Dozens of competitors from across Canada and the Eastern Seaboard descended upon the fishing village of Chester, Nova Scotia for Canada’s largest keelboat regatta—Chester Race Week—sailed from August 15-18 and hosted by Chester Yacht Club. Under variable conditions that included light air, fog and medium air with brilliant sunshine, over […]
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Cowes Week
For the first week of August, the Cowes Combined Clubs hosted their annual highlight of the summer sailing season on the Solent: the infamous Cowes Race Week off Cowes, Isle of Wight England. Hundreds of boats and thousands of sailors flooded the seaside town with parties and challenging sailing. The […]
Read MoreROWDY Tops Italian J/70 Cup Malcesine
The Fraglia Vela Malcesine hosted the third event of the Italian J/70 Cup on Lake Garda in July. The 36-boat fleet was treated to two great days of sailing and seven races. Rich Witzel’s ROWDY team from Chicago USA (Joachim Aschenbrenner, Max Salminen & Tomas Dietrich) posted three seconds in […]
Read MoreWinners Crowned at 42nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE
The usually reliable Bay of Palma has not only delivered good racing conditions for each and every day of the 42nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE, but it saved the best until the last day when the new Finals format added spice to the deciding finale. Portuguese Olympic bronze medalist Hugo […]
Read MorePATAKIN Wins Italian J/70 J/Cup Act II
A fleet of 50 teams from around the world assembled in the venue of Fraglia Vela Riva on the shores of Lake Garda. In the end, the RC team ran eight races over the three-day event. Winning was the Spanish team of Luis Albert on PATAKIN. His team of Gerardo […]
Read MoreCascais, Portugal to Host the First-Ever J/70 Corinthian European Championship in Spring 2025
The J/70 International Class has decided to award the hosting of the first-ever Corinthian J/70 European Championship to Cascais, Portugal in 2025. The event will take place between the 29th of April to the 4th of May 2025, and will be hosted by Clube Naval de Cascais (CNC). Worldwide-recognized Clube […]
Read MoreSAGE ENGINEERS Crowned French J/70 National Champions
The 2024 French J/70 National Championship took place from June 21 to 23 in Arcachon, France. Nineteen crews took part in the event organized by Cercle de la Voile d’Arcachon, led by RC/PRO Eric Limousin and his team. After nine races, it was Damian Michelier’s SAGE ENGINEERS and his crew […]
Read MoreJ/CUP UK Regatta
Hosted by Key Yachting, the J/Cup UK Regatta is an annual event exclusively organized for J/Boats. J/Cup entails three days of racing hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble. The program is coupled with daily prize giving and shoreside entertainment. In the J/70 fleet after an exhausting eight-race […]
Read MoreKiel Week: A Sailing Festival with All Facets
The Kiel Week Regatta 2024 came to an end on Sunday 30 June after 285 extremely varied races between light winds and stormy gusts. KielerWoche.TV showed races live from the media track every day on the stage, partners and sponsors entertained and informed the guests in the afternoon, and there […]
Read MoreBrazilian Three Musketeers Seizes J/70 Corinthian World Championship
More than 100 J/70s contended for the inaugural title of J/70 Corinthian World Champion for 12 races over five days. With such a level of competition, it didn’t surprise anyone that the victor was decided in the final battle. In the Gold Fleet (55 boats), Alberto Guarischi’s Three Musketeers (BRA) […]
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