After a great WoW (Women On Water) success in 2018, all sails were set for the second annual edition in 2019. The event was extended to 21 teams; this year WoW teams came from Portugal, Germany and Sweden to race on the Danish J/70 Sailing League boats. Host for the […]

The Finnish Sailing League concluded their 2019 season in October in Åland, when the top 12 club sailing teams competed on their fleet of J/70s for the Finnish Sailing League Championship. The competition took place in the West Harbor of Mariehamn, and a tough battle ensued for the title. On […]

After completing the Finnish J/70 Sailing League Championship the previous weekend, the Åländska Segelsällskapet hosted the Nordic Sailing Clubs Championship again in Mariehamn, Åland. Eleven teams from across the Scandinavian peninsula participated in the event, with teams representing Sweden, Norway and Finland. After two days of racing and nine races […]

The finale of the Italian J/70 Sailing League took place in the port of Portopiccolo in Trieste, Italy on the northeastern shores of the Adriatic Sea. A dozen teams participated in the regatta in very light, very difficult conditions; only three races were sailed for each team over the three-day […]

In the first weekend of October, Jachtclub Veere and the Royal Dutch Sailing & Rowing Association (KNZ & RV) organized the Eredivisie Sailing 2019. In total, 17 sailing club teams competed for qualification for the SAILING Champions League 2020 on the Ilsjmeer in front of the port of Muiden. In […]

Thanks to John den Engelsman for this report: We had a record 24 boats at our Nationals from 1-3 November in the Netherlands. Teams from four countries were competing in challenging conditions on Lake Braassem, close to Amsterdam. The Race Committee of Yacht Club Braassem did an excellent job giving […]

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) hosted the J/70 Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour from October 19-20. A strong shifty westerly wind blowing from the land provided tough conditions on day one, with gusts over 30 knots and a particularly challenging top mark set in a leeward bay with […]

The Hamble Winter Series continued on the Solent and Southampton Water, hosted by the Hamble Sailing Club. The Hamble One-design Championship was sailed on both the Saturday and Sunday of week three. PRO Ian Bullock set up station in the vicinity of William buoy for the Saturday starts to take […]

The Italian J/70 Class continues to grow, as 15 nations from across Europe participated: Poland, Russia, Germany, Monaco, United Kingdom, Malta, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia and France. In addition, there were teams from the USA in North America and Argentina from South America. For the 2019 […]

Thank you to Michał Korneszczuk for this report: The inaugural Polish Open Championship was held on September 27-29 in Sopot. It was the next step to establish J/70s in Poland, which seems to be on a good track. Yacht Club Sopot, organizing authority for the event, scheduled nine races for […]