Articles by: J70 Class

GREAT WHITE Crowned J/70 Canadian Champion at Chester Race Week

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 […]

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ROWDY 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 […]

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Winners 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 […]

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PATAKIN 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 […]

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SAGE 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 […]

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J/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 […]

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Kiel 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 […]

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