Stearns Boating LLC .

                       310 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1603 Chicago IL 60604

  J-Boats Midwest is part of Stearns Boating. To link to Stearns Boating go to www. stearnsboating.com

J/Boats Midwest         MJM Yachts Midwest

 Rich Stearns 312-994-9153  cell 847-404-2209  rich@stearnsboating.com

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Stearns Boating LLC is the J-Boat Hanse Yacht and MJM powerboat dealer for the Midwest. The company is located in down town Chicago and serves boaters in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. 

 Rich Stearns the owner has been racing sailboats since 1962 when he started sailing a Penguin dinghy. Since then he has raced and cruised all over the world. Rich was a Sailmaker for 25 years owning the Murphy & Nye Hood, Sobstad and Doyle franchises in Chicago. Along with racing he has cruised both monohulls and catamarans throughout the Caribbean.

 Rich Started in selling boats buy developing the LS-10 33 foot sailboat. Rich has sold J-Boats since 2000 and is now the exclusive dealer in the Midwest for J/boats and MJM powerboats. Rich has known the Johnstone family for over 30 years sailing with and against Bob Johnstone when he lived in Wilmette Illinois in the 60’s and 70’s.

 Rich is also the author of “Getting Started in Sailboat Racing” International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press / McGaw Hill 2004.  

Some of Rich’s sailing resume includes:

3 Olympic Campaigns (Soling)

Americas Cup Campaign Heart of America Main trimmer and sail co-coordinator

1st Soling Great Lakes Championship

2nd Soling North American Championship

1st T-10 North American Championships 2nd four times

1st T-10 North American Championship (crew) 5 times

Chicago Mac race 35 times

            1st overall 2 times

            1st to finish 3 times

            1st section 9 times last win 2008

Port Huron Mackinac race

            1st to finish 2 times

            1st overall 3 times

Millennium 600-mile Mackinac race 1st overall 2000

Detroit NOOD 1st overall 2002

Chicago NOOD 1st overall 1998 2002 2004 2005

Verve Cup 1st  2003 2004 2005 2006

International 50 cup navigator “Insatiable”

Old SORC 1st  2 times

SORC 1st one time 3rd two times

Penguin regional Champion

Verve Cup first overall 2003

Key West first J-92s 2007

IRC National championship 2008 2nd

 

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Last modified: 02/13/09