Headed up by Jud Smith, 2006 and 2018 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.
Jud skippered his J70 ‘Africa’ to win the 2018 World Championship after winning the 2017 J70 World Championship as bowman on ‘Relative Obscurity’. Jud now has 10 World Championship wins under his belt plus has been a sailmaker for over 30 years and is regarded as one of the finest One Design sailmakers in the world.
The North America One Design team is strengthened further by the third generation Boston family of sailmakers based out of Ontario. Boston Sails was established in the 1930’s by Howard and Lolly Boston in Mt. Clemens MI, Boston Sails specialized in small one-design and ice-boat sails. Because of the success in the one-design fleets of the 40’s and 50’s, Boston Sails was chosen to build sails for larger cruising and racing sailboats. The Sarnia location was established in 1968 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada by Spike Boston and is now operated by Spike alongside his children Tac Boston, Brad Boston and Lynz Jackson.