The 43rd edition of the SPI OUEST France-Banque Populaire Grand Ouest delivered on its promise of great sailing and camaraderie after three days of competition. 341 boats and 1,646 sailors enjoyed sailing on the Bay of La Trinité-sur-Mer. The Societe Nautique de La Trinite sur Mer again hosted the popular […]

The closing day of the SAILING Champions League Final, an event organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, saw Finnish team Esbo Segelförening take victory and claim the title of “Best Yacht Club of the year.” The Swiss crew from Seglervereinigung Kreuzlingen and Germany’s Flensburger Segel-Club finished in second and […]

The 2021 J/70 UK National Championship, hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron, came to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday 10th October. Nick Phillips’ Chaotic and Doug Struth’s DSP won the Open and Corinthian titles respectively. The Royal Thames YC Academy team, skippered by Bethan Mathews and helmed by Dom Davis, […]

Looking forward to their third event of the winter season was the large J/70 fleet in Argentina. The third event was the “Luis A Cerrato International Grand Prix,” hosted by Yacht Club Olivos with sailing taking place on the Rio de La Plata for the 14 entries. The YCO PRO […]

The Swiss J/70 Sailing League grand showdown took place in Biel, Switzerland. After a few false starts earlier in the season due to rapidly changing pandemic issues, the hundreds of Swiss J/70 sailors finally had an opportunity to see everyone one again from across the Alpine nation. The organizers of […]

Fourteen teams sailed the 2021 SSL Women’s Cup in Davos, Switzerland with teams enjoying an eight-race event on Lake Davos. In the end, the SSL Women’s Cup winner was determined on a tiebreaker. Winning on the countback was the Regatta Club Oberhofen, with Lisa Thönen as skipper and crew of […]

One of the most popular events for the Mediterranean Trophy in the Marseilles J/70 fleet is the Massilia Cup held off Marseilles, France. An eight-boat fleet was hosted by the Le Cercle Nautique et Touristique du Lacydon. Boats were treated to widely varying weather conditions, with a stormy, wet, rainy […]

Thirty-eight crews gathered in Punta Ala to take part in the final act of the J/70 Cup 2021 Series and compete for the title of Italian Champion in 2021. The regatta was sailed off the peninsula of Punta Ala, the first time the Italian J/70 Class has sailed in this […]

The 2021 Norwegian J/70 Championship had 23 boats. It was a very good event, despite demanding wind conditions on Friday and Saturday. Eleven races were completed in all kinds of conditions. Taking the gold medal was local sailor Jostein Grødum with crew of Maren Magda Book, Karl Otto Book and […]

The Swedish National Championship was sailed on the Swedish west coast in Träslövsläge. Thirty-nine teams showed up at the start line. The majority were Swedish teams, but there were also five teams from Finland. It was a really windy Championship, with winds at 16-24 knots the two first days, and […]