The 2019 edition of the Round The Island Race in the United Kingdom, hosted by the Island Sailing Club in Cowes, Isle of Wight, was one of the slowest ever for most of the fleet. The challenging 60.0nm race goes around the Isle of Wight. The forecast of sun and […]

Hankø Race Week was established in 1882, and over 137 years has developed as the greatest one-design event in Norway. In cooperation with Fredrikstad Seilforening, Hankø Yacht Club and GRUNDIG, 31 J/70 teams were treated to three days of sailing in the bay off Hanko. In the end, the J/70 […]

Russia’s most prestigious sailing project, the National Sailing League, held a regatta in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on June 14-16. 20 teams from the First Division have started their fourth battle. Government of the region Nizhny Novgorod, Administration of Nizhny Novgorod and Legislative Assembly of the region of Nizhny […]

Forty J/70s representing six nations (AUT, CHI, DEN, GER, NED, SUI) competed in the annual Kieler Woche in Kiel Germany during the last week of June. German teams comprised the entire top ten, led by Carsten Kemmling, who netted 23 points in the 10-race series. His lowest score of a […]

Malcesine gave another great sailing day and crowned Claudia Rossi, helm of Petite Terrible, the new J/70 European Champion. Claudia Rossi, in a third continental triumph, with a 4-6-2 series, dominated the final day of the Championship, comfortably at ease in windy conditions, with the Sud-Est blowing roughly 15 knots. […]

Great sailing in Malcesine for day 4 of the J/70 European Championship. Thanks to excellent weather conditions, the fleet managed to complete four races. The day’s stars were the Italians of L’elagain, with Franco Solerio at the helm and tactician Daniele Cassinari, with a strong performance in the previous series […]

Bodensee Yacht Club Überlingen won the second edition of the Youth SAILING Champions League after three days of racing at Kiel Week in Germany. Regattaclub Oberhofen from Switzerland is runner-up, ahead of Flensburger Segel Club in third place. A total of 21 clubs from nine nations came to Kiel for […]

A light wind inaugurated the final series of the J/70 European Championship, with Italian crews in the top three of the Gold standings. A series of general recalls forced the Race Committee to raise the black flag against illustrious competitors such as reigning champions Enfant Terrible, the English Eat, Sleep, […]

A long day two of racing in Malcesine closed the qualifying round for the J/70 European Championship. The Race Committee took home four races, with crews at sea until late in the afternoon. The bullets of the day, fought in medium wind conditions, were the Spaniards of Abril Verde and […]

Light winds inaugurated day one of the J/70 European Championships. The Race Committee, chaired by Giancarlo Crevatin, waited until late afternoon to complete two races. The stars were the Italians of Jcurve and Alice, the Russians of ZID Art Sailing Team and the Spaniards of Marnatura 1, catching bullets for […]