It was a perfect last day of racing in Porto Cervo, Italy at the Audi SAILING Champions League that saw the German team from Segel-und Motorboot Club Überlingen cinch the highest spot on the podium. The Italian team from Aeronautica Militare came in second ahead of the Swiss team […]

In an impressive display of consistency on the shifty, puffy waters of Alster Lake in downtown Hamburg, Germany, the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein Team “five-peated” the German J/70 Sailing League. Their helmsman Tobias Schadewaldt was also a repeat winner from their 2018 winning team. The ONE Kiel team secured the runner-up […]

Nine skilled women’s teams competed at the Royal Thames Yacht Club Women’s Open J/70 Championship, which took place over the weekend of 19th – 20th September, in champagne sailing conditions. The standings at the end of day one saw Katie Greenland’s RTYC team of Katie Ward, Nicky Muller and Jo […]

Over the two recent weekends, the 18 teams who are participating in the 2020 Deutscher Segel-Bundesliga have been fortunate enough to have great sailing over their three-day events. The third event in the series was sailed on Berlin’s Wansee Lake, while the fourth event was sailed off Kiel on the […]

The Danish J/70 Sailing League shortened-season finale was sailed off Skovshoved with 18 sailing clubs participating from across Denmark. The fleet had amazing weather all weekend long with great sailing on both Saturday and Sunday. Sailing on Saturday was so good that the host Skovshoved Sailing Club PRO managed to […]

With consistent sailing of an experienced crew, the KSSS Team (Royal Swedish YC) took home the Allsvenskan gold racing in their fleet of matched J/70s. A second place in the last regatta of the series in Västerås was enough for their fifth gold in six years. Sailing for KSSS was […]

The Land Union September Regatta, organized by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, concluded on Sunday 20th September. In the J/70 fleet, Jonnie Goodwin’s RYS team was the winner. In second place was Simon Patterson’s Standfast and Kai – Uwe Hollweg’s Boysterous was third. “What a fantastic weekend it has been; […]

In its 139th year, Kiel Week focused on its roots again. From 5 to 13 September, the sport of sailing moved into the center of attention. It was an extraordinary atmosphere at one of the largest sailing events in the world—and in 2020, almost the only one. Teams enjoyed sailing […]

The J/70 UK Class boast reigning World Champions in both the Open and Corinthian Classes. However, a dramatic end to racing at the 2020 J/70 UK National Championships, resulted in two new National Champions. Spectacular conditions on the final day were used to the full by the Royal Southern YC […]

Like their fellow J/70 sailing leagues across Europe, it has been difficult to conduct any regatta due to the restrictions placed at multiple levels of regulations. However, Germany’s various agencies finally permitted the Deutsche Segel-bundesliga to host their first event of the season on the Wansee Lake for 36 sailing […]