The 2019 edition of the Swiss Sailing Women’s Cup enjoyed two glorious days of sailing with a south wind in the 5-10 knots range. It was a great atmosphere on the lake for the 15 teams from all four corners of Switzerland. In total, 20 races were sailed. Saturday started […]

20 knots of breeze piping in from the north created full-on battle conditions for the 20-nation fleet on day three of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship. For the third consecutive day, the Open and Corinthian leaders have changed, with teams from nine nations occupying the top 10 places. […]

Twenty nations are competing for the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship, and teams from seven different countries occupy the top 10 places after six races. The breeze for day two started with a stable 10 knots from the southwest, but backed south after the first race, building to a […]

The Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship kicked off Monday, September 2 with three races in Torbay UK. Big wind shifts and changes in wind speed tested the 78 teams competing, as well as the Race Management team led by Stuart Childerley. In the Open Class, Joel Ronning (USA) racing […]

Monday 2 September, racing will start at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. This will be the sixth edition of the J/70 World Championship and the first to take place in the UK. Five days of windward-leeward racing are scheduled with up […]

Paul Ward’s Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat is the 2019 J/70 UK National Champion. King and Wilson’s Soak Racing is the Corinthian UK National Champion. Michael Goldfarb’s Warcanoe from Seattle (USA) was the top team out of all the 35 international teams competing. Calascione & Ripard’s Calypso (MLT) was third for […]

The second day of the J/70 UK National Championship was one to keep your head out of the boat. After a delay ashore, a sea breeze materialized producing super-light conditions for the international fleet. Avoiding the wind holes and tuning into the breeze direction as it slowly shifted south were […]

Caribbean style conditions on the first day of the J/70 UK National Championship had the J/70 fleet grinning form ear to ear, after three highly competitive races in the beautiful surrounding of Torbay, nicknamed Torbados by the J/70 fleet. Calascione & Ripard’s Calypso was the top performing boat racing for […]

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron turned on the afterburners in a thrilling four-boat showdown to win the SAILING Champions League 2019 on the lake of St. Moritz (15-18 August). The crew from Sydney were the only non-European team among 24 clubs representing 10 nations, and now the trophy flies out of […]

26-year-old Tilly Harrison’s Sorcha J has won the J/70 Mini-Series at Cowes Week. Tilly’s father Peter owns the Maxi72 Sorcha, and they often race together but not on this occasion. Tilly lives in Putney with her two dogs and loves to sail in her spare time. Aptly on Ladies’ Day […]