Sixteen boats sailed the 2018-2019 winter series in Barcelona, Spain; the event was hosted by Real Club Náutico de Barcelona. The teams hailed from across Europe: Cyprus, Great Britain, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Italy. Winning the overall winter series was the Russian crew of AMAIZ SAILING TEAM with Egor […]

The sixth Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series of monthly regattas held from October to March ended in style with the fifth and final Act taking place in spring conditions (sunshine and wind) to the delight of teams who set up their winter base in the Principality. Organized by the Yacht Club […]

A competitive fleet of 19 competed at the Chilean SANTANDER J/70 Nationals. Hosting the regatta was the Real Club Nautico del Algarrobo. The regatta’s outcome was determined by a tie-breaker based on the results of the final race. Winning that tie-breaker was Mathias Robertson’s MORENITA with a 3-1-4-1 record for […]

Over the March 1-3 weekend, the final stage of the Russian J/70 League Radio Monte Carlo Winter Series took place off Sochi, Russia, with sailing taking place on the Black Sea. Hosting the event for the 20 J/70 teams from across Russia was FGBU Yug Sport. For the third year […]

Winners were crowned on the final day of the Sydney Harbour Regatta, conducted by Middle Harbour Yacht (MHYC), over the weekend. This was the 14th running of the regatta for MHYC, which is in the throes of celebrating 80 years. All competitors were flying Clean Up Australia flags from the […]

Registration is open for the 2019 J/70 European Championship taking place June 21-29 in Malcesine Italy. See the event website for complete details: www.j70europeans2019.com.

Hamble-based yacht sales business Key Yachting Ltd, have made the truly sad and shocking announcement that Paul Heys, co-founder and Managing Director, has passed away. Paul was enjoying a much-deserved holiday in the Caribbean with his wife Marie-Claude and came into difficulties while swimming on Monday morning. Paul was a […]

The Real Club Nautico de Barcelona hosted its Barcelona Winters Series for J/70s on the Mediterranean. Eighteen J/70s from Spain, Germany, Cyprus, Russia, Poland, Norway, Italy and the United Kingdom have been competing at the Barcelona waterfront for five events so far (one final weekend is left on March 16-17). […]

The Trofeo Bosch Service Solutions J/70 Winter Series, hosted by the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, brought together the best sailors from across Spain to race in the waters of the Vigo estuary. The fourth and final event of the winter long series 2018/2019 saw Jose Maria “Pichu” Torcida. His […]

Over 400 sailors on 93 one-designs in five classes made the trip to Monaco for a long week-end (7-10 February) of racing in the 35th Primo Cup, awarded by Credit Suisse with garments from SLAM for the top three teams in every Class. Launched in 1985, at the instigation of […]