Posts for ICQS
J70 Demo planned at FBYC May 19 and 20
R. Noel Clinard on Friday May 4, 2012 08:12AM
Plans are underway with North Point Yacht Sales of Annapolis for a J70 demo at FBYC on May 19 and 20, during OD and Offshore racing. Anyone curious about the new J Boat will be given a ride. The FBYC RIB will be used to shuttle sailors to the J70, before, during, between or after racing. In addition, Team FBYC, preparing to race J70s in the NYYC USQS, will get some “time in the boat.” Lud Kimbrough will be the on-site coordinator for the demo program. Watch this space for details and email Noel Clinard now, saying “I want a ride!” See “Read More” below for more exciting news on the J70 racing circuit in 2013.
Sailing World Review of J70
R. Noel Clinard on Friday April 6, 2012 03:54PM
Here is yet another J70 Review and Video. This one by Dave Reed of Sailing World is the most comprehensive to date, reviewing crew weight, position, deck layout, etc. and discussing plans for the roll out of the boats, including the NYYC USQS.
Latest Video of New J70
R. Noel Clinard on Wednesday April 4, 2012 10:55AM (1 comment)
Attached is the latest video of tests for new J70 on Narragansett Bay:
J70 Sets sail - video
Jon Deutsch on Thursday March 29, 2012 03:14PM
Check out some video of the newly launched J70 that will be used for the NYYC Invitational Cup Qualifying Series that FBYC will be sending a team to. Here is Jeff Johnstone narrating the continuing sea trials of new J70 in New England.
J/70 Being Readied For NYYC USQS!
R. Noel Clinard on Friday March 23, 2012 12:25PM
FBYC's Team will sail half the races, and, hopefully, all of the finals of the NYYC USQS, in the new J/70. The J/70 (22.75 feet) is J/Boats' first ramp-launchable keelboat - designed to fulfill the growing need for an easy-to-own, high performance one-design that is exciting to sail, stable enough sailboat for the family and built to last.
A J/70 is on order by an FBYC member for delivery this summer for the FBYC Team's use. In the last week several sailmakers have sea trialed the J/70 in Narragansett Bay.
To see the photos of the Sailmakers' sea trials of this boat, visit and click on "Gallery": http://www.jboats.com/j70/
Club Fund Raising For NYYC USQS
R. Noel Clinard on Thursday March 15, 2012 11:55AM
As in 2010, we are conducting a fund raising campaign to defray the expenses beyond the entry fee and those expenses paid by the individual sailors. Last time, the campaign was supported generously by substantial gifts by FBYC members who were also members of NYYC, by the individual sailing participants and their families, and by several other members who simply wished to support this prestigious endeavor. We hope these and many other members will be generous again this year.
FBYC Again Invited to Premiere NYYC Event
R. Noel Clinard on Thursday January 19, 2012 12:43PM
The New York Yacht Club has invited FBYC to compete in the 2012 U.S. Qualifying Series (“USQS”) for the 2013 Invitational Cup (“IC”). This is the second time we have been invited to this premiere event. In 2010, the Club Team of Travis Weisleder, Rob Whittemore, Lud Kimbrough and Ben Buhl brought us honor by finishing in the top ten finalist round of the USQS. It is an extraordinary recognition of FBYC for us to be re-invited to the most prestigious event in amateur Corinthian yachting.
The USQS will continue the format in which U.S. teams compete in two fleets of one-design keelboats, as they vie to be one of only three domestic yacht clubs to compete in the Swan 42 with about 20 clubs from 14 nations in the 2013 IC. Unlike the 2010 USQS, in which the boats were the J/22 and Sonar, in 2012, the new J Boat J/70 will be featured with the Sonar when, as NYYC says, “24 of the nation’s most competitive yacht clubs compete” off Newport, RI from September 4 to 8. The top three finishers will earn the right to compete in Swan 42s in the 2013 IC presented by Rolex.