The Danish J/70 Sailing League created their Youth League two years ago, and it continues to grow in popularity with young kids at sailing clubs across Denmark. Most recently, they enjoyed great sailing with racing managed by the Skovshoved Sailing Club. This year, it was the YOUNGSTER II team who […]
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KDY SHARKS Lead J/70 Danish Sailing League
The Skovshoved Sailing Club, together with the Danish Sailing League, hosted the third of four events in their season series off Skovshoved. The 18 teams who were participating had good weather all three days. Winning the third event and cementing their position at the top of the leaderboard for the […]
Read MoreNRV Leads J/70 German Sailing League
Thirty-six teams from both the first and second levels participated in the fourth round of the German J/70 Sailing League at the club Seglerhaus am Wannsee. The Wansee Lake was a challenge for the 36 clubs, as the teams fought hard over the three days with spinning winds, sun, rain […]
Read MoreMunchner YC Tops German J/70 Youth Sailing League
The second round of the German J/70 Youth Sailing League took place on the Wannsee lake in Berlin. There were 20 enthusiastic youth teams on the starting line, hosted by the Berlin Yacht Club. The sailors were fortunate that forecasts for 8-15 knot winds from the west provided the best […]
Read MoreKSSS Lengthens Lead at Swedish J/70 League
Eighteen teams participated in the third round of the Swedish J/70 Sailing League in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. In the end, the overall leader of the Swedish J/70 Sailing League (the Allsvenskan Segling 2018), the KSSS (Royal Swedish YC), added yet another bullet to their season scoreline to count just 4 points […]
Read MoreRegattaclub Bodensee Lead in Swiss J/70 League
On the first day of the sailing on the mountain lake of Davos, the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) and the Regattaclub Bodensee made it clear they were in top form. In difficult wind conditions, the fresh north wind turned strong, and both teams constantly sailed in the top two […]
Read MoreForty-two J/70s Enjoy Lendy Cowes Week
Cowes Week is one of the UK’s longest running and most successful sporting events. It offers a mix of competitive sailing and social activities with 8,500 competitors. The 2018 edition started August 4 and ended August 11. The 42-boat J/70 fleet saw Paul Ward’s EAT SLEEP J REPEAT take the […]
Read MoreKSSS Dominates Nordic J/70 Championship
Spectacular sailing conditions greeted sailors participating in the Nordic J/70 Championship, hosted by the Royal Swedish YC (KSSS) off Sandhamn, Sweden for the 22 teams. In the end, Oscar Lundqvist’s crew on HILDA (Jacob Lundqvist, Erik & Oskar Skoting and Oliver Österberg) counted four bullets and two deuces to finish […]
Read MoreSAILING Champions League Semi-Finals Russia Led by Germans
Norddeutscher Regatta Verein has won the second Semifinal of the SAILING Champions League 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia after four days of challenging racing. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein only just beat fellow Germans Deutscher Touring Yacht Club by 2.8 points, with Russia’s Navigator Sailing Team in third overall. Now, 32 clubs […]
Read MoreWINDMADE Leads Santander Bank J/70 Winter Series
From July 28-29, Juan Reid and crew onboard J/70 #1 WINDMADE won the first weekend of the Santander Bank Chilean J/70 Winter Series that is being held in Algarrobo Bay. With great winter conditions (sunny days, 16 degrees Celsius, 8-12 knots and flat seas), nine boats got together for a […]
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