After a full week of hotly contested racing at the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship, Joel Ronning’s Catapult (USA 187) claimed the title of World Champions. Ronning, with tactician John Kostecki, finished with a 17-point lead over second place Julian Fernandez Neckelmann’s Flojito Y Cooperando (MEX 415), sailing with tactician […]
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Endurance Sailing at Day Four of the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship
Sailors are a hearty type, but even hearty bodies get tired, especially when exposed to world-class competition that requires A-game performances for several days in a row. Such is the game at the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club, as San Francisco Bay has been […]
Read MoreNew Leader at J/70 World Championship
Mother Nature had some surprises in store for the 68 boats that assembled on the Berkeley Circle for the third day of racing at the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club. Split personality conditions tested each boat’s light- and heavy-air skills, as well as their […]
Read MoreNeckelmann Wins Day, Takes Lead at J/70 World Championship
San Francisco has a storied reputation as a world-class venue during the summer and early fall, and day two of the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, did not disappoint. A marine layer and 10 knots of westerly breeze greeted racers at the docks, […]
Read MoreBreeze On as J/70 World Championship Gets Underway
World Championship regattas always generate high-level competition, but when you stack 68 of the world’s most popular One Design boats on San Francisco Bay in a crisp, late-September breeze, you can bet your last shackle that the competition will be ferocious. Such was the case at the start of the […]
Read MoreDanish J/70 Sailing League Act IV Finale
It was an epic final battle for the Danish J/70 Sailing League title in Skovshoved, Denmark. The duel between Frederikshavn and Hellerup sailing clubs went down to the wire, with Frederikshavn winning in the end. Frederikshavn Sejlklub sailed in Skovshoved with the team of Kris Houman (skipper), Rasmus Melsen, Søren […]
Read MoreGerman J/70 Sailing League Act IV
The fight for the Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga championship continued in the city of Kiel Germany. The first division fought head-to-head for 15 races with Deutscher Touring YC winning again over a cast of 17 sailing clubs from across Germany. Their team was led by Julian Stückl, Patrick Follmann, Jonas Vogt and […]
Read MorePhenomenal Sailing and World-Class Talent Expected at the 2016 Alcatel J/70 Worlds Hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club
Summer’s days may be numbered, but this comes as welcome news to all sailors participating in the 2016 Alcatel J/70 World Championship hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, as fall’s arrival neatly dovetails with the start of what promises to be a world-championship regatta for the ages. Starting and […]
Read MoreTriple-crown ALCATEL J/70 Cup Awarded to L’ELAGAIN
In Riva del Garda from September 9-11, the final act of the 2016 ALCATEL J/70 CUP ITALY took place. It was the fourth stage of the season-long series and also marked the finale for the ALPEN CUP—emblematic of the Lago di Garda J/70 Champion. Thirty-three crews representing nine countries sailed […]
Read MoreSwedish Sailing League Championship
The Swedish Sailing League held its grand finale last weekend in Göteborg, and the overall winner was Cape Crow Yacht Club. The team performed consistently well in every regatta this season, and the title was well deserved. Kongelig Svenska Segelsällskapet (KSSS Royal Swedish YC) took second, and Ekolns Segelklubb was […]
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