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A 30 Year Retrospective View

We’ll be publishing some stories from past presidents and long time J/30 Class Association members to share with everyone. Below is a message from Tom Babbitt who owned Bravo – Hull #267. Tom hails from Maine and was the J/30 Class Association President 1982-1983.

The J/30 was our second cruiser racer and what a relief […]

Sailing Seabiscuit to Remember Dorsey

Story by Terry Rapp, Past J/30 Class President (1992-1995)

As many of you know Dorsey Owings passed away last November 2009. Dorsey, his wife Gail and crew were two times J/30 North American champions. Dorsey and Gail sold their J/30 and bought a Farr (Mumm) 30 about seven years ago. All of their […]

Jalapeno Wins @ Mid-Winters!

(New Orleans- Feb. 20-21) – Hosted by the amazingly charming and low-key New Orleans Yacht Club, this year’s J/30 Mid-Winters regatta was held in the balmy 65 degree temperatures and persistent 10 knot plus breezes. The venue was Mardi Gras Regatta in New Orleans. It was great to shake off the icicles with some […]

People Focus - Tim Lawton & Chaos

Story by Bill Kneller

Everyone knows that Dave Erwin, our Class co-president and the Zephyr boys had some pretty significant Katrina damage to hull number 324. This boat was resurrected as Toy Box after some significant work by Neil Borne. Dave Erwin now has Zephyr V2.0 restored from hull number 87 and sails […]

2010 New Year Message from Bill & Dave

J/30 Sailors,

Dave and Bill here welcoming you to the start of a promising 2010 season. Over the past couple of years we’ve seen a resurgence of excitement across the globe as J/30 sailors get more “connected”. This is evidenced by the pictures we see and stories we read about on the J/30 forum. The […]