J/24 & J/22 East Coast Championship

Good luck to our seven Fleet 8 members competing in the Newport to Bermuda Race that starts today!

You can watch the livestream of the start beginning at 12:45 and follow them all weekend long on the race tracker.

Sam McGuire & Wes Marshall - Northeast Wind
Hinkley 48 Sloop - Finisterre Division 1

Mike Coe & Kristen Berry - Mischief Managed
J/45 - Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division 1

Tony Parker & Ross Dierdorf - Reindeer
Morris 47 - St. Davids Lighthouse Division 6

Casey Firth - Sonrisa - XP 44
St. David’s Lighthouse Division 6

Watch the start live stream starting at 12:45pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLPQ6OCsvrY

Track your teams via web browser at https://pro.yb.tl/nb2026/ OR download the YB Races app to your phone or tablet

Sail fast Tony, Ross, Mike, Kristen, Sam, Wes & Casey!!!
Sam McGuire Wesley G Marshall Mike Coe Kristen Berry Casey Firth

I spy some J/24s on Fox 5 DC this am!

Gorgeous night for SSA Thursday Night Racing! Great breeze to start the night with J/24 jibs making their third appearance of the season! Breeze slowly faded throughout the evening but not before RC got off four races for both the J/22s and J/24s.

See you all next Thurs and Happy Father’s Day weekend to all of our sailing dads!

Severn Sailing Association J/24 USA Class Association

The consensus is in - it was definitely the windiest HHSW regatta on record (or at least the windiest one any of us can remember)!! Sunday was breeze on, jibs all day and with a few fun broaches for a spring sailing warmup. What’s not to love!

Congratulations to SISU on their 1st Place finish with 6 bullets out of 8 races!! Way to go squad!!

Congrats to Peter Rich and the Buxton crew, our 2nd place team, and Pat FitzGerald and Rush Hour finishing 3rd!

Special thanks to the amazing race committee who worked overtime in incredibly breezy and shifty conditions, running 8 races over 2 days, with only two boats on the course. Thank you for all of your hard work moving marks, left, right, and center all weekend!

And thank you to Peter and Julie Rich for hosting our Spring Fleet Party Sat night!

Next up - Thursday Night Racing starts tomorrow!! See you on the line!

On the Road again . Jacksonville bound. Had to fix a Wayward wheelbearing in Selma NC .

☀️ Escape the chill and sharpen your race skills in the Caribbean!

Hey J/24 racers — swap chilly north wind for warm trade breezes and turquoise seas! Join us at Performance Race Week – St Thomas, VI (Mar 2–6, 2026) (https://americansailing.com/events/performance-race-week/st-thomas-03-2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com), a five-day on-the-water performance clinic powered by North U that’s all about improving your trim, tactics, helming, and boat handling in fun, practical sessions.

You’ll race, train, and learn from seasoned coaches aboard race-ready IC-24s, get shoreside seminars, and video debriefs to level up every day.

🏝️ Think sun, warm breeze, awesome sailing — and a chance to come back home faster and smarter than ever. Plus, KB (North U director and J/24 Fleet 8 supporter)has put together a sweet deal just for J/24 sailors to make this tropical training escape even more irresistible and affordable!

Don’t let winter slow you down — grab your crew and head south to sail, learn, and trade stories with fellow racers in paradise!

Call Kristen at 410-599-3542 or email him at [email protected]

St. Thomas to St. John: PRW Distance Race Thriller | North U Performance Race Week 2026 Two hours of racing. Open Caribbean water. Tactical calls. Boat speed battles. And a finish so close you had to watch it twice.During Performance Race Week 2...

Do you want to learn more about Race Committee so you can upgrade your service day experiences? Join CBYRA High Point Winner and Race Committee Extraordinaire Barbara Vosbury as she guides you through everything you need to know to start your RC journey!
https://club.severnsailing.org/event/3656
SSA Members: Free | Non-Members: $5

You asked and Regatta Custom Merch Solutions answered! The ECCs Regatta Store has been re-opened until Dec 31. If you forgot to order these awesome ECCs shirt, there's still time to place your orders!

https://ecc-event-store.checkoutstores.com/

SpinSheet Magazine's December issue has hit the stands! Be sure to pick up a copy and check out our article about the J/24 & J/22 ECCs! Thank you to all of our competitors, volunteers, sponsors and friends & family for making this the best weekend of the year, ever year! Cheers to all of you in our Annapolis and J/24 & J/22 families!

https://www.spinsheet.com/read-spinsheet-online

USA J/24 Class Association
J/22 Fleet 19 - Annapolis
Severn Sailing Association

Fall racing on the Chesapeake delivered another memorable J/24 and J/22 East Coast Championship. This year brought strong breeze, challenging conditions, tight racing, and a scratch sheet stacked with top talent across both fleets.

Congratulations to all the sailors who competed, and a special shoutout to Mike Stasko and his REDLINE team of Austin Zauner, Tom King, Aaron Holland, and Gavin Smith for earning Top Corinthian honors and finishing 4th overall in a highly competitive J/24 fleet.

And a massive congrats to Jake Doyle, Kevin Doyle, and Whitney Kent aboard Piñata, who claimed the J/22 title after an impressive weekend on the water. 🏆🥇

Thank you to the organizers, volunteers, race committee, and host clubs for making the 2025 Championship one to remember.

📷 Wilbur Keyworth | J/24 & J/22 East Coast Championship | SpinSheet Magazine
📷 Alister Thomson | J/24 & J/22 East Coast Championship