American team Yonder is 2024 J/70 World Champion

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The Sandberg Estates J/70 World Championship has a winner! After five intense days of competition on the Bay of Palma, the American team of Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s Yonder (with Ted Hackney and George Peet) were proclaimed World Champions of the Class at the event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) and the International J/70 Class Association.

A northeasterly wind averaging 10 knots allowed the Race Committee to give a punctual start at 11:30h for the last race of the competition. This race was won by British team Charles Thompson and Tom Mallindine’s Brutus II and followed in second place by Spaniard Luis Albert’s Patakin, with third going to the Brazilian team of Renato Faria’s To Nessa.

Leading since day one of the World Championship, Newhouse and Wilmot’s Yonder from the New York YC, finished in 11th place, sufficient to give the team their event win and to be proclaimed the new J/70 Champions. Moreover, the team finished with an 11-point lead over the second placed team. Consistency and the ability to avoid any major errors proved crucial for success.

“After a great deal of hard work, planning, training, regattas and teamwork, we have achieved our goal of winning the World Championship, which is quite frankly incredible. We had the regatta of our lives, and the team fought extremely hard,” commented Newhouse upon arrival at the RCNP docks.
The second podium position was claimed by the Brazilian team, Ralph Rosa’s Mindset from the IC Río de Janeiro. Third went to the title defenders, British team Brutus II from the Royal Southern YC, who were able to pull back from their fifth place Friday, thanks to their win in the last race of the Worlds.
As well as the intercontinental title, the event also recognized the first placed boats in the Corinthian (non-professional crews), One Pro (only one professional sailor on board), Youth, Women’s and Mixed-Plus divisions, and the first finishing team with a woman at the helm.

In the Corinthian division, a win for Pedro Garra’s Plan B from YC Punta del Este, Uruguay. They were followed by Alec Cutler’s Hedgehog from Royal Bermuda YC (Bermuda) and the Italian team Sofía Giondi’s Wanderlust from YC Rimini, second and third place respectively.

In the One Pro division, the first placed team was Tim Ryan’s Vamos from the Cruising YC Australia, who also obtained a brilliant fifth place in the general classification. Second place was for Mexican team, Ignacio Pérez’s Zaguero from the Vallarta YC, and third for Nuno Espirito Santo’s Baba II from the CN Cascais (Portugal).

In the Mixed-Plus division, victory went to the local team of Maria Boyer’s Balearia, and the winners of the youth division were the Dutch team Sven Van Der Plasse’s Moore DRV from WV Wolphaartsdijk.

First place for the Women’s team division went to American Ava Wilson’s Team Convergence from the Chicago YC, and the first team to finish with a woman at the helm was fellow American Laura Grondin’s Dark Energy from the New York YC/GKPYC. Grondin’s team were also 15th place overall.

The Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds 2024 was organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the International J/70 Class Association, and was sponsored by Sandberg Estates, with the institutional collaboration of Palma Town Hall, the Spanish Navy, the Baleares Port Authority, the Spanish Royal Sailing Federation and the Baleares Sailing Federation.

TOP 5:

  1. [USA] Yonder, Douglas Newhouse/Jeremy Wilmot, 55 points
  2. [BRA] Mindset, Ralph Vasconcellos, 66 points
  3. [GBR] Brutus II, Charles Thompson/Tom Mallindine, 68 points
  4. [USA] Rowdy, Richard Witzel, 83 points
  5. [AUS] Vamos, Tim Ryan, 96 points

CORINTHIAN:

  1. [URU] Plan B, Pedro Garra, 195 points
  2. [BER] Hedgehog, Alec Cutler, 195 points
  3. [ITA] Wanderlust, Sofia Giondi, 198 points

ONE PRO:

  1. [AUS] Vamos, Tim Ryan, 96 points
  2. [MEX] Zaguero, Ignacio Pérez, 183 points
  3. [POR] Baba II, Nuno Espirito Santo, 192 points

MIXED-PLUS:

  1. [ESP] Balearia, María Bover, 379 points
  2. [NED] UCAJB4U, John den Engelsman, 498 points
  3. [USA] Team Convergence, Ava Wilson, 614 points

ALL FEMALE:

  1. [USA] Team Convergence, Ava Wilson, 614 points

FEMALE HELM:

  1. [USA] Dark Energy, Laura Grondin, 162 points

YOUTH:

  1. [NED] Moore DRV, de Sven Van Der Plasse, 574 points

For complete event details, visit https://www.rcnp.es/j70worlds/.

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