J111 - Fleet 1, Great Lakes

09/05/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAlk30IHTPU&t=58s

According to designer Alan Johnstone, the brief for the new 36ft 6in J/111 one-design was for a boat that he and the rest of the J/Boats crew would want to s...

09/05/2025

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2022-j-boats-j-111-9790301/

Find more information and images about the boat and contact the seller or search more boats for sale on YachtWorld.

08/26/2025

Historically a great time of year to buy a boat, here are the J/111's currently offered for sale in the United States as of August 26, 2025:

2011 J Boats J/111
Location: Seattle, Washington
Price: $219,500
Details: Named "Valkyrie," this is hull #4, race-ready with recent B&G racing electronics and a full inventory of racing sails, including a new North 3Di RAW Carbon Main & Jib. Previously raced as "Invisible Hand" in California/Mexico and "Eagles Dare" on the East Coast.
Seller: Marine Servicenter - Seattle
Contact: 206-237-6719

2013 J Boats J/111
Location: Oceanside, California
Price: $239,900
Details: Well-maintained, suitable for racing or cruising.
Seller: Marine Servicenter - San Diego
Contact: 619-273-0740

2015 J Boats J/111
Location: Huntington, New York
Price: $218,000
Details: Competitive racing vessel in good condition.
Seller: Flagship Yacht Sales
Contact: 718-865-3416

2015 J Boats J/111
Location: Tampa, Florida
Price: $229,000
Details: New arrival, ready for racing or cruising.
Seller: Sandy Hook Yacht Sales, Inc - Sea Bright Office
Contact: 732-858-0112

2013 J Boats J/111
Location: Martin County, Florida
Price: $220,000
Details: 37.01 ft, used, listed on DailyBoats.com.
Seller: Not specified
Contact: Not provided in the listing

2014 J Boats J/111
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Price: $345,000
Details: 35.99 ft, used, listed as the most expensive J/111 on DailyBoats.com.
Seller: Not specified
Contact: Not provided in the listing

2013 J Boats J/111
Location: Alameda, California
Price: $199,000
Details: 35.99 ft, used, listed as the least expensive J/111 on DailyBoats.com.
Seller: Not specified
Contact: Not provided in the listing

2011 J Boats J/111
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Price: $239,000
Details: 36.52 ft, used, listed on DailyBoats.com.

08/19/2025

For half the cost of a new boat you can join the best racing class in Great Lakes. OD classes in both Mack races + the Great Lakes Championship in Harbor Springs. Big enough for Mack races but at 36' still a manageable size. With a trailer & you can winter store it anywhere too.

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08/01/2025

2025 U-Gotta J/111 Great Lakes Championship July 25– July 27

The deep, Bahamas-like crystal blue waters of northern Lake Michigan once again were host to the "bucket list" regatta off the shores of Harbor Springs, MI. For decades, the Little Traverse YC has hosted their Ugotta Regatta out of the Irish Boat Shop facilities and their quaint little white colonial house and broad porch across the road.

The J/111 once again proved why it's the best all-around offshore one design in & for the Great Lakes. After doing either or both Mackinac races, a 14-boat strong fleet convened in beautiful Harbor Springs for some epic one design racing.

The Friday - Sunday U-Gotta Regatta was a good one even with no racing on Saturday due to a lack of wind. 3 round the buoy races were held in fine conditions Friday while a double points 'Tour of the Bay' race went off without a hitch Sunday.

In the end Jeff Davis & his team on Shamrock were crowned 2025 J/111 Great Lakes Champions.

1st - Shamrock, Jeff Davis, 15 points
2nd - No Surprise, Scott Sellers, 19 points
3rd - WILDCAT, Ed Kriese, 23 points
Complete results: https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative/16955

08/01/2025

2025 Mackinac Race Results

07/18/2025

Line up for the 12-boat strong J/111 class in this weekend's C*C Mack Race.

07/18/2025

2025 Port Huron Mackinac Island J/111 OD Class C results.

03/17/2025

You could get this one in time for the Mackinac races.

Som några av er vet, så gick Jørgen G Heje bort i en tragisk skidolycka i vintras. Vi är många som kommer att sakna honom. Det betyder också¨att vi behöver hitta ett nytt hem för hans fina J/111 DaCapo. J/111 DaCapo – #85 2023 Sails Price: 2 MNOKContact: [email protected], +47 901 4...

03/08/2025

J/111 Wins the Islands Race Overall!

J/Teams Garner Lots of Silverware- a Sweep in ORR E Division!
(San Diego, CA)- Southern California’s much-anticipated offshore racing season kicked off the 2025 season with the 15th annual Islands Race, co-hosted by the San Diego Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Thirty boats started the 142.0 nm race, departing from Long Beach Harbor and making their way around Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands before finishing in Point Loma.

Last week when looking ahead to this year’s race, the expected conditions were slower than most years. Newport Harbor YC PRO Charlie Welsh managed the start of the race. “Racers were greeted at the starting area in the vicinity of Pt. Fermin bout with sporty 11-16 knots of breeze with a considerable bump. All starts got off on time with the breeze waning as the sun peeked through the clouds. Our most exciting start was the ORR-E and EZ classes as two boats were over early. The RC team acted swiftly and both boats cleared and continued racing. All racers looked as if they’d stay on starboard tack for the majority of the first leg to the west end of Catalina. It was a great way to kick off the 2025 Islands Race! Thank you SDYC for another great collaborative event with both clubs working seamlessly.”

All fleets started on time, making 6 to 8 knots boat speed slightly below rhumbline to West End in a good WNW breeze. After rounding the top of Catalina, the wind trickled out leaving boats slowed down for about 3 hours just after sunset. The race kicked back on through the night with boats speeds back up to 6-10 knots to the virtual waypoint mark beyond San Clemente and the turning point to head east for the 72-mile run to the finish near Point Loma.

On the final leg, the fleet had split either in a rhumbline direction or a more southern direction with a spread of 11+ miles from top to bottom.

Doug Jorgensen, owner and skipper of the J/111 PICOSA, shared his experience on this year’s Islands Race. “I’ve done probably five Islands Races. The hospitality of both NHYC on the front end and SDYC on the back end makes it part of the fun. It's great for seeing our friends and so on.

It was probably the coldest race in memory. It was freezing. And we knew it was going to be freezing because that’s what the forecast was. So we geared up, which was fine so we were warm enough. We had a somewhat late finish (13:50:21). The wind shut off in a couple of different places, once last night between Catalina and San Clemente. But, that lasted for about 3 hours, then we picked up more breeze again.

My favorite part is probably going down the backside of Catalina and then shearing off to go to San Clemente. It’s good sailing.“

As PICOSA crossed the finish line, they established the top corrected finish time for the race to that point. Other veteran offshore J/Boats teams had strong performances as well.

Winning the ORR C Division was Dan Murphy's all-carbon speedster- the J/125 JAVELIN! In ORR D Division, Dean Stanec's J/130 NIGHT'S WATCH took 5th place.

The ORR E Division was swept by J/Teams. Winning was the Jorgensen's J/111 PICOSA. Then, taking the silver medal was Jeff Shew's J/121 RAVEN and Ed Sanford's J/111 CREATIVE took the bronze medal.

Finally, winning the ORR-EZ Division was won by Robert Kraak's J/120 KOOKABURRA.

With 2025 being a Transpac Race year, more than half of the Islands Race fleet (17 boats) are on schedule to race to Hawaii this summer, including all nine boats from Classes A and B.

For more Islands Race sailing information

Daniel Geissman, NHYC Regatta Chair Jess Gerry, NHYC Race Office Wayne Terry, SDYC Regatta Chair Jeff Johnson, SDYC Waterfront Director Jared Wohlgemuth, SDYC Regatta Admin

03/05/2025

Interesting. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1274834107594939&set=a.606712694407087

Check out this photo before you service your winches for the season!
For winches on deck, Tami Klassen taught us to cut a hole the size of the winch base in a box and then put the box around the winch before dissembling it. Any parts that slip out of your hands will still be in the box and you’ll have a convenient place to set things down without worrying about them going overboard.