Two races were completed on the second day of the J/70 European Championship, but only just. Race one was conducted in a lively 18 knots of westerly wind. By race two, the wind had veered northwest and strengthened to survival conditions of 25 knots, and at times gusts of 30. […]

Third act of the Swiss Sailing League was held on Lake Constance, hosted by the Kreuzlingen Yachthafen. A dozen teams from across Switzerland were participating in a wide variety of weather conditions, from light to good medium breezes blowing down the length of the near 40nm long lake that borders […]

Thirty six clubs gathered in Lindau on Lake Constance for the second act of the season long series in Germany. In addition to Segel-und Motorboot Club Uberligin (SMCÜ), five other sailing clubs from southern Germany are at the forefront in the first sailing league. The Bavarian Yacht Club (BYC) earned […]

There was a clear trend through both Saturday and Sunday racing for the first event of the 2017 Danish Sailing League: the Frederikshavn Seahawks were hungry after defending their 2016 title as winner of the Sailing League. When racing was about to end on Saturday, the North Jutland team of […]

The first of four events in the Swedish J/70 Sailing League took place in Strängnäs, where 18 teams participated from across Sweden. Day One: The first day of racing was hot and produced very light winds, permitting just three races to be sailed by each team. The ruling champions from […]

The first qualifying event for the 2017 AUDI Sailing League was organized by the YC Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo and saw 12 teams participating. A round robin formula ensures that each team will race against all of the others over the course of 30 short and highly competitive windward-leeward […]

It was a weekend of exciting sailing in Malcesine, where Sunday, May 28, the curtain fell over the second event of the season’s ALCATEL J/70 CUP, an Italian circuit reserved to J/70s and open to participants from all over the world. For the second time in a row, the victory […]

Nearly 50 J/70 teams are gathering for racing at the J/70 European Championship in Hamble, Hampshire, UK. The competition begins Tuesday, June 6 and continues through Friday, June 9. Keep up with all the action from Royal Southern Yacht Club at the regatta website: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=4107.

Sixteen J/70s took part in the Chilean fleet qualifier regatta for the 2017 J/70 South American Championship in Algarrobo October 27-November 1, 2017. It was close racing throughout the regatta, but the one to beat was Matias Seguel. After posting a 2-1-2-1-2-3 for total of 11 points, Seguel and team […]

World Sailing has approved the clerical changes to the J/70 Class Rules. The new version with these changes is now posted on World Sailing’s website at http://www.sailing.org/33242.php and on the IJ70CA website at https://j70ica.org/class-office-rules.