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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Running from Wednesday Sept 6 through Sunday Sept 10, the 19th annual J Jamboree Regatta which features great big, fast, sailboats will be going on out there! Not as big as the Winni Diver's two masted sailboat but still very big and very well con$tructed. Based at Fay's Boatyard or the Winnipesaukee Yacht Club or somewhere and holding races somewhere out there on the lake it could be worth a watch if there's some big wind.
Probably, this race does not draw too much from the Wal-Mart crowd so I'll be trying to blend. Maybe if I dig out that old blue blazer and the commodore's cap they won't notice my old Starcraft covered with paint. Hey, how come sail yachts are all built of fiberglass and not aluminum?
A J-80 sail jamboree link here would be nice!
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The races are actually the North American Championships, and will be drawing some of the better sailors in the country.
Less, no need for the blazer,sailboat sportboat racers tend to be teeshirt, rather than stuffed shirts types.
The races will be held in the broads, and the courses will be winward-leward couses. ( straight upwind, turn around, straight down wind) neat stuff to watch. If you want to watch, somewhere above and beyond the upwind mark is good, you won't be on the course and get to see the mark rounding where a good deal of action takes place as 30 boats coverge on one point, and tactical situations become very pronounced. Many of the racers are locals who are members of the J-80 fleet here on the lake, so cheer on the home team. Heres the link for more info.
http://www.j-jamboree.org/