This year’s annual Round the Island Race, organized by the Island Sailing Club, was one of the faster circumnavigations of the 53.2nm circuit around the Isle of Wight. It attracted 1,342 entries comprising about 14,000 sailors. Winning the J/70 class by a significant margin was the under 25 crew of […]

Over the three-day weekend in Hanko, Norway, the Royal Norwegian YC (KNS) hosted the GRUNDIG J/70 Nordic Championship. The racing took place just outside the island of Hankø and offered great course racing. The island is located in the southeastern part of Norway at the opening of the Oslo Fjord, […]

The local team of WSV Almere Centraal won the second act of the Dutch J/70 Sailing League on their home waters of the Aalsmeer. Finishing second was WSV Giesbeek, and SZ & WV Uitdam took the bronze. With this result, the WSV Almere Centraal team have taken the overall lead […]

The first event of the Finnish J/70 Sailing League took place in Aland, Mariehamina over the first weekend of July. In the end, it was a very tight finish for the top two teams, Nylandska Jaktklubben and Åländska Segelsällskapet 1 Team. After 11 races just three points separated these teams […]

For the second time in the history of the German Sailing League (DSBL), an event was held in front of Warnemünde on the big open waters of the North Sea. For three days, 18 clubs in the second Sailing League fought for important points that could enable them to qualify […]

The Bol d’Or Mirabaud, organized by the Cercle de la Voile- Société Nautique de Genève in Switzerland, is the most prestigious inland lake regatta in the world. Started in 1939, it welcomes monohulls and multihulls each year on Lake Geneva, starting in Geneva, Switzerland. 567 boats (about 2,500+ sailors) were […]

This year’s Kiel Week was marked by a variety of weather fronts that came rolling through, producing strong winds some days and light winds on others. Kieler YC had its hands full managing the fleets and getting in a full slate of races. The J/70s sailed six races of the […]

Excellent wind and weather conditions crowned the end of the third stage of the Swiss Sailing Challenge League on Lake Neuchâtel. In an open and exciting competition until the last race, the Segelclub Enge (Zurich) sailed well to win five races and win the regatta in Estavayer. Taking second was […]

The Moss SF moved their tactician Karl-Einar Jensen to helmsman for the weekend, and the move paid off. The team managed the change of roles for Moss Sailing Association and, once again, they delivered a win—so now it is two in a row for their sailing club. The SEIL magazine’s […]

The 2017 J/70 Canadian Championship was held over the last weekend of June at Port Credit Yacht Club as part of the Toronto Area Hospice Regatta. Nine boats, some from as far away as Graeme Carr’s Joyridin’ from Prince Edward Island, completed four races in shifty but fantastic conditions on […]