The final day of the Landsail Tyres J/Cup in partnership with B&G was nothing short of spectacular in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. With 20 knots, gusting 25 out of the southwest, there were thrills and spills across the 67-boat fleet. In the J/70 fleet, Geoff Carveth from Warsash, helming […]

After the successful inaugural Sailing Champions League regatta in Copenhagen in the fall of 2014, the Danish Sejlsportsligaen have started off their 2015 season with 36 highly motivated clubs. As a result of this enthusiasm, the Sejlsportsligaen is split into two “flights” (1 and 2) so that 18 teams can […]

At the end of May, the first Swedish Sailing League (called “Allsvenskan”) started in Saltsjöbaden. 18 clubs came to sail against each other. The weekend offered summer and sun, but very challenging conditions. The winner after 11 flights overall was the host club KSSS (the Royal Swedish YC). On Friday, […]

It was a thoroughly enjoyable event for everyone during the second Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga event sailed in J/70s over the weekend of June 5-7 in Kiel, Germany. There was lots of drama and anxiety going into the last race, but in the end, it was the Chiemsee Yacht Club (CYC) team […]

Blessed with better than average sailing conditions over all three days of the regatta, the Yacht Club du Crouesty Arzon in France did a fantastic job of hosting their famous annual regatta: the Grand Prix du Crouesty. With such great conditions, the sailing off Port Navalo on the Baie de […]

The basis for this event was the result of a passionate sailor who wished to bring together youth sailors from across Mexico to join other international Optimist sailors in Acapulco, a venue famous for its sailing conditions and extraordinary hospitality. That person, Aaron “El Chat” Saenz, believed in bringing together […]

As the first major J/70 regatta of the season hosted by Potsdamer YC on the Wannsee in Berlin, Germany, it was the team of JUST IN TIME skippered by Gordon Nickel (including Sebastian Rocke, Fiege Nils-Mathes, Nils Merten Farber) who took the 13-boat fleet overall honors. The event had two […]

Twenty-five teams from three countries contested the second leg of the J/70 ALCATEL ONETOUCH Italian Trophy this past weekend, May 16-17. Classic Sanremo gentle breezes, varying in direction from 230-235 degrees and generally averaging between 7-12 knots ushered the two-day, five-race event hosted by the local Yacht Club. At halfway […]

For the first regatta of their season-long circuit, the J/70 sailors in the Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga sailing off Tutzing on Lake Starnberg were put to the test in wet, rainy and light air conditions ((Tutzing, Germany). At the end of the day, it was local heroes Deutscher Touring YC that won […]