The Urnersee lived up to its reputation as a windy sailing area. With up to 15 knot winds, there was great sailing for the dozen sailing club teams in the second of four events in the Swiss Sailing Super League. Two days of perfect sailing conditions with wind and sunshine […]

Two races were held on the final day of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship. Twelve knots from the southwest provided a true wind for the start of racing, but that moderate breeze shifted and built west to 20 knots, gusting 26, to produce a fantastic finale. A memorable […]

The penultimate day of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship was blessed with beautiful conditions in Tor Bay.With the breeze coming from the land once again, shifts and puffs of breeze made for tricky conditions with snakes and ladders right across the race course. Three windward/leeward races were held […]

The 2019 edition of the Swiss Sailing Women’s Cup enjoyed two glorious days of sailing with a south wind in the 5-10 knots range. It was a great atmosphere on the lake for the 15 teams from all four corners of Switzerland. In total, 20 races were sailed. Saturday started […]

20 knots of breeze piping in from the north created full-on battle conditions for the 20-nation fleet on day three of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship. For the third consecutive day, the Open and Corinthian leaders have changed, with teams from nine nations occupying the top 10 places. […]

Twenty nations are competing for the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship, and teams from seven different countries occupy the top 10 places after six races. The breeze for day two started with a stable 10 knots from the southwest, but backed south after the first race, building to a […]

The Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship kicked off Monday, September 2 with three races in Torbay UK. Big wind shifts and changes in wind speed tested the 78 teams competing, as well as the Race Management team led by Stuart Childerley. In the Open Class, Joel Ronning (USA) racing […]

Monday 2 September, racing will start at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. This will be the sixth edition of the J/70 World Championship and the first to take place in the UK. Five days of windward-leeward racing are scheduled with up […]

Paul Ward’s Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat is the 2019 J/70 UK National Champion. King and Wilson’s Soak Racing is the Corinthian UK National Champion. Michael Goldfarb’s Warcanoe from Seattle (USA) was the top team out of all the 35 international teams competing. Calascione & Ripard’s Calypso (MLT) was third for […]

The second day of the J/70 UK National Championship was one to keep your head out of the boat. After a delay ashore, a sea breeze materialized producing super-light conditions for the international fleet. Avoiding the wind holes and tuning into the breeze direction as it slowly shifted south were […]