Please Set Availability for 2026 Vento Solare Schedule

Hello %firstname% %lastname%,

The Summary: for those who don't read details!

• J/109 Vento Solare will be ready for 2026!
• Set availability for 2026 Events at this link  (Log in and click the Crew Member View button on the calendar to enable setting availability). Hard commitments are needed for BIRW! Some have already set availability.  Please review your inputs and make any corrections required.
• Update Personal Profile for OD events, World Sailing ID  & Classification, and clothing size on the J/109 Vento Solare website – mouse over Crew and click on Edit my Profile. I plan on buying crew gear this winter for those who participate in events.  It has been a few years since this was last done. You may also view the Crew Roster and click on the link for your name to edit your profile.
• Continued from last year! We plan to add youth sailors to the crew.  Eddie Doherty has agreed to help coach so we help fill the pipeline with new sailors.

The Details:

J/109 Vento Solare is resting well on the hard at Borden Light Marina for the winter.  The bottom was painted and hull waxed in the fall before the cover went on thanks to Gerry & Sue O'Neil.  There are a few minor projects happening over the winter, but nothing schedule critical.  A wet sanding party is scheduled on the boat calendar, weather permitting in the spring after the cover is removed so we can splash and start sailing again. There are also a few work days scheduled and I hope to launch at the end of April after we return from a trip to the UK, weather permitting. The plan is to be at the Navy Marina before the end of April.

This message is being sent with the 2026 schedule.  I would like you to please look at the J/109 Vento Solare  schedule and set your availability for events.  Please indicate yes, no or maybe so I don't need to follow up after the fact.  This is easiest done logging in to the J/109 Vento Solare site, from the Crew menu select Availability and use the date dropdown if the 2026 schedule is not displayed. 

Tip for Setting Availability: The links in this email are filtered by groups shown below.  This pre-filters the list making it easier to view and set availability for events in the various groups all at once. You may also use the category & tag dropdowns to filter the schedule as desired.

Use the links to open the pages.  Each event has a text field next to the Availability dropdown where you may submit a comment for that event. Please set your availability (yes, no or maybe).  Once inputs are received, I'll determine which events are definite, make crew assignments and blast an email to a wider audience to fill gaps. I may adjust the schedule if there is insufficient crew for certain events.

Many of the events are the same as past years. There are a few other potential date conflicts but I'll update these as we get closer. 

Information as stored in your profile (update as needed via the Crew menu click on Edit my Profile):

• Shirt Size: %shirt_size%
• Jacket Size: %jacket_size%
• Weight for One Design Events: %weight%
• World Sailing ID & Classification: %isaf_number% – %isaf_classification%

Below highlights 2026 events in addition to the regular weekly Tuesday night Jamestown YC series, including practice at the start of the season. 

2026 J/109 Vento Solare Calendar <- Link to all events for season

Spring Boat Work Days

• Wet Sanding Party – Mon 6 April
• Work Day at Borden Light Marina – Weds 8 April
• Work Day at Borden Light Marina –  Thurs 9 April
• Splash at Borden Light Marina – Mon 27 April
• Instrument Calibration – Weds 29 April

Practice & Tuesday JYC Races (Fall races Sunday)

• Crew Practice – Tues 28 April
• Crew Practice – Tues 5 May
• JYC Races – Spring series 12 May – 9 June, Summer series 16 Jun – 25 Aug, Fall Series Tues 1 Sept, Sun 13 Sep – 4 Oct

One Design Events <- Link to all OD Events

• New York YC Annual Regatta Fri 13 – Sun 15 June
• New York YC Race Reek J/109 East Coast Championship Mon 14 – Fri 18 July
• New Bedford YC J/109 North American Championship Thu 6 – Sun 9 August

Away Events Not Listed for OD (Boat away from Newport)

• Owen Mitchell Spring BI Race Sat 23 – Mon 25 May (Race to the Party!)
• Twenty Hundred Club Block Island Race Sat 1 –   Mon 4 August
• Cliff Mitchell Fall BI Race Sat 10 – Mon 12 October (Race to the Party!)

Distance Races <- Link to all distance races

• NE Solo Twin Double-handed Race Fri 23 –  Sat 24July 
• Ida Lewis Distance Race Fri 14 – Sat 14 August

Local Races & Events

• Twenty Hundred Club Bridge Fiasco – Sat 16 May
• Twenty Hundred Club Spring Race Around Aquidneck – Sat 6 June (Party at Tiverton YC)
• New York YC Annual Regatta Around the Island – Fri 12 June
• New York YC Annual Regatta (Potential OD if other J/109s show up) Sat 13 – Sun 14 June
• Tentative East Greenwich YC Annual Pursuit Race – Sat 11 July (party after at EGYC) conflicts with Sail250 celebration in Boston
• Prince Henry Twenty Hundred Club Race Sat 22 August
• Conanicut ATI Race Sun 6 September
• Sail for Pride – Sat 26 September)

Delivery Help Needed <- Link to all deliveries

• Pleasure Sail & Deliver BLM to Navy Marina Mon 28 Apr (TBD – will adjust based on slip and boat availability)
• Pleasure Sail & Delivery to Tiverton Fri 5 June
• Deliver to BLM for Hauling – Weds. 14 October

Please check your profile on the website to update your clothing sizes, estimated weight for OD events and any updates for World Sailing (formerly ISAF) Screening with your World Sailing ID number. If you don't have a number with screening and are unsure how to get one, send me a reply and I can help you. 

There is no need to send me a separate email reply unless you want to pass on other information.  I will be automatically notified when you set your availability on the website.