Spectacular sailing conditions greeted sailors participating in the Nordic J/70 Championship, hosted by the Royal Swedish YC (KSSS) off Sandhamn, Sweden for the 22 teams. In the end, Oscar Lundqvist’s crew on HILDA (Jacob Lundqvist, Erik & Oskar Skoting and Oliver Österberg) counted four bullets and two deuces to finish with just 8 points net. The first day saw three races take place in sun and stable southern winds of 7 knots increasing to 16 knots by the afternoon. After the three races, Lundqvist’s HILDA crew posted a 2-1-1 to lead. Sitting in second was Anders Kemmler’s DYNAMANT RACING team (Björn Kemmler, Ulf Camitz and Mikael Lindqvist) with a 1-3-2 for 6 points, and rounding out the top of the leaderboard was the Tom Hallberg’s Finnish team on REVALENCE with a 3-2-10 for 15 points. On the second day, racing was canceled due to 25-35 knot winds. The finale on the third day had four races. Winning was Lundqvist’s crew on HILDA, followed by Kemmler’s DYNAMANT RACING in second. Climbing fast up the leaderboard on the last day was Patrik Forsgren’s team on TEAM PRO4U (Sandra Sandqvist, Anders Mårtensson, Rebecka Harding and Kenneth Edvardsson), posting a 1-7-2-1 to finish with 21 points total and the bronze. The balance of the top five was determined by a tie-breaker on 29 points each, with Fabian Bergman’s TEAM LULU taking fourth place on the countback over John Hedberg’s EMELIE. For more Nordic J/70 Championship information, visit http://www.ksss.se/.