The J/105’s will be the center of attention come this fall in San Diego. First up is the J/105 Southern California Championship regatta which will pit J/105 sailors from across SoCal in a one-design even sailed in the Coronado Roads course on the Pacific Ocean, off of Point Loma and Coronado. The event will be held October 13-14, 2012 and sailed out of San Diego Yacht Club. It is expected that over 30 J/105s will compete in the event, enjoy fun social events, and get ready for the J/105 North Americans which will be held the following week. The 2012 SoCal Championship will serve as an excellent tune up for the NA’s which will be sailed in the same racing venue. For your convenience, the measurement committee will be available during the SoCal Champs to get the boats, sails and equipment ready and measured in preparation for the North American Champs.
The annual J/105 North American Championship, held in previous years at exciting venues such as San Francisco, Chicago, Annapolis, and Toronto, to name a few, returns to San Diego to draw upwards of 50 boats to compete in one of the nations premier racing venues, San Diego, California. The regatta will be held October 17 - 21, 2012 starting with measurement and registration early in the week and concluding with 4 days racing. Not only will the on-the-water activities be reason enough to come to San Diego, but the regatta planning committee already has festivities and social events to keep participants as well as family and friends entertained!
Following the J/105 North American Championship, SDYC will be hosting the International Masters Regatta, November 2-4, 2012. The Masters regatta was established in 1975 at St. Francis Yacht Club. The world’s greatest master sailors have competed in this prestigious international sailing event on the San Francisco Bay. The San Diego Yacht Club is proud to host this event for the first time, promising to bring the best master sailors from around the world by invitation. An honor for the J/105 fleet, as this regatta will be sailed in J/105 sailboats. The racing will include buoy racing inside San Diego Bay, close enough to the shoreline to provide excellent spectating. It will also incorporate San Diego’s most loved race, the Hot Rum, where the master sailors will mix it up with over 100 other boats.
Registration for all three events are now open now, so please visit www.sdyc.org/j105fallseries for more information.