J/22 Fleet 73 is located in Buffalo, NY on Lake Erie and is made up of boats from the Buffalo Yacht Club and the Buffalo Harbor Sailing Club.  The local J/22’s number over 30 boats in the Buffalo Harbor area.

The Buffalo Yacht Club recently finished the installation of two fully automated three ton cranes and the completion of a dry sail area.  Fleet 73 members now have the option of dry sailing their boats at the BYC and the fleet now has the facilities available to run a first-rate regatta for out of town boats.   

The fleet sails on Tuesday nights from the end of May into the month of September as part of the Buffalo Harbor Sailing Club’s China Light/One Design program, regularly drawing over 20 J/22’s for the evening’s two races. The fleet also sails on Wednesday nights as a one design fleet with the Buffalo Harbor Sailing Club, with considerably less attendance, due to a number of skippers with larger boats that race in other fleets. Once the official races end, the fleet continues to sail Saturday mornings into the fall.

For Fleet 73 information/questions contact Joe Gelsomino - j22buffalo@yahoo.com