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 […]

Thirty-six sailing clubs with around 300 sailors from across Germany gathered in Warnemünde to sail the fifth Act of their summer-long series from September 17-19, with sailing taking place on the Baltic Sea. This is the ninth season of the German Sailing League, and its popularity with German sailors continues […]

Twelve women’s teams participated in this year’s edition of the WOW Regatta (Women-on-Water) sailed in Sundby, Denmark, a village north of Copenhagen on the Baltic Sea. Using a matched fleet of six J/70s from their Danish Seljsportsligaen.dk, the women were assured of fun, fair, close competition. From September 18-19, teams […]

Fantastic sailing conditions prevailed at the 2021 edition of the “Interboot Trophy.” Also known as the “Lake Constance Battle IV,” the fleet of 22 J/70s enjoyed 12 races over the September 18-19th weekend. All three countries ringing the third largest lake in Europe were represented: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Regatta […]

A fleet of 21 J/70s drove the mountain roads of Switzerland down to Ascona for the 2021 Swiss J/70 National Championship. The event was hosted by the Regatta Club Lago Maggiore and Yacht Club Locarno. After a total of nine races sailed in mostly thermal/seabreeze conditions on the lake, it […]

The final day of the Land Union September Regatta, hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, was blessed with better wind than forecast, producing a grand finale for the Royal Southern Summer Series. Class winners were presented with Land Union Trophies by Lutz Strangemann at a prizegiving held at the […]

Almost 3,000 sailors from 23 nations came with more than 900 dinghies and keelboats, sea-going yachts and windsurfing boards to 21 competitions of the nine-day Kieler Woche 2021. As the other J/70 positions were still being fought out on the course, the Hamburg winner Claas Lehmann was already “marching into […]

It has been a European Championship blessed with exceptional weather and four days of world class racing in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seventeen nations competed for the title of European Champion, but there can only be one winner – and this time that winner came from Spain. José María Torcida Seghers sailed […]