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News ...

  • 2024 National Regattas!

    • The 2024 North American Championship Regatta will be held Thursday September 26, 2024 - Sunday September 29, 2024 at the Blackbeard Sailing Club in New Bern, North Carolina. More information on the regatta is available on the events page.
    • The 2024 Western National Championship Regatta will be held Tuesday September 3, 2024 - Friday September 6, 2024 at the Penticton Yacht Club in Penticton, BC Canada. More information on the regatta is available on the events page.

  • 2023 National Regattas!

    • The 2023 North American Championship results are in! Congratulations to Tim Mills (working sails) and Christopher Lemke (all sails), your 2023 North American champions! And a HUGE thank you to the members of the Coos Bay Yacht Club and Fleet 43 for hosting a terrific event. Check out the complete results as well as links to photos of the event!
    • The 2023 Eastern National Championship results are in! Congratulations to Tim Porter (working sails) and Mike Robinson (all sails), your 2023 Eastern National champions! Thanks to the Lake Norman Yacht Club (LNYC) for hosting a terrific event. Check out the complete results as well as more information about a great weekend of sailing.

  • San Juan 21 Facebook Group

    There's a Facebook group, San Juan 21 Sailors & Friends, a public group managed by Andrew Jones and Marc Vander Shalie. Tons of useful information, chatter about boats, upcoming events, etc. Check it out!

  • Jerry Dean Hansen
    1938 - 2023

    The San Juan 21 community has lost a long-time friend, Jerry Hansen, who passed away on January 16, 2023 at the age of 84. As a long time member of Fleet 3, Jerry sailed his beloved #503, "Jerry's Ferry", in many regional and national events over the years winning San Juan 21 North American and Western National Championships as well as championships in the High Sierra Regatta on Huntington Lake. Read Jerry's obituary on the Fresno Bee and Dignity Memorial websites.

  • Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series

    Fleet 29 is happy to announce that SJ21's are an expected class at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in St. Petersburg, FL on February 16-10, 2023. We need to have a great showing, not only from Fleet 29 but hopefully from the east coast and the Class Association at large. It has been several years since there was a San Juan 21 fleet at the NOOD's, now the HH/SW Regatta Series. Registration is now open and you can view the event NOR here. For more information, check out the site for the entire regatta series.

  • 2022 National Regattas!

    Details for our two national events are now available! Check out the links below to register and get information about local accomodations.

    • 2022 North American Championship

      Fleet 29 and the Lake Monroe Sailing Association (Orlando, FL), rescheduled to January 12-15, 2023. Congratulations to Robert Bouknight in Pollywog (Working Sails) and Fisk Hayden in Ole Yeller (Spinnaker) - your 2022 North American Champions! Click here for more information

    • 2022 Western National Championship - Fleet 3 and the Fresno Yacht Club (Huntington Lake, CA), 7/7-7/10, 2022. Congratulations to Bob Comstock (All Sails) and Chris Gedrose (Working Sails) - your 2019 Western National Champions! Click here for all the results

  • 2021 National Regattas

    2021 Eastern Championships

    The 2021 Eastern Championships was held in conjunction with the Blackbeard Sailing Club One Design Regatta on August 28 & 29 at the Blackbeard Sailing Club in New Bern, North Carolina. Check out the results here!

    2021 North American Championships

    Thanks to Fleet 51 at Klamath Falls Yacht Club for hosting a terrific championship regatta this weekend, June 10-12th. The weather was great, the winds were mostly strong but not overwhelming, and we had some fantastic (and really close) racing. Full results, minutes from the national association meeting and a race report are now up on the Events page, and photos will be posted soon - really ... I'm working on them! ... so stay tuned. Congratulations to Marc Vander Schalie (All Sails) and Paul Von Stubbe (Working Sails), your 2021 San Juan 21 North American Champions!

  • 2020 National Regattas

    The 2020 North American Championship at Klamath Yacht Club has been postponed to next summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. Many thanks to those in fleet 51 for the work they did in preparing for this year ... and thanks in advance for their willingness to do it all (well, the planning anyway) again next year. Stay safe and healthy!

    The Eastern Region fleet captains have decided to cancel the 2020 Eastern Nationals due to projected low turnout. There are still plans to have a class at the annual Carolina Keelboat One Design (CKOD) Regatta, November 14-15 on Lake Norman, Moorseville, NC. Stay tuned for an update from Nancy Torkewitz, Eastern Vice Commodore, as well as more information on the website as it becomes available.

  • Boat Registry Signup!

    We are working on creation of a San Juan 21 boat registry and have put together a Google form for you to provide information about your boat as well as a little about your use of the National Association website. Thank you *very much* for helping out!

    FILL OUT THE FORM NOW!

    You can see what's been collected so far on the Resources Page.

  • What's new in the forum? Check it out!
  • Constitution & By-Laws - 2013 Versions

  • National Regattas - Past Results

  • SJ 21 Class Association Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
    We are now posting the minutes of the regular Class Association Executive Committee meetings - check them out!
  • Want to know what the other fleets have going on? Check out the Fleets page and click the calendar icon next to the fleet!

San Juan 21 sailors are among the most active sailors in North America. Twenty-ones can be found on the rivers of the Midwest, on the lakes from Calgary, Alberta south to Texas, the coastal mountains, lakes, and shores of both the Pacific and Atlantic.

Three regions now make up the Association: West, Midwest, and East. Each represent well in Regional Championships held each year — and in the North American Championship which rotates through each region on a three year cycle and brings together San Juan 21 sailors from across the nation!

Thanks for finding us here on the internet. If you sail or own a San Juan 21 we want you to join us in the association. The Resources button above will take you to additonal web resources for our Class and related web pages!

Join Us!

The Beginning

In 1971, the San Juan 21 Class Association was formed in Seattle, Washington. The boat itself is a product of the Seattle-based Clark Boat Company, operated by Bob and Carole Clark and sons.

In the late 60s, it became apparent to the Clarks that there was a niche in the boat market for a lightweight, trailer-based design that could be daysailed and used as a week-end cruiser. They decide to design a boat superior to others in this niche, the San Juan 21. This boat featured a bigger V-berth, an easily stepped rig, and a fully retractable swing keel and kickup rudder. In 1971, the Mark I model was produced in Seattle and an additional facility in New Bern, North Carolina. By 1974, the Mark II model was put into production and more than 2,700 San Juan 21s were subsequently produced by the late 1980s.

You can read more about the San Juan 21 and the history of the Clark Boat Company in Mike Robinson's article "San Juan Sailboats and Clark Boat Company: The Right Place at the Right Time."

The Present

Today, the National Association is one of the most active one-design keelboat associations in North America. Membership in the association numbers 400+ sailors from all parts of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Association boasts fleets organized into three regions, East, Midwest, and West with the largest membership concentration in the northwest and southeast portions of the country. A Regional Championship regatta is hosted annually in each region, one of which becomes the North American Championship on a rotating basis.

San Juan 21s are available today with prices for used boats ranging from $1,500.00 to $5,000.00.

Former Champions

National championships are held each year in each of the Eastern, Midwest, and Western regions. Each year, on a rotating bases, one of these regattas is designated the North American Championships. Congratulations to all our champions!

San Juan 21 National Association Forum

Thanks to Tom Dyll, we now have a forum! While you can read the forum without registering, we're sure you'll want to sign up so you can tell others about your boat, post your cruising & racing experiences, and pass on sage advice about how you've tricked out your weekend warrior.

Registration is easy

  1. Click the button to go to the forum
  2. Click the Register link
  3. Agree to the terms - yeah it's a bit to read, but they're pretty tame
  4. Fill out and submit the registration form

That's it! Due to recent "forum attacks," you'll need to wait a bit for me to approve your request. I'll do that as quickly as possible and once I do, you'll receive a confirmation email containing a link to activate your forum membership. Click the link, log in using the credentials you provided, and start posting!