Posted by: j70nac February 24th, 2015

Have you ever witnessed the brilliance of a green flash along the horizon at sunset? Have you had the pleasure of enjoying a tasty Green Flash beer? Now is your chance to experience both!

Visit sunny San Diego for the J 70 NAs!

Green Flash Brewing Co. has signed on as the title sponsor of 2015 J 70 North American Championship to be held at San Diego Yacht Club, September 24-27. We are extremely excited to have Green Flash and their team on our side. They are the most important part of our promise to provide sun, wind and beer!

Headquartered in San Diego, Green Flash Brewing Co. was established in 2002 by Mike and Lisa Hinkley – avid sailors and San Diego Yacht Club members. Together, they lead a talented team of craft beer enthusiasts, who embrace their brand vision with serious passion and zeal. Green Flash Brewmaster, Chuck Silva has developed an award-winning assortment of specialty craft ales that are celebrated by their loyal following of craft beer fans internationally.

In the fall of 2014, Green Flash nationally released Jibe Session IPA – a new beer named after the sailing term A Session IPA is an emerging and popular beer style that is lower-in-alcohol than traditional IPAs, while remaining as flavorful as most traditional IPAs. For years, Green Flash has been known for brewing very bold double and triple IPAs. Upon making the decision to release a session beer, Green Flash changed course. True to the definition of the beer style, Jibe Session IPA is a refreshing, flavorful 4% ABV beer with a vibrant character -ideal for an afternoon at sea. Jibe Session IPA is perfectly suited to complement what we anticipate will be the best J 70 North American Championship to date. Green Flash is honored to be the title sponsor of this year’s event.

Green Flash will be a part of our “Tune UP” regatta on September 12/13 and for all of the North Americans. The Opening Ceremony, “Theme” parties and live music are all being planned. Look for more information this summer as our plans get finalized.

Learn more about Green Flash at www.greenflashbrew.com.

Other partners jumping on board to make this a great event include:

Sail 22 - the premiere sailing concierge service for small and large sailboat teams and huge supporters of the J70 class. www.sail22.com

Progressive Insurance - With Progressive's specialized boat insurance coverage, you can relax knowing you have the right coverage for your boat. www.progressive.com

Coral Reef Sailing Apparel - they are the sailing industry's most innovative service provider of outerwear and sailing apparel.  http://www.coralreefsailing.com/

SD Boatworks - SD Boatworks sees that every aspect of sailing should be enjoyable, including working on the boat! To help achieve this goal they strive to have the most knowledgeable staff ready to help ensure your boat safe, fast and easy to use. www.sdboatworks.com

Ronstan - Ronstan has a reputation among sailors as the equipment of choice on boats from the flying Moths and the Olympic sailing classes to the record-setting offshore multihull sailboats and the Volvo Race fleet. www.ronstan.us

Velocitek - makes instruments for performance sailing. www.velocitek.com

By the time you read this it will be about 6 months to the North Americans in San Diego, have you made your plans yet? See below links with information and resources for housing, shipping etc. The NAs Notice of Race (NOR) will be coming soon.

Plan for the "Tune UP" regatta too, September 12-13,  SDYC.