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Hometown Hero: Joel Ronning’s Catapult Wins 2025 J/70 U.S. National Championship on Lake Minnetonka

(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, […]

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Warsash Spring Championship

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 […]

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First J/70 Corinthian European Champion Crowned in Cascais

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 […]

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New Leader at J/70 Corinthian European Championship

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, […]

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Peter Duncan’s Reunited Team Takes the Title at J/70 Midwinter Championship in Miami Season Finale

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 […]

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