The first edition of the Clube Naval de Cascais Invitational Cup took place from September 29th to October 1st. The inaugural edition featured eight teams from five clubs from 5 different countries. The race was contested in the J/70 class with the boats provided by the organization and the format […]

This year’s first competition in the Swedish J/70 Sailing League was conducted in a sunny Skanör for a fleet of 18 teams from across Sweden. Halmstads Segelsällskap took the lead on Friday and kept it until it was time for the finale. The finale has double points awarded, and there […]

Thanks to the Berlin Yacht Club for the great event and especially to the race director Axel Paul, who managed five classes very confidently and quickly, despite the strenuous NE wind direction on the shifty lake conditions in the middle of Berlin. Thirteen J/70 teams participated, 10 from Berlin and […]

The first regatta of Grundig Sailing Cup 2022 took place off Horsens, Denmark, hosted by Horsens Sejlklub. After three good days of sailing, and with 14 races in winds from 8-25 knots, the winners were the Swedish team skippered by Henrik Ottosson. In the first nine races, Ottosson’s SWE 1570 […]

The J/70 South Coast Championship was hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron. Race Officer Philip Warwick and his RYS RC/PRO team were roundly applauded by the fleet for running six excellent races in highly changeable conditions. The start to Day One was delayed waiting for a seabreeze to fill in […]

The first major regatta of the season on the Baltic Sea for sailors in Kiel saw a dozen J/70 teams assemble on the inner bay for the MaiOR (May Offshore Race). Hosted Kieler Yacht Club managed to run a nine-race series for the fleet over the three-day event. Sailing on […]

The Swiss Sailing League Women’s Cup 2022 started in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland for a fleet of 18 club teams with 4-5 women sailors per boat, hosted by Yacht Club Bielersee. Over 40 women benefitted from having participated in the prior week at the sailing sports center in Tenero du BASPO; the […]

Thirty-six sailing clubs with around 300 sailors from across Germany gathered in Warnemünde to sail the fifth Act of their summer-long series from September 17-19, with sailing taking place on the Baltic Sea. This is the ninth season of the German Sailing League, and its popularity with German sailors continues […]

Twelve women’s teams participated in this year’s edition of the WOW Regatta (Women-on-Water) sailed in Sundby, Denmark, a village north of Copenhagen on the Baltic Sea. Using a matched fleet of six J/70s from their Danish Seljsportsligaen.dk, the women were assured of fun, fair, close competition. From September 18-19, teams […]

Fantastic sailing conditions prevailed at the 2021 edition of the “Interboot Trophy.” Also known as the “Lake Constance Battle IV,” the fleet of 22 J/70s enjoyed 12 races over the September 18-19th weekend. All three countries ringing the third largest lake in Europe were represented: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Regatta […]