Light Conditions Continue at J/70 Worlds It wasn’t a gale; it wasn’t even Force 3 … but it was just enough breeze to pull off one race on Day Three of the 2021 J/70 World Championship Regatta at California Yacht Club. Brian Keane and the crew of Savasana clung to […]

Who wouldn’t want a day off in Southern California, with the warm sunshine glinting off the blue Pacific? The hundreds of racers competing in the 2021 J/70 World Championship Regatta at California Yacht Club, that’s who! Sixty-one teams from 11 nations scurried onto the racecourse today, hopeful to make their […]

An over-enthusiastic fleet of J/70s bolted off the line on Day One of racing at the J/70 World Championship regatta here, hosted by California Yacht Club. “You all jumped the gun by three seconds,” Principal Race Office (PRO) Mark Foster boomed over the VHF, prompting a General Recalll, and a […]

At the only SAILING Champions League Qualifier this year, the 25 sailing clubs from 14 European nations presented sailing at its best for four days in the city center of Kiel. After a total of 50 races sailed in the matched fleet of J/70s, the winner was Regattaclub Oberhofen, a […]

With 36 entries, the J/70 Class was one of the biggest competing at Cowes Week with the added incentive of the four-day mini-series being a Grand Slam Event and a qualifier for next year’s World Championship. For three days of the regatta, the J/70 fleet had the honor of being […]

The Royal Southern Yacht Club Salcombe Gin July Regatta attracted 70 teams to the prestigious yacht club on the banks of the River Hamble. With no racing possible due to a lack of wind on the first day, competitors and club members enjoyed complimentary cocktails from the Salcombe Distillery Co. […]

The weather may not have delivered, but for many of the 7,000 sailors who headed out for the 90th anniversary of the Island Sailing Club’s Round the Island Race, this was a big day out in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The forecast for overcast skies and light winds were […]

The final day’s racing at the Landsail Tyres J-Cup was blessed with champagne conditions for the 50 teams at the annual J/Boats regatta in the UK, which has been run since 2000. The three-day regatta (24-26 June) provides one-design Classes and mixed Classes with highly competitive racing, but the J-Cup […]

PROYachting kicked off their 2021 Tenzor Cup Series on the Khimkin Reservoir located on the southwest side of downtown Moscow. Twenty-six teams were eager to get racing on the tactical flat-water lake, with racing hosted by the Royal Yacht Club. Six races were run despite the cold, rainy weather and […]

The French J/70 Class held their 2021 National Championship for a fleet of 15 boats in Arcachon, France, hosted by the Cercle de la Voile d’Arcachon. The fleet enjoyed three days of racing on the Atlantic Ocean with a total of 10 races. Winning by a significant margin was Jean-Yves […]