With the second quarter of the year underway sailing activities are now in full swing!

- 3 One Design Events for the , , and owners!
- A few of our local J/80 owners went to Charleston Race week to race in a fleet of 26 J/80's!
- All of the clubs are now into full swing with spring/summer series races along with their social events!

May is Going to Be a High Profile Month!

J/24 2011 United States National Championships DCYC - May 10-14th!

This promises to be a first class affair with some of the best J/24 sailors from the southwest mixing it up with great J/24 sailors from around the world such as Mauricio Santa Cruz - 3 time J/24 World Champion!
Find more information and register HERE
Find J/24 Nationals video HERE

AYC is running their Turnback Canyon Regatta! Check it out HERE

Prior to the J/24 Nationals, DCYC will be hosting the Leukemia Cup May 6 - 8
J/80 Sailor Randall Massey extends a personal invitation to attend. Randall is closing in on raising $20,000 in donations to the Leukemia Society. In conjunction with the Leukemia Cup Regatta the J/22s are having their circuit stop! Find more information HERE

The LYC Shoe Regatta - May 21 - 22
is a J/109 Championship Series race and the Galveston Bay J/105 fleet 17 have made the Shoe Regatta a OD event for their fleet!
Find more information HERE

Talk about a lot of choices with a lot of variety! All thats left to write about is you participating!
Read on to see who did what in April and for more information on the May activities!
To contact us click HERE or call 512-335-2391

J/24 Circuit Stop #2 - Fort Worth Boat Club - April 9-10th

13 boats stampeded to cowtown for a great time! And it was all smiles for Bob Hardens' "Mr. Happy" team as they won the regatta with 5 bullets in a row and a 3rd in Race 6 for 8 total points. Bryan and Vicki Dyer were second in the "Rumline" and lined up behind them were Kelly Holmes with his "Bad Moon" followed up by David Broadway in "Superman". This fleet has to be the most creative with names. Here are the 5th -13 finishers in order: "Code Blue"-owned by Dr. Charles Singstad, "After Midnight", "Happy Dance", "OohAhh", "Katana", "Conga Line", "daveBoat", "Flying Circus", and "BadSun".
See complete results HERE

J/22 Circuit Stop #2 at RCYC April 9-10th

Max Scott was truly in the "Fastlane" finishing first in this stop followed by Terry Flynn in "Tejas", and Rob Johnson in "Diesel Snack". Brant Koepke finished 4th. Overall in the series the order is: Terry Flynn, Max Scott, Brant Koepke, Keith Zars, and Scott Greenawalt. Circuit Stop #3 is DCYC for the Leukemia Cup May 7th and 8th! See complete results HERE

Charleston Race Week, April 14-17th was bigger than ever this year! This regatta has come on strong and boasted almost 250 entries and 5 racing circles with 3 in the bay and 2 offshore. Saturdays racing was cancelled due to the horrible weather that worked through the area - this being the first time a CRW race day has been lost.

Our Traveling Texans were: Rick Smith J/80 "Air Supply"-Austin, Doug Schaffer J/120 "Gambler"-Houston, Claude Welles J/80 "Jack Rabbit"-Austin, and Bruno Pasquinelli J/80 "Tiamo"-Fort Worth.

The J/80 class was the second largest class with 26 boats! Bruno started off Friday with two bullets, but could only muster a 4 and a 6 on Sunday closing out with a 19, 3 points behind Kerry Klingler. Claude Welles and team "JackRabbit" continually moved up and ended the event with a 1st place in the last race. J/80 newcomer Rick Smith on "Air Supply" ended up mid-pack which is fantastic with this tough crowd!
Doug Shaffer and team "Gambler" ran the table with a 1,1,2,1,1 score card topping a PHRF fleet that consisted of a J/111 (2nd), J/122 (3rd) an Archimbault, 2 J/120's and Beneteau First 40.7.

Find Results HERE

The same weekend as Charleston Race Week (April 15-17th) there were a contingent of Texans sailing the Lake Texoma Silver Anniversary Lakefest Regatta!

The Texoma Sailing Club is doing an excellent job of reviving this once fabulous regatta, please consider this event in your 2012 plans.

Mark Hobbs on his J/35 "Valhalla" took a second in PHRF 1, Matt Arno took home first place in PHRF 2 on his J/105 "Blue Flash". Mike Meinhardt garnered a 3rd on "TBD".

Complete results can be found HERE
Lots of fun off-the-water events as can be seen HERE
See trophy photos HERE

On April 16th DCYC held their "One Day Regatta" with 3 classes and 3 races.

In A fleet the finish order was: J/80 "Roc", J/105 "Adios", J/80 "Shotglass", J/22 "Dire Wolf" and followed up by J/105 "Cyrano".
Results can be found HERE

The J/80 popularity is still surging in Europe and Asia - with 105 J/80's on the line for this year's Spi-Quest regatta!

Take a look HERE

New Yahoo Group! - The J/80 Southern Circuit!

The site is intended for the owners, crew, and other interested parties to join the group to communicate on J/80 circuit stop related items. If this group is something you would like to participate in and support the J/80 Southern Circuit - Sign up HERE

Do you have kids about to be home for the summer? Need some books for them to read? Donna McCartney is an author, writing a children’s book series called, "NAUTICAL MILE".  The first book in the Nautical Mile Series is set to be released the summer of 2011.  A campaign for a national coloring contest is already underway, set to roll out the beginning of next school year.  Donna commented to J sailors, "I was just reading an article written by Jeff Johnstone about the creation of the J/24 class.  I realized that my husband is probably right, our 1977 J/24, which is the backbone for the creation of my series and is the oldest J/24 boat we’ve ever encountered, comes from the very first production run of the J/24 series!!  I just thought I'd tell you that the boat is alive and well and still in use after all these years-- and still creating magic.  If you would like to see a few pictures, I have a couple out on our blog about my book and coloring contest HERE Please let others know about our coloring contest- Many Thanks, Donna McCartney- ph# (804)-462-5019 or email HERE

HYC Open House - May 21st

AYC Open House - May 22nd

Ever wanted to check out the HYC? May 21st is the day! Contact me for more information on J/Boat demo rides, times,and logistics HERE

Each fleet is offering demo rides! For sailors interested in becoming owners/fleet members there will be representatives from each local one- design class of: J/22's, J/24's, J/80's. Contact me HERE for more info

The J/22's close out the month of May with their 4th circuit stop of the year at Fort Worth Boat Club May 28th and 29th. Find more information HERE

Congratulations to Glenn and Becky Gault! They have taken over the reins of the J/120 "Premier" from Alex Ascencios. Glenn and Becky Gault (On right) closing on their J/120 with Martha Alandt-Seamark Vessel Documentation-Seabrook.

Brian Bradshaw-Dallas has ordered J/111 hull #38! He and his wife Amy are having a great time picking out color schemes and custom options. This is going to be one beautiful J/111! His well cared for Beneteau First 36.7 will be available for sale in the next several weeks!

Beautiful Hylas 54 in Florida - Sail it away to the Caribbean this summer! Recent new bottom paint - She's ready to go! See "sister ship above" Check it out HERE

1995 J/105-hull #107! See more information HERE

Check out all of our brokerage boats HERE

2001 J/80 - TPI built. Check next week for listing information. Trailer and boat, older knock around sails. Lightly used boat.

We've had a lot of windy days lately! Get out there and sail! Before the wind runs out and it gets too hot! Let us know what we can do to help you get on the water! Contact us at: info@JBoatsSouthwest.com HERE or call us here: 512-335-2391