(Photos, videos, and story by Hannah Lee Noll) After five races in a full range of breeze, Joel Ronning’s Catapult team won the 2025 J/70 U.S. National Championship on home waters in Wayzata, Minnesota. Ronning, sailing in a One-Pro configuration with longtime teammate Victor Diaz de Leon, David Onan and Jessica Haverstock, […]

The Canary Islands’ HSN Sailing Team has been crowned overall winner of the 2025 Barcelona Spring Series in the J/70, after dominating all three events held this spring under the organization of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona. With a total of 42 points, the team led by Javier Padrón […]

The Warsash Sailing Club (UK) concluded the Warsash Spring Championship. A total of nine races were sailed for the tenacious sailors taking on the ever-changing Solent. Topping the 22-boat J/70 fleet was Martin Dent’s JELVIS with 19 points net. Rounding out the podium were Arthur Farley’s GENIUS winning the tiebreaker […]

The Massilia Cup took place from April 4-6 on the Olympic Games waters off Lacydon, France, hosted by Lacydon Nautique. Nearly 110 boats, including nine J/70s, participated in this first leg of the Coupe de France. Conditions were perfect for the three-day-long regatta. Friday started with 15-20 kts southeast winds, […]

Turkish Aspat Bay welcomed 21 J/70s boat for the fifth and final stage of Tenzor International Cup – J/70 Open Winter Series 2024-2025 joined with 1st Leg of Turkiye Tour Series! Regatta took place from April 10-13 in different weather conditions with sun and winds up to 22 knots on […]

The Real Club Náutico de Barcelona hosted the second act of the Barcelona Spring Regattas J/70, a series that continues the Club’s intense sailing calendar following the successful conclusion of the Winter Series. Although the number of entries was slightly lower than the first event, with a fleet of 14 […]

The first-ever J/70 Corinthian European Championship ended with a fully Spanish podium after eight races at Clube Naval de Cascais Portugal. Besting the 54-boat fleet was Javier Padron’s HSN SAILING TEAM with Adolfo Lopez Quevedo, Luis Bugallo Arriola and Ricardo Terrades Espinosa. Although they did not win a race, they […]

The inaugural J/70 Corinthian European Championship has been a roller coaster of conditions at Clube Naval de Cascais Portugal. After three races on day one with solid breeze and significate swell and chop, the 54 teams were kept ashore on day two due to massive waves and wind. On Saturday, […]

The International J/70 Class Association continues to grow and evolve, debuting the Corinthian European Championship this year in Cascais Portugal. Amateur racing in the J/70 is in high demand, evidenced by the 54 teams participating in this new continental format, at the home of the 2026 J/70 World Championship. Conditions […]

Seven races. Heavy air. Fifty boats. The 2025 J/70 Midwinter Championship wrapped up with all the gusts, grit and glory sailors can expect from a Miami regatta. Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity earned the title with their third consecutive win this season. The team—with tactician Victor Diaz de Leon, Jud Smith, and Willem […]