Getting to a US Sailing Championship from Area J
Some US Sailing championships are "open" events that anyone can enter, such as the Junior Women's Singlehanded and Doublehanded Championships (Leiter & Ida Lewis). Others, such as the Championship of Champions regatta, are invitational events that select their entries based on resumes. Still other events are "ladder" events that require qualification from a US Sailing area. Information about all of the US Sailing Championships is available here.
The so-called "ladder" championships are listed below. For each of those championships there may be an Area J sail-off to select the qualifying individual or boat from Area J. As the dates of any Area J elimination regatta are finalized they will be posted here. The name of each championship links to information about the national championship.
Men's
Championship (Mallory Cup) - (Dana Point, DPYC) Date:Aug 16, 2008 Dana
Point YC - J24 - Tony Wetherbee awetherbee@msn.com
949-489-8016 H 949-717-2000 B
Women's
Championship (Adams Cup) - Dates: Aug. 17, 2008 - J-24 - Contact: Colleen
Cooke (SWYC) sailorcookie@cox.net
619-425-0202
Match Racing Championship (Prince of Wales) - August 9 & 10, 2008, Balboa Yacht Club, Gov 21 - Glenn Oliver (Santa Barbara, SBYC) gaoliver@cox.net 805-683-8949 - US Championship: September 24- 28, 2008 Seawanhaka Corinthian YC, NY - Sonars
Multihull Championship (Alter Cup)(for 2009) July 19-20, 2008 Cabrillo Beach YC - BYOB - Scott Miller scott.miller@baesystems.com 858-472-3058 - US Championship: April 22-26, 2008 Gulfport YC, FL - Capricorn F18
Offshore
Championship (Lloyd Phoenix) - September 26-28, 2008 Columbia, YC, Chicago, IL - Tartan 10
Area J Brock Trophy HOLD? Aug. 23 & 24, 2008, LBYC, Catalina 37 Don Warner djwarner@socal.rr.com
714-846-7928 H 562-494-1121 B
Singlehanded Championship (O'Day) - May 3 & 4, 2008 Santa Barbara SC - Laser, Jerry Martin (Hermosa Beach, KHYC) jerry.norie@verizon.net 310-374-0741 - US Championship: August 6 -10, 2008 Sayville YC, NY - Sunfish
Youth Triplehanded Championship (Sears) July 5-6, 2008, Mission Bay YC - Lightning, Chuck Sinks gowinccs@cox.net 619-223-6872 H 619-818-6872 C
Youth Doublehanded Championship (Bemis) July 11-13, 2008 California YC - Club 420, Chuck Sinks gowinccs@cox.net 619-223-6872 H 619-818-6872 C
Youth Singlehanded Championship (Smythe) July 11-13, 2008 California YC - Laser - Chuck Sinks gowinccs@cox.net 619-223-6872 H 619-818-6872 C - US Championships: July 28 - August 1, 2008 Chicago YC, IL - Lightning, Club 420, Laser
For more information about the Area J elimination events contact the Area J director Jim Mahaffy.
Some financial assistance may be available for teams that qualify for a US Sailing championship from Area J. Contact Jim Mahaffy 949/642-6339.