CORK Sail Kingston

🏅J/80 World Championships🏅

The dedicated volunteer team off and on the water that made it all happen! (So sorry if we missed any of you!)

Thank you all for giving up so much of your time and sharing your expertise - it doesn’t happen without you! You made sure this was a world class event, and we appreciate you so much 🌟

Until next time 🙏🏻⛵️🙏🏻

J/80 World Championship Competitors and Volunteers came together for a lovely evening of cruising on the Island Queen before the final day of racing. And thankfully in absolute perfect weather (calm) for cruising! 🌅

🏅J/80 World Championships🏅

Day 4
~ After 10 races Completed ~

Blue skies, sparkling fresh water and 10-12 knots today=a wonderful day of racing! 🌞

Overall
1. Le Tigre ~ SDYC WYC
2. Paint it Black ~ Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
3. Tubby ~ WYC

Mixed
1. Feisty ~ OYS
2. Relentless ~ PDYC
3. H-Bomb 2.0 ~ Kingston Yacht Club

Master
1. Le Tigre ~SD;Y;C/WYC
2. Paint it Black ~ Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
3. Feisty ~ OYS

Corinthian
1. Black Dog ~WYC/STC
2. Sheet & GIggles ~ Port Dover YC
3. More Gostosa ~WYC

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Event Chair, Rosemary Wilson: “Kingston Harbour turned up the pressure today, with winds building to over 20 knots sustained by afternoon. We got two races in and saw some outstanding sailing across the fleet. Looking forward to more action tomorrow!”⛵

Day 2
~ After 2 races ~

Overall
1. Le Tigre ~ 🇺🇸 SDYC WYC
2.Feisty ~ 🇨🇦 OYS
3. Turbo Sloth ~ 🇺🇸 Annapolis Yacht Club

Mixed
1. Feisty ~ 🇨🇦 OYS
2. Relentless ~ 🇨🇦 PDYC
3. H-Bomb 2.0 ~ 🇨🇦 Kingston Yacht Club

Master
1. Lifted ~ 🇨🇦 PCYC
2. Argo III ~ 🇺🇸 WYC, LWSA, Storm Trysall
3. Innocent Bystander ~ 🇨🇦 RCYC

Corinthian
1. More Gostosa ~ 🇺🇸 WYC
2. Black Dog ~ 🇺🇸 WYC/STC
3. Blind faith ~ 🇺🇸 Jubilee Yacht Club

📸 Christian Bonin

No racing? 😞
No problem (well it was only one day) 🍻

Thank you to for being onsite with us for the J/80 World Championships!

And we had a special afternoon treat….classic 🇨🇦 poutine from !! So good. SO GOOD. 🙏🏻

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Day 1 of Racing

No racing today due to extremely inclement weather....but here we are last night - all looking super nice at the most beautiful venue, - we will be ready to go for tomorrow!

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✳2026 J/80 World Championship✳

Monday July 20th 2026

All Boats launched ⛵✔
Practice Race 🏆✔
Wind 🌬 ✔
Friends 🌴✔
Smiles 😊✔
Sun 🌞✔

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Kudos to these amazing volunteers for making racing happen last weekend! They persevered when needed, and they did it all with a 😊 ~ thank you to all of them, including those that didn’t make it into the photos!

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🌟 J/80 North American Championship 🌟

~Final, after 3 days of racing~
8 races completed

Thank you for the J/80 Tool Bag donated by - they specialize in Custom Rope Splicing tool kits. Give them a look!

OVERALL
1st: Le Tigre 1152 USA
2nd: Black Dog 829 USA
3rd: Turbo Sloth 1313 USA

CORINTHIAN
1st: Black Dog 829 USA
2nd: Kopp-Out 590 USA
3rd: More Gostosa 1153 USA

To those staying for Worlds we’ll see you soon! For those that can’t stay it was a blast, thanks for coming to Kingston!!