Sailing - What a Great Way to Stay Cool! This months headline picture shows the J/111s racing OD during Block Island Race Week! These owners went all out with custom paint jobs on every single boat! Beautiful!

Back here in Texas the J/22 and J/24's are in the middle of their circuit and HYC held a very successful Leukemia Cup Regatta. Read On!

J/Boats Southwest Expands Territory!

J/Boats Southwest expands territory covering Colorado and New Mexico!

We made our first visit to Colorado last month to deliver a new J/80. 38 degree's in the morning and 70's in the afternoons! Fabulous! The great folks at Dillon Yacht Club invite you to come up and sail with them for the Dillon Open July 29-30th. Come and crew, or bring your own. Either way you'll have a great time!

CORRECTION to last months J/22 Leukemia Cup Regatta held at DCYC June 25-26th. From Brant Koepke: "Thanks for such a great and consistent newsletter.  The results you posted for the DCYC Leukemia Cup were off a bit.  Can you make a correction the next go round?  Sure wish I had won."
 
DCYC 2011
1st     Slo-Poke         Eric Faust and Bonner Cordell from AYC
2nd    Rich Skank      Brant Koepke from GBCA
3rd    Out of Sight     Ruthie Lambert from GBCA
4th    Roshambo       Rob Johnson from RCYC
5th    USA 365          Vincent Ruder from GBCA

Thanks Brant! Appreciate your corinthian spirit in making sure that the contestants get the appropriate recognition for their accomplishments! We can always use more "feet on the street" with reporting help for the events we cover. Please do submit any photo's, reports, and results before the end of the month and we will use them in the newsletter!

October 29 - 30, 2011
Lakewood Yacht Club

DON'T MISS IT!

Fall weather means great sailing here in Texas. The Second Annual J/Fest Southwest promises to be bigger and better then ever! Dwight Bengston is planning on having three race circles and has lined up three great race officers to make sure the racing is top notch. Several fleets have elected to have Kattack units on their boats for post race diagnosis and discussion. On land the shoreside committee is planning a fabulous dinner and the J/24 fleet is sponsoring some great fun and games! Don't miss J/Fest Southwest! This one is going to be worth traveling to!

If you plan on bringing your boat to J/Fest you might as well bring it down in September for the HYC One Design Regatta September 17-18th, GBCA Bank Regatta October 1-2, LYC Harvest Moon Regatta October 13-15th, and HYC Turkey Day Regatta November 19-20th!

Storage can be arranged between the regatta's. Come down for one and leave your rig up and ready to go for the rest of the events! If you plan ahead airfare to fly in and out from these regatta's can be very inexpensive and most of the hotels will honor the "JFest discount" for all of the events! Come on down and sail this fall!

For details on J/Fest Southwest 2011 check the website HERE

The USA J/80 Class is working on a National "Southern Circuit" that will culminate with the North Americans at Fort Worth Boat club in September 2012.

It seems like a day doesn't go by and we get a request for a nice used J/80. There just aren't any!!! The last three used ones have not even made it to our Yacht World brokerage page before they were sold! We can still get brand new, unused package boats that include the boat and all rigging, Triad trailer, and a Waterline Systems faired keel for $53,900!

Come pick one up and race the 2012 Southern Circuit and North Americans-right here in Texas!
Contact me HERE

GBCA Race to the Border-June 4, 2011

This is a race form Galveston to Corpus Christi. Chris Lewis and his team on their J/44 "Kenai" won the spinnaker A class.

We need to find an offshore photographer so we can post pictures from these great events! In the meantime search J/44 Kenai on YouTube to find some great Kenai videos!

Corpus Christi Yacht Club - June 10-12th

By all reports this event was a huge success. Especially the pool side after racing social! Kudo's to the folks at Mauri Pro sailing for a job well done!

10 J/24's showed up and Mr. Happy nailed the conditions with 4 bullets, a 2nd and a 3rd (9 points total) followed by Rum Line with 14 points and local J/24 racer Doug Weakly with 20 points in third.

This event is on the calendar for the next 3 years!

See Race Results HERE

2011 Leukemia Cup Regatta at HYC June 24-26

Another successful regatta for raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society!

J/22's made class with 11 boats!

And as usual Team "Tejas" led by Terry Flynn led the way around the course by opening with a second and finishing with straight bullets for a point total of 6. Ruthie Lambert had a great regatta for second place and Brant Koepke ended up in third.

On the J/105 course Uzi Ozeri's "Team Infinity" has really come on strong with 3 firsts out of 5 races for an 8 point total followed by "Radiance" Bill Lakenmacher with 13 points and the "Stinger" gang in 3rd.

Al Goethe and the "Hamburg" team really knocked it out of the park with 4 straight 1st's over the always tough "Harm's Way" team. One way to stay out of "Harm's Way" is to be out front! Great job!

The J/35 "Leading Edge" making a splash

Photos courtesy of Dimitriy Yegorov - See more great shots HERE

J/Boats is providing periodic updates on the status of the J/70 progress and features to their dealers. In turn I mail out these updates to my "J/70 list". If you would like to be on that list let me know HERE

NEWS FLASH! After Day 1 of the 2011 J/80 Worlds the only US entry-Glenn Darden and team "LeTigre'" are leading! Root for and keep abreast of Glenn and teams progress HERE

See the Practice Day Video HERE

This year 67 teams are vying for the title. The J/80 continues to grow in Asia and Europe as evidenced by this very strong Worlds fleet! Glenn and his team are the only team from the USA - Let's Root Them On!

Bruce Stone really likes racing J/105's! "He Hit the Ground Running" Racing J/105's on both coasts!

See the Sailing World article HERE

Raymarine has acquired TackTick!

We will provide updates as we learn more about this acquisition and what it means - as I know that a number of JBoats in the Southwest have instrumentation from both companies on their boats! Stay tuned! You can read about it HERE

Turn Your Favorite Sailing Pictures into a Piece of Art!

Bruce McDonald is a gifted photographer and artist - who also has a love of sailing! Not only has he captured awesome shots at many regattas in our area, he has taken some and turned them into unique, hand-crafted canvas paintings and amazing sketches. Visit his site to see more of his work HERE

Congratulations to Nate Owens, Annapolis, Md. Nate has acquired the Beneteau First 36.7 that was traded in on a new J/111! This is Nate's first big boat as having recently sailed dinghies in College. He has crewed on a First 36.7 on the Chesapeake and decided to get his own. He will tearing up the Chesapeake soon!

Congratulations to Pete and Nancy Richmond. Pete and Nancy have sailed a lot of nice big cruisers and have now retired to Pine Island, Georgia. Nancy confessed to me that she knew another boat "was in the works" when Pete kept the safety gear after their last boat sold. They have went the "sporty" route with a J/92s and these mid-70 year olds will day sail and occasionally race. These two are role models on how staying active keeps you young: Sailing, tennis, and bike riding look like the perfect prescription!

WE NEED LISTINGS!

We are selling boats! Just in the last several months we've sold boats here at home in the Southwest, but also to Canada, Chile, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Maine, and many other countries and states. We need more listings! If your not using your boat-let us help you turn it into cash and buy something that will be a better fit for your sailing needs!

Contact us HERE

Check out our Brokerage Boats HERE

26' Vanquish Runabout-powerboat. Owned by one of our J/Boat owners, this beautiful, versatile runabout is now available for sale. This is a rare diesel model with bow thruster. Very economical and classy! Why wait for a new one and spend 30k more when this well cared for boat is available now?

Updated Listing: J/122 Gambler. The J/122 has a phenomenal racing record-yet when you go below it is one of the most beautiful and comfortable performance yachts available. Gambler is the "best of the best" and we have updated our listing with many more pictures. Owner is looking for offers.

Who knew that a landlocked state like Colorado had fantastic sailing? Lake Dillon is the site of the 2012 J/24 Nationals and it's competitive one-design fleets include J/24, J/22, Etchells and Ensigns.  Beat the Texas heat in July, August and September and bring your boat, crew & family up to Colorado for the Dillon Open and the half-dozen remaining 2-day regattas this year.

TOP TEN REASONS TO HEAD TO COLORADO:
1. Dillon average high in August is 71 degrees
2. Bring your family -- they'll enjoy biking, hiking, outlet shopping, fly fishing, rafting, wildlife watching and other nearby recreational activities
3. Take advantage of condominium rental discounts through the Summit Resort Group by mentioning "Dillon Yacht Club" and enjoy one of over 100 1-, 2- or 3- bedroom units nearby (40 are lakefront)
4. Lake Dillon is a reservoir - it's Denver's drinking water so it is clean and free of grime or aquatic nuisances
5. Airfare deals starting at $138 roundtrip from Dallas or Houston
6. Lake Dillon is the site of 2012 J/24 Nationals - bone-up on racing here before your competition
7. Launch your boat by either trailer or free use of the hoist for the Dillon Open
8. Plenty of available slip or dry storage (DYC will pay weekend slip fees for the Dillon Open)
9. Volunteer hosts from Dillon Yacht Club will be available to help you with logistics and keep you apprised of not to miss events like rhumlines & parties
10. Dillon Yacht Club is the highest yacht club in the country at 9017 ft above sea level.

Editors Note: With the 2012 J/24 Nationals on the calendar for Dillon this summer would be an excellent opportunity to race a few events!

- See 2011 Dillon Open HERE

- See video of sailboat racing on Lake Dillon HERE

- Summit Resort Group HERE

- Dillon Yacht Club Website HERE

HYC One Design Regatta is Coming!

HYC has expanded the format of their One Design Regatta and will offer class racing for J/105's and J/109's!! This means we could have OD racing for J/22, J/24, J80, J/105 and J/109's for this event! PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EVENT BY ATTENDING AND SIGNING UP EARLY!!

The event organizers will need to know ASAP how many classes they will need to support and provide the best possible race management. To do that effectively they need people to register.

Lead your fleet by registering early - don't follow the pack!This is one of the four regatta's that we are trying to attract out of towners to, along with JFest, Harvest Moon Regatta and GBCA Bank Regatta

Stay cool! Enjoy those late evening beer can or rum races and those early morning practice sails! Call us if you want to discuss sailing! 512-423-2179 or HERE