(Cedar Point, CT)- Cedar Point Yacht Club’s One Design Regatta in
Westport, CT, June 3 & 4 is an early season sailor favorite event on
Long Island Sound. This year, several J/Boat classes have very strong
fleets, ten J/70, eight J/88, six J/105 and the biggest class is J/109
with seventeen boats. J/Boats make up 75% of the registered competitors
for the 2017 regatta.The One Design Regatta is also the 2017 East Coast Championship for the J/109 class with entrants as far away as Annapolis to the south and Newport to the east. It is a very competitive fleet including the past three East Coast Champions Jonathan Rechtschaffer’s EMOTICON, Bengt & Marie Johansson’s ZIG ZAG and David Rosow’s LOKI. LOKI is also the current National Champion that will try to defend that title at Block Island Race Week in just a few weeks. Several other top boats in the class are also competing Bud Roger’s BIG BOAT, Carl Olson’s MORNING GLORY and Bill Sweetser’s RUSH just to name a few. For more Cedar Point One-Design Regatta sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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