Crack into the J/105 class photo archives and flip back to the years just before Y2K. In the mix will be an impossible-to-miss spinnaker with a big bear and lightning bolt charging down the run, bow ...

Founder Molly Wilmer called it a celebration of women’s sailing, and that is an apt description. Ever since its founding in 2022, the J/105 Women’s Regatta has served as a platform for female sailors ...

There is a new tradition developing on the local sailboat racing scene and it highlights the depth of talent within the female ranks around the Chesapeake Bay. Sailing Club of the Chesapeake hosted ...

For nearly a half a century, Annapolis Race Week was held over Labor Day weekend. The popular event, organized by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, typically drew more than 100 entries and ...

The 2026 J/105 Midwinter Championship ran March 13-15 at Charleston Yacht Club, marking a successful resurgence for the event and the first time the championship has been hosted in Charleston.

Brian and Kristen Robinson joined the J/105 class in 2020 amidst a worldwide pandemic. Sailing opportunities were restricted for pretty much the next year, so the Annapolis couple learned little about ...

It was 1992 when Sailing World Magazine put its Boat of the Year stamp on the J/105, revolutionary at the time for its robust retractable sprit and big-shouldered asymmetric spinnaker. The class ...