A fleet of 21 J/70s drove the mountain roads of Switzerland down to Ascona for the 2021 Swiss J/70 National Championship. The event was hosted by the Regatta Club Lago Maggiore and Yacht Club Locarno. After a total of nine races sailed in mostly thermal/seabreeze conditions on the lake, it […]

The final day of the Land Union September Regatta, hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, was blessed with better wind than forecast, producing a grand finale for the Royal Southern Summer Series. Class winners were presented with Land Union Trophies by Lutz Strangemann at a prizegiving held at the […]

Almost 3,000 sailors from 23 nations came with more than 900 dinghies and keelboats, sea-going yachts and windsurfing boards to 21 competitions of the nine-day Kieler Woche 2021. As the other J/70 positions were still being fought out on the course, the Hamburg winner Claas Lehmann was already “marching into […]

It has been a European Championship blessed with exceptional weather and four days of world class racing in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seventeen nations competed for the title of European Champion, but there can only be one winner – and this time that winner came from Spain. José María Torcida Seghers sailed […]

After yesterday spent waiting for wind, Friday saw three races completed in both the Silver and Gold fleets of the J/70 European Championship in Copenhagen. The 98 competing boats enjoyed yet another day of sunshine, racing with winds of 5-6 knots outside the harbor of Skovshoved. Italy’s Claudia Rossi dominated […]

At this year’s ORC Sportboat European Championship hosted in Istanbul, Turkey, there were 27 entries that raced together while being scored both overall and in two separate classes that define ORC Sportboat Class A and Class B. Saruhan Cinay skippering his Turkish team on HSSK’s J/70 NIMBUS scored 21.0 points […]

Day two at the J/70 European Championship offered just as amazing sailing conditions as the previous day: smooth waters and a stable Northerly breeze of 6-8 knots. The final three qualifying races were conducted on both the Northerly and Southern courses in full view from Skovshoved Harbour, Copenhagen. Thursday, the […]

Hard to ask for better conditions as the Royal Danish Yacht Club kicks off the 2021 J7/0 European Championship in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear skies, sun and Northwesterly breeze of 5-8 knots delivered near perfect conditions for the 98 boats competing for the European title. Today’s three qualifier races were fully […]

The 39th edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE closed in the Mediterranean island resort of Palma de Mallorca, Spain where the J/70s were sailing for the Herbalife Cup. The 39th Copa del Rey MAPFRE was organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, […]

The second event in the Allsvenskan Sailing (Swedish J/70 Sailing League) was conducted off the seaside town of Örnsköldsvik. There were 14 flights for the 18 teams. Then, the six best clubs competed in the finale in a double point race to determine the overall winner. In the end, there […]