GRUNDIG Hankø Race Week is one of Norway’s most famous annual regattas. The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (KNS) collaborates with Hankø Yacht Club, and the KNS hosted the J/70 Norwegian Championship. For the first Norwegian Nationals, 13 boats participated. In the end, it was Eivind Astrup’s NORWEGIAN STEAM that was crowned Norwegian J/70 Champion after posting a consistent scoreline of 2-4-1-2-2-2-1-3-1 for 14 points net. With near identical scores was Jorn-Erik Ruud’s NOR 1242 from Moss Seilforening Club with a tally of 3-1-3-1-1-3-4-2-2 for 16 points net. Rounding out the podium was Magne Klann’s VIEW SOFTWARE from Soon Seilforening with a record of 1-3-2-3-5-4-8-4-3 for 25 points net. For more Norwegian J/70 Nationals information, visit https://www.kns.no/.