knots at the end of the day.
The day turned out to be a shifty breeze with shifts as high as 15 degrease. The Key was to work the shifts staying on lifts, and at the same time avoid holes. For the tacticians on all the boats the challenge was to stay in phase with the wind shifts and at the same time bridge the shifts to get the most race course advantage out of the wind.
Today the Le Tigre team with Glen Darden, consistently sailed smart to take advantage of the shifts, and win the day. They combined top boat speed with great positioning to post scores of 1,3,1. Second today was Church Key Skipped by Chris Chadwick, with scores of 2,2,5. Third On the course was Rumor skippered by Katie Storck with scores of 9,1,3.
Overall the racing has been tight on the J-80 course with 7 boats with in 10 points of one another. Tomorrow should be fun.
Sincerely,
Kerry Klingler
Photocredit: www.photoboat.com | 18 January 2012 | Current Results |
Key West Race Week - Day 1
 The J/80 one-design class has a very competitive nineteen boat class, with a group of Texans leading the pack. Like last year, the star for the day was past World/ North American / Key West Champion Glenn Darden and Reese Hillard sailing EL TIGRE to a 1-2. Lying second is the SAIL BAB/ TEAM GRINGO gang from Dallas, Texas, skippered by Ryan Glaze and crew with a 2-3, obviously relishing the 16-22 knot breezes. Third to sixth are all tied with nine points! Third is the Swedish Champion team ROCAD RACING with Mikael Lindqvist sailing to an 8-1. However, it was only a mistake finishing the first race while leading at the time that cost ROCAD RACING double-bullets! Fourth lies Mike Sudofsky on BOB DYLAN with a 3-6, fifth is Rob Buzil VAYU 2 with a 5-4 and sixth is Brian Keane on SAVASANA with a 4-5.
J-Newsletter | 16 January 2012 | Photo Credit: Photoboat.com |
Reminder to sign up for the J80 Southern Circuit events 2012
 Circuit Stop #1 HYC Midwinter, Houston Yacht Club February. 25-26
Circuit Stop #2 Elissa, Houston Yacht Club March 31-April 1
Circuit Stop #3 LYC Shoe, Lakewood Yacht Club May 19-20
Circuit Stop #4 FWBC Ol‘ Man, Fort Worth Boat Club October 5-7
And don't forget:
North Americans, Fort Worth Boat Club October 31- November 3, 2012 | 04 January 2012 |
J/80 Winter Tour 2012 -- Valentines Regatta NOR issued
 The NOR and entry form can be found at the link below for the 1st annual Valentines Regatta at the US Sailing Center, Miami. There promises to be some great J/80 racing this winter. | 30 December 2011 | NOR and entry form |
UPDATE - J/80 Winter Tour 2012
 Hello J/80 class members.
I wanted to take this opportunity to encourage you all to race in Florida and South Carolina in the J/80 USA Winter Tour and make you aware of a couple of new events in the Miami area.
Our first winter event is Key West Race Week January 15-20. KWRW functions as our USA class Mid-Winter Championship and we currently have 18 boats registered.
Next we have some new events in Biscayne Bay. This past year a number of class members have expressed a desire to have multiple events at one racing venue.
This will enable crews to fly in and out of an easily accessed airport (Miami) and be able to leave their J/80 in sunny Florida, mast up, ready to race.
The first of the Miami series is the Valentines Cup hosted by the US Sailing Center on Biscayne Bay on Feb. 11-12. The NOR and entry form are available at http://usscmiami.org/valentinesregatt.html. This regatta is in cooperation with the Viper 640 fleet.
Questions about this regatta can be directed to Pat Downey, GM of US Sailing Center: usscmiami@bellsouth.net
Next is Bacardi Miami Sailing Week, March 8-10 (Thur.-Sat.) Information and an NOR on this regatta can be found at: http://www.miamisailingweek.com
This promises to be a fun, well run event.
We are currently searching for an organizer for a third Miami regatta March 24-25 (again, in cooperation with the Viper fleet). In the future the Coral Reef Cup (March 24-25) will fill this spot. This year, however, that regatta is not available to us. We'll keep you posted on any progress of a third race.
Culminating our winter tour is Charleston Race Week April 19-22. This has quickly become one of the most popular regattas in the nation.
Information on CRW is at: http://www.charlestonraceweek.com
Arrangements for boat and trailer storage in Miami can be arranged through the US Sailing Center by contacting Pat Downey at usscmiami@bellsouth.net
Or at Shake A Leg Miami by contacting Ed Benitez at: Ed@shakealegmiami.org
Sail fast in 2012.
-Curt Johnson
President J/80 USA Class | 19 December 2011 |
J80 Champion going to the 2012 Olympic Games in the 49er class
 Erik Storck and Trevor Moore qualified the USA in the 49er for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships served as the second and final U.S. Olympic Team Selection Event in the nine Olympic fleet racing events. It was also the country qualification regatta where USA secured an Olympic berth in all 10 Olympic events | 18 December 2011 | Read on ... |
J80 Worlds 2012 - more information available
 Dear All
I thought this might help you and your class members with their search for accommodation in Dartmouth. I have also put this note on the Forum at www.j80worlds2012.com
With regards to finding accommodation in Dartmouth, you should look at the Accommodation section on the Forum at www.j80worlds2012.com and follow the links from the same site to the Discover Dartmouth website; the tourist information centre.
When selecting a shortlist for accommodation you should probably aim to be on the Dartmouth side of the River Dart rather than in Kingswear (which is on the other side) and ideally it would be good to find something and within walking distance from Coronation Park which is where the Regatta HQ will be. There is plenty of accommodation in Dartmouth but an early search is advised. I‘ve attached a map here that will be useful.
The Royal Dart Yacht Club (RDYC) is on the Kingswear side of the river. There will be no necessity for competitors to attend the RDYC during the Worlds even though it is one of the hosting Clubs. That said, all competitors will be invited to use the Clubhouse if they wish to do so during the regatta and it does have THE best views of the river (and the most charming bar staff) to be found anywhere! There is a good ferry service (car and foot passenger) between Dartmouth and Kingswear.
Dartmouth is an historic fishing port and so the accommodation in the centre of town tends to be either cottages or small houses and recent conversions to apartments. The town is built on a steep riverbank and so you can safely assume that all roads leading away from the river on the map attached here will have serious uphill gradients!
It is not easy (but not impossible) to find housing in the centre of town with parking spaces for cars attached but you will not need your car during the week if you are staying in town and there is ample "park & ride‘ or "longstay‘ parking away from the town centre.
Best regards
Becci Eplett
Key Yachting Ltd
www.keyyachting.com | 17 December 2011 |
2012 Worlds - sign-up now - update on charter boats
Dear J/80 ICA Members and International Friends
We are enormously excited about the 2012 J/80 World Championship in Dartmouth (UK) next year, and whilst we are ever hopeful that we will see a GBR sail number at the top of the podium next June, we are obviously extremely keen to race against as many International competitors as possible. Please be assured that the UK J/80 Class Association, headed by Chairman Terry Palmer (GBR 940 Just Do It) and assisted by his crew and UK Class Secretary, Mark Cockrill, will do all we can to assist you and your members in the run up to the event.
The Notice of Race and online Entry Form are now live at www.j80worlds2012.com along with a host of other information that you and your Class Members will find useful.Please register your entry for the Worlds as soon as possible. You will initially only be asked for payment of just 10% of the total entry fee in order to register for the Worlds. The final balance of the 325 entry fee is not due until the 1st of May 2012.
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There will be ten new boats provided by Key Yachting Ltd which will be made available for charter for the Worlds. Key Yachting is the J Boats dealer here in the UK. Priority of allocation of these ten boats will be given to J/80 Owners who have the furthest distance to travel. The full price of each charter will be 3150 Euro (including tax) for the World Championship: Saturday 9th of June to Friday 15th June.
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If you have any questions at all in relation to the event, please contact me and I will try to assist. I can help with top tips on accommodation, travel, restaurants, local attractions and bars I know a LOT of bars I am sorry but I cannot tell you which way to go up the first beat.
We really would love to see you in Dartmouth in June and we want the whole process to be as inexpensive and as hassle free as possible for all competing teams.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Becci Eplett
Key Yachting Ltd
Tel: 02380 455669
Becci@keyyachting.com
www.keyyachting.com | 29 November 2011 | NOR |
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