J/22 District 5 April Update - Upcoming Circuit Stop in Shreveport!
Those of you on the J/22 District 5 rolls and email list will have received this recent message from 2024 District Governor, Colin Feik. Here’s a great recap of recent district happenings and a reminder: Crew get your skippers and skippers get your crew and get yourself on your way to Shreveport Yacht Club for the next District 5 Circuit stop.
EDIT: Shreveport Yacht Club has had to cancel the upcoming circuit stop due to dock damage from recent flooding.
Hello District 5 J/22 Sailors - First off, I want to thank Eric Simonson for doing an awesome job as district governor the past few years, I am quickly learning just how much time and effort he has put back into the sport with his leadership the past few years, I know we are all very grateful!
Second - recap of the season so far:
The season is well underway with the first circuit stop completed in Dallas at Rush Creek Yacht Club in early March. The local boats dominated with a 1-2-3 finish led by Jeff Progelhof winning 5 of the 6 races, followed by a solid showing from Bill Draheim in 2nd, and Jake Scott dusted off his boat to round out the podium in 3rd! Conditions were nice and warm and breezy, hopefully we can mimic those conditions next year when midwinters will be held at Rush Creek.
A couple weeks ago the midwinters were held in New Orleans with 27 boats on the line with 7 boats from our district making the trip over to the Big Easy. Glenn Darden hails from FWBC and took home the hardware winning the event on a tiebreaker. They won the final race by passing fellow District 5 member Kevin Orff on the final leg of the regatta race to secure the overall victory. Congrats to Kevin and crew on finishing second in that race, now they will have to go to worlds in Annapolis to continue putting up those single digit finishes at big events! Pics on the class page on facebook!
Next Up: Circuit Stop - Shreveport
The next circuit stop is scheduled for April 20-21 at Shreveport Yacht Club on Cross Lake (link below to register and NOR also attached). 6 local Shreveport boats have already registered, so we should have a really great event. SYC's hospitality and steak dinner is second to none! In the past a few lucky sailors have even been allowed to stay at the SYC club, contact Tom Hadel (thomashadel@bellsouth.net) to inquire.
J/22 Southwest Circuit Regatta - Shreveport, LA. : J/22 Southwest District (regattanetwork.com)
Other Circuit Updates:
The 3rd circuit stop originally scheduled for Austin Yacht Club in May will not be possible due to low water levels, so the Shoe Regatta at LYC in Houston will be the replacement event May 18-19. J/22 Southwest Circuit - Shoe Regatta
Due to a conflict with J/24 worlds, the J-Fest Southwest event has been pushed from its original date in October to the first weekend of November (2-3rd)
Make plans to attend the World Championships in Annapolis in October (21st thru 27th), start banking that PTO now! I hope to see a lot of y'all there!
More details about the District and the circuit can be found on the District's website: http://www.j22southwest.org/
Become a class member or renew here!!