After the success of the third edition, which last year attracted 30+ J/70 teams, the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series 2016-2017 is back. Divided into five acts scheduled once a month from October 2016 to March 2017, these regattas are designed to give experienced professional and amateur crews a chance to […]

Twenty teams sailed in the J/70 Mexico National Championship held November 11-13 in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. After 10 races, American Gannon Troutman’s PIED PIPER took the Open title, edging out Julian Fernandez (MEX) by four points. Fernandez was declared the Mexican National Champion. Winning the Corinthian title on a […]

The final half of the Hamble One Design Championship took place at the Hamble Winter Series. A total of 14 races were sailed over the two weekends, providing three discards to play with. Race officer Kathy Smalley commented, “The J/70s were all pushing it in the last race. Even the […]

For the Junior Sailing League finale in Germany, a premiere event took place in two ways: 1) the junior sailing league for Under 21 sailors was held for the first time in the northern part of Germany using the J/70 fleet; and 2) the Köhlfleet was almost unknown as a […]

The final outcome of the 2016 German Sailing League was not without its drama. The favorites for the regatta were the Deutscher Touring YC, but they faltered on the second and third day of the regatta. Nevertheless, in the end the Tutzinger team held on by a thread to win […]

A chilly northeasterly breeze, accompanied by beautiful sunshine provided near-perfect conditions for the racing in the first weekend of the Hamble One Design Championship, which featured racing for the J/70s. Kathy Smalley, CRO Hamble One Design Championship, commented, “The lighter winds on Saturday resulted in shifty conditions at the top […]

The 2016 Swiss J/70 National Sailing League Championship was won by the Regattaclub Bodensee from St Gallen after a hotly contested season. The St. Gallen crew from RCB included Massimo Soriano, Lea Rüegg, Stephan Zurfluh and Jonathan Rutishauser. Taking second was the Société Nautique de Genève. With a fantastic second […]

On the penultimate day of the season, WV Almere Central grabbed the league title with a solid performance in the finale held in Almere, The Netherlands. The sailors of the Koninklijke WSV Sneek and YC Scheveningen finished second and third in the club competition for water sports clubs in The […]

The bay offshore of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron was the scene of the 2016 J/70 Canadian Championship. Scott Weakley’s Rex took five firsts in the seven races they sailed. They won by so much they did not have to sail the last two races of the nine-race regatta. […]

The Finale of the SAILING Champions League (September 23-25) in Porto Cervo challenged the 32 European clubs from 13 nations with light winds and choppy waves. After 34 races in total, the reigning German League Champions of Deutscher Touring Yacht-Club won the regatta at Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Sardinia […]