J80 sailing is a very fundamental part of the ClubThe event will take place at Rungsted Harbour approximately 15 km north of downtown Copenhagen.

J80 keelboat. This years inaugural J80 Irish National Championships will run back-to-back with Irelands largest keelboat sailing regatta this year. A group of Royal St. At the end of the course participants will have developed all round practical skills necessary to sail keelboat in moderate wind.

With 1600 boats delivered worldwide the choice is clear. Junior J80 Keelboat night is back. HHYC J80 Keelboat Training.

On Friday 26th August from 600-900pm and as a summer sailing finale we want to have another great night for our junior members sailing together in the ISA Sailfleet J80 keelboats following the popularity of. 20 rows The International J80 is a fixed keel one-design sportsboatIt is built by JBoats and certified. The powerful asymmetrical spinnaker is easy to set and allows this sprit one-design to plane at 15 knots with crew trimming safely from the cockpit.

George Yacht Club was one of several bidders for the eight boat fleet that was originally purchased by the then ISA with a Sports Capital Grant at a cost of circa 240k plus VAT in July 2007. The Irish J80 Class Association was formed in 2017 to represent owners sailors associated clubs and to help develop J80 racing in Ireland. A thief took the yacht and outboard engine from the East Pier club out to sea in the middle of the night but ran out of fuel.

Though mainly sailed by middle-aged men in the 40 age range it is common to see teenagers and women skippering a competitive J80 and it is worth noting that the J80 is commonly used for family cruising and PHRF sailing in all venues. Learn about J70 here. J70 sails upwind like a proper keelboat and then simply flies off-the-wind - planing into the double digits in moderate breeze.

The J80 is one of the most popular one-design classes in the world with over 1600 sailing in thirty fleets in twelve countries. This harbour is one of 3 stations that RDYC runs and it is the station where the club have its J80 fleet. The J80 is the perfect combination of family day boat and one-design race boat.