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 Cape Crow Yacht Club got off to a slow start and were sitting in eighth place. Day Two: The second day offered perfect conditions—sunshine, winds around 5-7 m/s and tight city-front racing in front of hundreds of spectators. After 10 of a total of 15 scheduled races, the champions from 2015, the KSSS team, were tied on points with Hjuvik and Trea, followed by the champion Cape Crow club. Day Three Finale: “Today, it was a little different scenario, with even more winds on the lake, shiftier, too! Before the final race, the starting point was clear; we had to get at least a second to win overall,” said Oscar Lundqvist from KSSS. “We took the start of the last race, but got a bad track up to the first mark and rounded last! After an incredible first leg downwind, we were up to second place and halfway up on the second windward leg, we were leading! Unfortunately, the last battle at the gate marks with Cape Crow made us take a penalty. Again, we were closest to the last puff and had to do our utmost to take second place in the race. Fortunately, everything went our way and we slipped over the finish line just a few centimeters before our competitors!!” In the end, victory went to the KSSS team of Jacob Lundqvist, Per Vickberg, Ida Svensson and Oscar Lundqvist. Tied with them on points, but losing the tie-breaker was the Cape Crow YC team of Magnus Holmberg, Lasse Linger, Frida Magnusson and Axel Munkby. Third was Hjuvik BK from Torslanda, who had 21-year-old Johanna Bergqvist at the helm this weekend; her teammates included Isabelle Bergqvist, Sten Bergqvist and Anders Höije. For more Swedish J/70 Sailing league information, visit http://www.svensksegling.se/SSFtavlingar/Allsvenskan/.