TBYC 2026 J22 result emails

Weekend of June 6, 2026

Good morning. Hope your weekend was well. Unfortunately there is no racing news to share, we only had 2.5 boats for Saturday, lots of golf outings, funerals and broken feet keeping us sidelined. The next race date is June 20th. Bad news for USA 1552 as we will not be able to sail that day, I hope you all have wonderful wind and sunny skies.
We have a returning crew member who would like to get out and sail on the J/22’s. Theresa Hurst has sailed in the past with Matt Princing on Hogtide. She is available and would like to race. Her email is boulavita2018@gmail.com reach out to her and get her on a boat. She is young and athletic.
Finally. USA 838 is for sale. This is the winningest boat in Fleet 44 history. It is extremely good shape and needs nothing to start winning again. It has been stored indoors all winters since built and has been indoors for the past 3-4 years and needs a new owner to put her in the water again. Rock star bottom and keel, triad trailer, this boat is ready to win the Michigan Championship! Special price if the new owner joins TBYC and keeps the boat in fleet 44. Contact Chris Princing, chris.p@awardandsports.com
PS: It might be time to talk about a makeup date. Let me know what you decide after the June 20 date. See you all In July.
Christopher D. Princing

Email on June 15, 2026 – Race Date 2

Good morning sailors. We are back to racing this Saturday!!! Start is at noon out by the area where buoy 4 should be… It is not in the water yet, not sure it even will be this summer. So maybe we should just call it Due West from the hoist?
USA 1552 will not be there this week. There is a buoy down below in the boat, please grab it and close the boat back up. Work among your selves to pick a starting boat with a whistle, a weather mark boat and a pin boat and set and retrieve the buoys.
When finished, someone please send me the results so I can enter them in the computer.
Have fun, should be good weather.
Christopher D. Princing

East Tawas, MI

July 3, 2026

Strange sailing on a Friday afternoon, but with our early season weather causing some scheduled dates to be missed, this was a great chance to make up some missed races.

We were able to get 4 boats to participate. We are a little light on boats this year due to Terry breaking his foot, he is out for the season, and Pig Pen is not rigged yet due to Derek’s crazy schedule. So, 4 was good and the racing was great and tight!

Race 1: Race one was the windiest of the races. Southerly around 190 degrees, I am guessing 15-18 knots to start and pretty good chop under partly sunny skies. At the start, it was definitely three person hiking. We had a stowaway on USA 1552, Tristan Carroll came sailing with us, so we put all 100Lbs of him on the rail. Start had us all going left until the first boats were forced tack away for clear air. We sailed to the left to find relief from the chop, and hoping for a left shift that usually comes off the point. We didn’t find the shift, but still got around the windward mark in first and got the spinnaker up and flying. It was apparent that the waves were bigger on the upwind right and that the buoy was to our left, so a gybe was called for to take advantage of this. Pretty tight pack of four boats as we went down wind FAST! Leeward mark rounding saw us squirt out of there with no issues and start up the second windward leg with USA 454, Squealer, hot on our curly tail. Up the second beat it started getting weird. Pressure dropped, we slid weight low and tried to power everything up. It seemed to work, as the wind was going up and then down but the waves were still steep. We ended up rounding ahead and kept our lead while the other three were battling pretty hard.

USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 454 Squealer
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen

Race two saw lighter wind with chop. USA 1552 had a pretty good upwind gear in this. We were sailing so flat, Jennifer asked if we were too flat, to which I said “yes, we are too flat, but don’t move, we are a rocket ship right now”, it was a struggle, but we had jets upwind. We rounded first with some space behind us, so we started to teach Tristan how to trim a spinnaker. He was getting it, in pretty trying conditions for a new sailor. Behind us, was great racing. Very close at the finish.

USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 454 Squealer
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen
Race 3 started lighter. No more 3 person hiking, mostly one person on the rail, sometimes two. Lots of shifting weight and adjusting sails as the wind was lighter, but had some puffs left. The chop was still evident, but not as tall as the first couple of races. USA 454 schooled us all at the start and shot out to a big lead. USA 430 and USA 1552 were over early thanks to Squealer’s awesome start, and had to restart. This race was all about the wind, as we restarted we were looking for more wind, and then were hoping for more wind and a shift ha! We seemed to make some ground back until the top of the second beat, Squealer got a great shift and shut the door on any thoughts we had of challenging them for the win. Great job Mike, Tim and Eli!!
USA 454 Squealer
USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen
Winning the day was Evil Dr. Pork Chop with 3.5 points followed by Squealer with 6.75 points. Season totals attached. Top boat is Pork Bellies with 8.5 points after our first throw out.
Next race date is July 18, starting at noon out on the bay. Hope to see you all there.
Christopher D. Princing

East Tawas, MI
July 3, 2026
Strange sailing on a Friday afternoon, but with our early season weather causing some scheduled dates to be missed, this was a great chance to make up some missed races.
We were able to get 4 boats to participate. We are a little light on boats this year due to Terry breaking his foot, he is out for the season, and Pig Pen is not rigged yet due to Derek’s crazy schedule. So, 4 was good and the racing was great and tight!
Race 1: Race one was the windiest of the races. Southerly around 190 degrees, I am guessing 15-18 knots to start and pretty good chop under partly sunny skies. At the start, it was definitely three person hiking. We had a stowaway on USA 1552, Tristan Carroll came sailing with us, so we put all 100Lbs of him on the rail. Start had us all going left until the first boats were forced tack away for clear air. We sailed to the left to find relief from the chop, and hoping for a left shift that usually comes off the point. We didn’t find the shift, but still got around the windward mark in first and got the spinnaker up and flying. It was apparent that the waves were bigger on the upwind right and that the buoy was to our left, so a gybe was called for to take advantage of this. Pretty tight pack of four boats as we went down wind FAST! Leeward mark rounding saw us squirt out of there with no issues and start up the second windward leg with USA 454, Squealer, hot on our curly tail. Up the second beat it started getting weird. Pressure dropped, we slid weight low and tried to power everything up. It seemed to work, as the wind was going up and then down but the waves were still steep. We ended up rounding ahead and kept our lead while the other three were battling pretty hard.
USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 454 Squealer
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen
Race two saw lighter wind with chop. USA 1552 had a pretty good upwind gear in this. We were sailing so flat, Jennifer asked if we were too flat, to which I said “yes, we are too flat, but don’t move, we are a rocket ship right now”, it was a struggle, but we had jets upwind. We rounded first with some space behind us, so we started to teach Tristan how to trim a spinnaker. He was getting it, in pretty trying conditions for a new sailor. Behind us, was great racing. Very close at the finish.
USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 454 Squealer
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen
Race 3 started lighter. No more 3 person hiking, mostly one person on the rail, sometimes two. Lots of shifting weight and adjusting sails as the wind was lighter, but had some puffs left. The chop was still evident, but not as tall as the first couple of races. USA 454 schooled us all at the start and shot out to a big lead. USA 430 and USA 1552 were over early thanks to Squealer’s awesome start, and had to restart. This race was all about the wind, as we restarted we were looking for more wind, and then were hoping for more wind and a shift ha! We seemed to make some ground back until the top of the second beat, Squealer got a great shift and shut the door on any thoughts we had of challenging them for the win. Great job Mike, Tim and Eli!!
USA 454 Squealer
USA 1552 Evil Dr. Pork Chop
USA 48 Pork Bellies
USA 430 Pygmalion TBD
USA 275 The Other White Meat
USA 695 This Little Piggy
USA 538 Pig-Pen
Winning the day was Evil Dr. Pork Chop with 3.5 points followed by Squealer with 6.75 points. Season totals attached. Top boat is Pork Bellies with 8.5 points after our first throw out.
Next race date is July 18, starting at noon out on the bay. Hope to see you all there.
Christopher D. Princing

Email from Chris 07/27/26

Good morning. Racing starts Saturday out by #4 buoy location. I hope to see all of you out there.
USA 1552 will take the pin end of the line. We will need a starting boat/buoy and a weather mark person please.
While we have had a few dates canceled due to weather, smoke or wind, the season is wide open with 4 race dates left on the schedule and a possible makeup date if we decide to want more races..
Current leaders in the clubhouse are USA 48, Pork Bellies. Theya re sailing fast and have won this fleet overall in the past. USA 454, and USA 275 are right behind them and also sailing well. It should be a fun day with warm weather and the early forecast is for 8-10 knots from the NNE.
Chris
Per Mike Scott, he has the weather mark and will be happy to deploy it.
Per Mike Carr, He can be the start boat and he forgot to throw that mark back on his boat.