26-year-old Edward Gary and his Ayacucho team sailed consistently across the eight race series to earn their first J/70 title. In true Corinthian spirit, Gary assembled a roster with a major friends and family component: Travis Carlisle, College Sailing teammate Brendan Read, and Brendan’s father Brad Read. “Feels great!” said […]

The Union Nautique Marseillaise hosted its annual SEMAC Trophy Regatta in Marseilles, France. It was the fifth stage of the J/70 Coupe de France summer series. The regatta ended up with a four-way battle for the top of the podium. Winning this event was Dominique Stella’s BRAFOUGNE with a 3-3-5-2-1 […]

The International J/70 Class Association (IJ70CA) Executive Committee (EC) has unanimously agreed to the J/70 Class membership suspension of Alexandre Saldanha for one year from the date of the Rules infraction June 9, 2024. Furthermore, the EC has issued a letter of reprimand to Renato Faria. The IJ70CA EC authority […]

Dozens of competitors from across Canada and the Eastern Seaboard descended upon the fishing village of Chester, Nova Scotia for Canada’s largest keelboat regatta—Chester Race Week—sailed from August 15-18 and hosted by Chester Yacht Club. Under variable conditions that included light air, fog and medium air with brilliant sunshine, over […]

For the first week of August, the Cowes Combined Clubs hosted their annual highlight of the summer sailing season on the Solent: the infamous Cowes Race Week off Cowes, Isle of Wight England. Hundreds of boats and thousands of sailors flooded the seaside town with parties and challenging sailing. The […]

The Fraglia Vela Malcesine hosted the third event of the Italian J/70 Cup on Lake Garda in July. The 36-boat fleet was treated to two great days of sailing and seven races. Rich Witzel’s ROWDY team from Chicago USA (Joachim Aschenbrenner, Max Salminen & Tomas Dietrich) posted three seconds in […]

The usually reliable Bay of Palma has not only delivered good racing conditions for each and every day of the 42nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE, but it saved the best until the last day when the new Finals format added spice to the deciding finale. Portuguese Olympic bronze medalist Hugo […]

A fleet of 50 teams from around the world assembled in the venue of Fraglia Vela Riva on the shores of Lake Garda. In the end, the RC team ran eight races over the three-day event. Winning was the Spanish team of Luis Albert on PATAKIN. His team of Gerardo […]

The J/70 International Class has decided to award the hosting of the first-ever Corinthian J/70 European Championship to Cascais, Portugal in 2025. The event will take place between the 29th of April to the 4th of May 2025, and will be hosted by Clube Naval de Cascais (CNC). Worldwide-recognized Clube […]

The 2024 French J/70 National Championship took place from June 21 to 23 in Arcachon, France. Nineteen crews took part in the event organized by Cercle de la Voile d’Arcachon, led by RC/PRO Eric Limousin and his team. After nine races, it was Damian Michelier’s SAGE ENGINEERS and his crew […]