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Southern Straits

Story by Tony Brogan (Radiant Heat) I have done the Southern Straits race before 3 times I recall. Twice on a Hunter Legend 35.5 and one on the J-30 Radiant Heat. I have also sailed Swiftsure and Patos Island races several times and one Vic Maui and a trip on a friend’s boat up […]

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 […]

A Crew’s Perspective <br>2009 J/30 North Americans

2009 NA Team Fuzzy – from left to right: Kelly Robinson – Genoa trim, owner and driver of the Olson 911 "Poppy" out of Raritan YC Bengt Johansson – driver My wife Marie Johansson – spinnaker trim and tactics Johan Blok – Mast, borrowed from "Poppys" crew this year Jim Mackevich – tactics/strategy, owner […]