2025 Calendar

Download the 2025 J109 calendar: It includes all J/109 one- design events, the Season's Points Championship, the Solent series and the new P30 and J series events. The Spring championships has replaced the Spring series in the points championship.

Annual Dinner and Prizegiving

We've some great pics of the annual dinner  - they've been uploaded to our Facebook group.

Measurement Pairings

With 2025's one- design racing due to start with the J- Cup in June, the class committee is reacting to concerns among the class to improve the measurement of J/109s competing. Class members are being asked to pair up to check compliance on another class mamber's boat.  The idea is to check that the boats remain compliant with J/109 class rules (and IRC rules), checking that heavy items such as heads, stoves, tables and doors remain in place as well as the list of safety items that have been checked in the past.

We've a list of UK J/109s in the list downloadable below.  Please check who you've been paired with, and arrange to inspect each other's boats before the J Cup. If you're not part of a pairing, and you're planning on one- design racing,  please reach out to other boats through the WhatsApp group.

2025 Membership

Don't forget to fill out the 2025 membership form and pay your fees to the association.

2025 Survey

We have the results of our 2025 survey.

Some sample findings are:
16 boats responded (one of them twice)
11 in the Solent, 5 outside
8 are planning on attending the Nationals at the J Cup
9 are planning on attending Dartmouth Week.
5 for Taittinger, 3 for Cowes week, none for the J Cup Ireland and 5 for the mooted Royal Thames regatta in September.

Feedback for the committee included a request for more newsletters and social media, a request to attend regattas outside of the Solent, request for hints and tips and for a cheaper Solent regatta.

Racing Reports

The JOG Lonely Tower race was won overall by Frank 4, with four other J109s: Just So, Karaboudjan, Mojo Risin' and Jeroboam making up the top 5 in IRC 3.

The JOG Great Escape the next day saw Frank 4 come in 2nd in IRC 3.

Just So  won the JOG Cowes- Eastbourne race overall,

Frank 4 are leading JOG's  coastal series Class 3, while Just So are 3rd in theoffshore series, Class 2

Around the cans, Frank 4 and Mojo Risin' were 2nd and 3rd at the RORC Easter Challenge, Class 4.

The Warsash Spring Championship saw  Mojo Risin' come third, while Jumping Jellyfish were strong in the first weekend.