The German J/70 National Championship took place from October 3-6 at the Deutscher Touring Yacht Club (DTYC). Twenty-six boats from Germany, China, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland enjoyed eight races on Lake Starnbergersee. Mats Schonebeck’s team opened with a 2-1-2 for a comfortable lead at the end of day one. Thereafter, they counted only podium finishes in their results to finish with 12 points net and a 13-point margin of victory. Schonebeck’s crew included Moritz Giebelmann, Henrik Peters and Bjame Stegelmann. The silver medal was awarded to the Swiss team of Urs Oldani from Lake Zurich with crew of Gilles Burst, Paco Weiss and Adrian Iten. Rounding out the podium was Max Adami’s crew of Jannis Summchen, Ferdinand Gerz and Leanderr Baumann at 36 points net. For more Germany J/70 Nationals information, visit https://www.dtyc.de/j70-internationale-deutsche-meisterschaft-im-dtyc.