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This is the home of the largest Cruising One Design Fleet on the Chesapeake Bay. The J105 Fleet has the highest average number of starters, year after year, enjoying a camaraderie unmatched in any other one design fleet. Anyone looking for a great experience racing their boat should look at the J105. The rules and boat are family friendly and geared to make the sport of sail boat racing as friendly to the wallet as it is to the psyche. If you are considering a new boat or starting out with your first boat take a look at the J105.
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Frostbite is under way with 12 boats registered. See the Results page for details. The boats will be using Kattack race tracking on a trial program getting ready for full time tracking in the 2012 season.
The East Coast Championshp and the Chesapeake Bay Championship were combined this year. Extreme and unusual weather resulted in a Friday cancellation of Saturday's racing as high winds, extreme low temperatures, and wind driven wintery mix brought a halt to championship weekend on the Bay. Sunday turned into a beautiful fall day and three races were held. The conditions were typical trailing edge filling winds from the Northwest with puffy 30 degree oscillating shifts, a persistent right shift, a big ebb current, and 16 boats trying to sort it out. After 2 races The Mystery Machine (Peter McChesney) had 5 points, with Hey Jude (James Rathbun), and Inigo (Jim Konigsberg) at 6 points. AYC set up a 5 leg finishing race for the championship. Mystery Machine won the last race to capture first (6pts), with Hey Jude in 2nd (8pts), and Inigo a 6th to hold onto 3rd place (12pts). Veloce (Marty Bublitz & Eddie Hornick) finished 4th (13pts) and Bat IV (Andrew Kennedy) in 5th (22pts) to finish out the award positions. No one can say that they completely solved the tactics but the top boats mostly went to the left side on the up-wind legs, inside the 1AH-Thomas Point current line, and that seemed to be the difference maker. The variety of conditions across the course made for big differences, with the boats that tried to protect the forecast right shift, to use the apparent better pressure, taking the biggest hit as the fleet spread over 7.5nm in the final race was about 20 minutes.
Peter McChesney, holding the J/105 ECC perpetual trophy, and the rest of The Magic Mystery Machine team, enjoying the winning feeling.
From the right, Andrew Kennedy of Bat IV (5th), Peter McChesney of The Magic Mystery Machine (1st), Jim Konigsberg of Inigo (3rd), Christina Mayor representing Veloce (4th), and Logan Ashcraft representing Hey Jude (2nd).
Stan Welle , winner of the Steve Gale J/105 Top Fleet 3 Bowman Trophy , for his work on Mystery Machine at the Chesapeake Bay Championship. Shown with Stan are the Bat IV team — whom Steve Gale raced with for 6 years as bowman until his passing last year. The trophy is sponsored by the Skibos, owners of the old Plum Crazy – the J105 Steve raced on until the boat was sold.
Congratualtions to Cedric Lewis and Fredrik Salvesen fo a great win at the NOOD! They exhibitied extraordinary consistency under the most challenging conditions. The wind conditions on Friday and Saturday were controlled by a quickly moving low pressure system that created some very shifty and puffy winds. The decisive last day saw Race 7 still under the lingering effects of the low with a calm settling in on the last leg, followed by a long delay before Race 8 as a decent Bay Breeze filled in from the south. Then there was the dam release on Saturday that resulted in heavy current through the race area and the usual snafu at the windward mark as boats were swept down stream. There were 72 boats total on the Fleet 3 course so finding lanes, while negotiating the crosses and passes, became another obstacle to getting around the course efficiently. Eastport Yacht Club ran the Fleet 3 races and established themselves as the die hard RC as they got in the full schedule of 8 long races. Everyone got their full value in this regatta. Going into the last day Mirage held a 10 point lead over Peter McChesney on The Mystery Machine. In Race 7 Mystery Machine jumped to a big lead and Mirage was deep in the pack going into the last leg, when the wind died. Mystery Machine was stuck in the middle of the bay going into the current with barely enough wind to make headway. Mirage saw the change and was able to sail down the shore, out of the current and in some shore breeze, and past the entire fleet for the win. This was a critical point as going into Race 8 Mirage held an 11 point lead over The Mystery Machine. The last start was set up with a short line in light air that resulted in a lot of bad starts. Mirage got buried in this and The Mystery Machine got loose to win the race. Mirage was able to salvage a 10th to win by 2, the miracle come back in Race 7 being the big difference. The top 5 were Mirage (29), The Mystery Machine (31), Tenacious (41), Inigo (56), and Java (58). The full results with daily breakdowns and the Chesapeake Cup high point are posted on the Results Page.
The 2011 racing season got off to a hesitant start on April 17 with the NASS Spring Regatta. Two races were finally sailed after prolonged delays caused by massive wind shifts. The unsettled wind was the result of the large storm front that passed through on Saturday and left behind 2 inches of rain and lots of tornado damage. The Saturday segment was cancelled and those classes were moved to Sunday as racing on Saturday would have been impossible. The current resulting from the heavy rain was running strong, which caused the multitude of anchored freightors to orient across the westerly wind. A new thing to add to the must avoid list is a freighter not oriented to the wind as this creates a back wind vortex on the leeward side. Any boat that got near this was subjected to a reverse wind that was difficult to escape. This made the race course more like a pin ball game where the boats had to pick a way through the freighters while reacting to the shifts and finding the bands of good wind. This sport is already hard enough. Jim Konigsberg and the guys on Inigo hit the water in mid-seasaon form to win both races to get a good jump on defending last year's CBYRA Fleet Championship. Andrew Kennedy and the Bat IV team also ran a smooth race and came in second in both races. The other boats were having the usual sail handling problems that go with the first event of the year as plenty of wet spinnakers were in evidence.
IT's PAST TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! The form is available for download at the bottom of this page. Don't forget US Sailing and CBYRA in addition to Fleet 3 and J/105 Class dues.
Schedule Change Alert - AYC has changed us to 6/19 for the Annual Regatta. The revised schedule is available for download on the Schedule Page.
Frostbite season wrapped up on March 20. The first half series with 17 boats and 7 races was won by Bat IV, followed by Tenacious, Dog House, Freedom, and Auction Block filling out the top 5 positions. The second half series, involving 11 boats and 12 races, was won by Tenacious with 19 points, followed by Dog House, Bat IV, Breakaway, and Helios.
Fleet 3 will be running an enhanced new championship series (J/105 Chesapeake Cup) this year in addition to the traditional CBYRA High Point. The scoring will be total boats beaten in all the designated high point events, plus 1 point for starting, and 1 point for finishing. There will be a minimum of 10 events to qualify. This format rewards participation as well as performance. The awards will go to the top 5 places. Scoring will be updated weekly on the Results page.
It is time to get ready for the 2011 season. EYC has invited us to participate in the annual RC tune-up day to be held on Saturday, April 2. They will be running practice starts and short course races to help everyone get organized for the upcoming season. Rendezvous is at 10:30am off Lake Ogelton in the Severn River and they plan to get things moving about 11:00.
Congratulations to Jim Konigsberg (INIGO, 322) for winning the CBYRA High Point for the second time as a J/105 owner. He last won in 2001. Jim managed a 0.8125 score over 12 events in CBYRA's quality score system. In second place were Carl and Scott Gitchell (Tenacious, 501) with 0.7491 over 16 events. The top 5 award winners were filled out by Cedric Lewis and Fredrick Salvesen (Mirage, 328, 0.7111, 6), Jack Biddle (Rum Puppy, 321, 0.6910, 10), Chris and Carolyn Groobey (Java, 674, 0.6864, 13). The top 4 place winners are all former J/105 CBYRA champions. The full details are available on the 2010 Results Page.
Download the 2011 Membership and Dues Form.
Information for visiting boats here.
CBYRA Entry Form - Download here
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Anyone interested in crewing on one of our J105's should e-mail crew@j105fleet3.org
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