Host for the first edition of the Netherlands J/70 Sailing League (EredivisieZeilen.nl) was the Waterland Yacht Charter Monnickendam team Over the three-day weekend, they managed to run 13 races for the 18 teams that were participating in the first full season of league-style racing. At the conclusion of racing on […]

The first event for the Swedish J/70 Sailing League took place in the pretty setting of Motala’s lake in the heartland of Sweden. After a 10-race series, several non-traditional sailing clubs ended up leading some of the more famous yacht clubs in Sweden with impressive performances. Winning Act One of […]

This past Saturday marked the Danish J/70 Sailing League’s third season kick-off in Lundeberg; the Oure schools in Lundeberg hosted this year’s first double event. The second division began with races on Saturday and Sunday (May 14-15). On May 20-22, the first division starts, where Skovshoved Sejlklub hopes to embark […]

Julian Fernandez Neckelmann’s Flojito y Cooperando won the first race of the Torqeedo J/70 North American Championship and withstood an onslaught of challengers over seven races to earn the trophy. The reigning J/70 World Champion, Neckelmann was joined by crew Willem van Waay, Bill Hardesty and Danel Belausteguigoitia at the […]

Two more races went in the books on Saturday at the Torqeedo J/70 North American Championship hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas. For Julian Fernandez Neckelmann’s Flojito y Cooperando, it was feast or famine as a 13 in the opening meeting briefly dropped him out of the regatta […]

Reigning J/70 World Champion Julian Fernandez Neckelmann didn’t have to shake off any rust after the opening day of the Torqeedo J/70 North American Championship was postponed yesterday due to storms. The Flojito y Cooperando team from Mexico totaled 16 points after four races were completed Friday at Lakewood Yacht […]

The American Yacht Club in Rye, NY will host the new International Women’s Keelboat Championship in provided J/70s on August 14-20, 2016. Twenty-four teams from around the world will be invited to compete, with the intention of an even ratio of North American and intercontinental teams. Teams representing eight countries […]

More than 40 J/70 teams are gathering for racing at the J/70 North American Championship in Seabrook, Texas. The competition begins Thursday, May 19 and continues through Sunday, May 22 for the entrants representing Brazil, Japan, Mexico and the USA. Keep up with all the action from Lakewood Yacht Club […]

Act II of the Swiss Sailing League just took place on the Neuenburger Lake, hosted by Cercle Voile de Neuchatel. Twelve races were run over the three-day weekend. With nine wins in twelve races, it was clear the team of Société Nautique de Genève (comprised of Fabrice Rigot, Marc Stern, […]

Forty teams from six different nations over the weekend sailed off San Remo, Italy. The fleet was treated to fairly strong winds from the east for all six races that were scheduled, sailed under the careful direction of the race committee chaired by Fulvio Parodi. Carlo Alberini’s CALVI NETWORK with […]