Fleet 6 Awards Dinner
The Fleet 6 Annual Awards Dinner will be held on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at the American Yacht Club. Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 PM. Dinner will be served between 7:30 and 8:00.

Awards will be given to the top 3 finishers in the season championship and to the top boat in the Distance Races. There will be additional awards given.

Tickets are $60 each, and include dinner, beer, wine and mixers. Dinner choices are salmon and filet mignon. Please be sure to RSVP to Kevin Grainger (212-412-2112), kevin.grainger@barcap.com or John Coffey (203-305-8371), j105tern@optonline.net by November 17th with the number of people attending and their dinner preferences.

All Fleet 6 members and crews are invited to attend.

Fall Championship
The 2003 Fleet 6 J/105 Fall Championship took place as part of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Fall Regatta. Eclipse (D. Emery, 12) won the event in a tiebreaker over Kincsem (J. Esdorn, 12). Sail#490 (Mark McKeigh, 20) was third.

Scoring Update
The Fleet 6 championship scoring is determined using a percentage-of- perfection system. The scoring menu explains the system and the results menu has up-to-date tabulations. The Championship was won by Morning Glory (C. Olsson). Eclipse (D. Emery) and Kincsem (J. Esdorn) were second and third, respectively. Mack Daddy (B. Rose) won the newly-instituted distance race trophy.

Fleet 6 encourages new members! Contact Mike Lindberg. The 2003 membership form can be downloaded from our website and mailed in.

Email Fleet 6

AYC Fall Regatta
Eclipse (Emery, 11) won the Fall version of AYC's Regatta. Mack Daddy (Rose, 17) was second, followed by Cyan (Baldwin, 25) in third. The regatta completes the series of races deciding the season Fleet 6 champion.

Distance Racing -Gearbuster!
This Saturday's IHYC Gearbuster regatta is the final race in the distance scoring series. The racing format allows for completion of the 45 mile race during daylight hours.

Fall Championship
The 2003 Fleet 6 J/105 Fall Championship will take place as part of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Fall Regatta. This two-weekend event completes racing for the season.

Scoring Update
The Fleet 6 championship scoring is determined using a percentage-of- perfection system. The scoring menu explains the system and the results menu has up-to-date tabulations. A total of 27 races have been run, with 11 or more starts required for eligibility. Twenty boats competed in at least the minimum number of races. Three boats, Eclipse, Mack Daddy and Gumption3, participated in all 27 races.Thirty-two Fleet 6 yachts raced in the series.The largest race fleet saw 22 boats on the line (GC-Fall, race 1).

Greenwich Cup - Fall

Two races made up the series for the Greenwich Cup Fall Regatta. At the end, it was Morning Glory (Olsson, 3), Eclipse (Emery, 5) and Kincsem (Esdorn, 6) in the top three spots. Gumption3 (Grainger, 8) finished in fourth place.

NOOD Racing

Eclipse (D. Emery,19) won the NOOD Regatta, Conundrum (Puleo, 20) was second and Kincsem (Esdorn, 22) finished third. The J/105 fleet was the only group to race on the last day of sailing in what was a light wind regatta.

Scoring Update
The Fleet 6 championship scoring is determined using a percentage-of- perfection system. The scoring menu explains the system and the results menu has up-to-date tabulations. Following the Greenwich Cup Fall Regatta, 21 races have been run, with 9 or more starts required for eligibility. Morning Glory (.929), Eclipse (.915) and Kincsem (.892) are the top three boats. Three boats, Eclipse, Mack Daddy and Gumption3, have participated in all 21 races. This year, the LYC NOOD is not part of the Fleet 6 championship scoring. The AYC Fall regatta, sailed over the next two weekends, will complete the season championship.

NOOD Racing

The 2003 Larchmont NOOD Regatta gets underway this Friday. The J/105 fleet has 29 entries so far! Three days of racing are planned.

Mid-Season Scoring
The Fleet 6 championship scoring is determined using a percentage-of- perfection system. The scoring menu explains the system and the results menu has up-to-date tabulations. Following LYC Race Week, 19 races have been run, with 8 or more starts required for eligibility. Revelation leads the fleet with a score of .948, followed by Morning Glory (.923), Eclipse (.908) and Kincsem (.891). Three boats, Morning Glory, Mack Daddy and Gumption3, have participated in all 19 races.

LYC Race Week
Morning Glory (C. Olsson, 9) won the J/105 division in the 105th Annual LYC Race Week. Tern (J. Coffey, 16) was second and Kincsem (J. Esdorn, 18) took third-place honors. After a first weekend of light winds, this weekend had some extra excitment. On Saturday, race leader Tern lost her steering cable and sailed with the emergency tiller. On Sunday, a single race was run with winds near 30 knots. Kincsem prevailed in the strong air conditions and quite a few boats took some hard knockdowns in the gusty conditions.

Distance Racing
Mack Daddy (B. Rose) won the 72nd Annual Stratford Shoal Race by more than 30 minutes over 2nd place finisher Kincsem (J. Esdorn). Joysea (Boylan) was third. The next distance race is the Vineyard Race hosted by Stamford YC on August 29. Three distance races are on our schedule with participation in two required for eligibility in competing for the Fleet 6 distance trophy. The J/105 fleet will sail the Cornfield Point Course (147 miles) in the Vineyard event.

Cedar Point Championship Regatta
Revelation (J. Lurie, 6) won the Cedar Point Championship Regatta, edging out Eclipse (D. Emery, 7) in the last race for a 1 point victory. Mack Daddy (B. Rose, 12) was third. Complete results are here.

Match Racing
The Knickerbocker Yacht Club is happy to host a weekend of match racing for the J/105 fleet on August 23rd and 24th, just prior to this year's Knickerbocker Cup. The Knickerbocker Cup is being held on August 27th through September 1st. The format to be used would be determined by the number of participating boats. We will require 11 J/105's for this year's Knickerbocker Cup. We will use 10 of the boats for the match racing and the 11th for a backup. In addition, we will provide free moorings for those participating boats which are also going to the Larchmont Yacht Club's NOOD regatta. As in the past, the partnership of the J/105 fleet and the Knickerbocker Cup will be a lot of fun and an excellent learning experience. For more information, contact Joel Sterling, Co-Chair Knickerbocker Cup Committee at joeljs@optonline.net.

Distance Racing is next
The next race in the Fleet 6 schedule is the July 5th Stratford Shoal race. This is part of a three-race series for a separate distance trophy. One design buoy racing returns on July 12, 13 at the Cedar Point Championship Regatta.

Special Racing Opportunities!
The 7th Annual Continental Airlines Corporate Regatta is a charity, fleet racing event held in NY Harbor on July 9. You are invited to participate in this fun event. The organizer, Octagon Marketing, will provide one (1) designated point of contact to work with you and your crew members prior to the event to provide assistance with boat preparation and coordination of the event, and after the event to coordinate check out procedure. Octagon will also provide the following benefits to each J-105 boat owner:

– Two (2) round trip domestic first class airline vouchers from Continental Airlines
– One (1) room at the Event Hotel for July 9th and July 10th, 2003
– One (1) Slip at Liberty Landing Marina
– Two (2) VIP passes to the Post Event Party
– One (1) Gift Bag from the event

The J/105 fleet has been supportive of these fun activities in the past and we hope to get three more participants. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Will Ewing of Octagon Marketing, at (203) 352-6353 or at will.ewing@octagon.com.

Mack Daddy wins the Port Jefferson Harbor Cup
In a two race regatta, Mack Daddy (Rose, 4) won over second place Eclipse (Emery, 6). Cyan (Baldwin, 6) was tied in points with Eclipse, but finished third in the tiebreaker.

Fleet 6 has 11 entries at Block Island Race Week!
Participants include HILARIA, MAGIC HAT, ECLIPSE, ANDIAMO, CYAN, MORNING GLORY, SUGAR FREE, TERN, BOTTLE ROCKET, MOONSHINE, and ELIDA.

Championship Scoring update
After 6 races in two regattas, Eclipse leads the season scoring championship with a percentage of perfection score 0.923. The top five boats are: Eclipse (0.923), Revelation (0.920), Kincsem (0.895), Hilaria (0.883) and Morning Glory (0.877). Complete details are available in the results section.

Kincsem wins Greenwich Cup Regatta
Putting together a series of top-5 finishes, Kincsem (J. Esdorn, 10) won the Greenwich Cup Regatta in a 22-boat fleet. Morning Glory (Olsson, 17) was second, trailed by Hilaria (Florence, Schulz-Heik, 20) in third. The new format covered two Saturdays and got in three races. Complete results are at the website.

Greenwich Cup Regatta gets underway
A single race was sailed in the first day of competition at the Greenwich Cup Spring Regatta. Official results will be posted shortly.

First Regatta of the Season sees 27 boats competing
Twenty-seven boats competed in the American Yacht Club's Spring Regatta that was won by Revelation (J. Lurie; 9) in a 3-race event. Hilaria was second (D. Florence, J. Schulz-Heik; 12) followed by Eclipse (D. Emery; 14). Cyan (B. Bladwin; 14) also recorded the same score as Eclipse for a fourth.

The American Yacht Club's Spring Regatta gets underway this Saturday and has 27 J/105s entered. We are sailing on the South course. Reserve Saturday, May 3 for a fantastic J105 BBQ picnic at AYC after racing.

The 2003 membership form can be downloaded from our website and mailed in.

The informational meeting originally scheduled for March 22 has been postponed. We have the potential of having at least one America's Cup veteran along with strong representation from the local sailmaking community. It will be worth the wait! The rescheduled informational meeting date will be emailed and posted on the website as soon as details are available.

You can now access entry forms for regattas from the schedule on the website.

Please note a change to the schedule reflecting the Greenwich Cup regatta - it will be sailed on succesive Saturdays May 10 and May 17. The current listing of the schedule on the website has the correct dates.

The next meeting will be held March 22 at the Larchmont YC. The day will include discussions by sailmakers on performance sailing for the J/105.

On April 12, McMichael Yacht Brokers and UK Sailmakers will host the 4th Annual J/105 Racing Seminar. Bring your boat and crew from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. April 13 is reserved as a back-up day. RSVP to Rusty Stewart (914) 381-5900 or Kerry Klingler (718) 885-1700.

The minutes of the Annual Meeting are available. The next meeting of the fleet will consider voting on local rules as well as the racing schedule. The meeting will be held at McMichael's Yacht Yard on Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 2:00 pm.