The J/70 Class returned to Continental Championship racing for the first time since 2019, as the North American Championship got underway in Annapolis, Maryland USA. Fifty-nine teams took to the Chesapeake Bay in winds between 6-8 knots, and completed three races. 2017 J/70 World Champion Peter Duncan on Relative Obscurity […]

The Royal Southern Yacht Club May Regatta, supported by Doyle Sails, was the first big open event of the year for the prestigious yacht club located on the Hamble River. Seventy-two teams enjoyed thrilling racing in The Solent with seven classes racing on two racecourses. The first day was cancelled […]

One of the most important regattas on the Argentinean J/70 regatta calendar is the San Isidro Labrador Trophy hosted by Club Nautico San Isidro along the Rio de La Plata. Twenty-eight boats registered to participate in the event—a record turnout for any J/70 regatta in Argentina. Over the course of […]

The first stage of the J/70 Cup 2021 concluded with four active tests, organized by the J/70 Italian Class with the support of the Navy of Nettuno and Yacht Club Nettuno. To determine the early end of the event, the sea state which, following a thorough inspection by the organizing […]

23 teams competed in Round One of the J/70 UK Grand Slam Series organized by the Warsash Sailing Club as part of the Warsash Spring Championship 2021. Calascione & Peters racing Calypso took the first victory in the seven-event series, scoring three wins out of seven races held in brisk […]

The Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on the southern isthmus of Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne hosted the 2021 Australian J/70 National Championship. Here is the report from Nickie Douglass: With two strong days of racing down in the 2021 J/70 Australian Championship, the weather served up testing conditions for the racing […]

Not even the pandemic was going to diminish the enthusiasm the Argentinean J/70 fleet had for getting themselves organized and out on the water. Traditionally, the fleet starts their season off Buenos Aires. Between Yacht Club Argentino’s facility on the city waterfront, to Mar de La Plata Yacht Club and […]

The KDY Organizing Committee and the International J/70 Class Association had a meeting to go through all options for making the 2021 J/70 European Championship a success. The restrictions and regulations on how to adapt to the Corona situation would most likely make sailing possible, but there will be restrictions […]

The 2021 pandemic version of the Primo Cup Trophee Credit Suisse took place on the waters of Hercules Bay in front of Monte Carlo, Monaco. Hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco, the fleet of 20 local J/70s enjoyed two-straight days of nice sailing. Here are the reports of what […]

Eighteen teams participated in the 2021 South Atlantic Circuit Championship, sponsored by GALICIA EMINENT, from January 15-31, spread out over three weekends. Host for the event was the Yacht Club Argentino, with racing taking place on the waters of the Rio de La Plata. Despite best efforts by the YC […]