GRUNDIG Hankø Race Week is one of Norway’s most famous annual regattas. The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (KNS) collaborates with Hankø Yacht Club, and the KNS hosted the J/70 Norwegian Championship. For the first Norwegian Nationals, 13 boats participated. In the end, it was Eivind Astrup’s NORWEGIAN STEAM that was […]

The final day of the Audi Invitational Team Racing Challenge saw defending champs Newport Harbor Yacht Club (USA) clinch victory ahead of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) and the New York Yacht Club (USA)—who placed second and third respectively. The third edition of this event, organised by the Yacht […]

Sixty-one yachts competed in the Harken June Regatta, as part of the 2018 Summer Series organised by the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Glorious sunshine prevailed for a weekend of Solent racing with up to six races enjoyed by 11 classes. In the J/70 fleet, Ian Wilson’s Soak Racing, helmed by […]

The Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY) won 14 of their 20 heats in the J/70s to win the regatta ahead of fellow Danes, Hellerup Sejlklub. The Danes dominated the first ever event of the Women’s Sailing Champions League which concluded after day three of Kieler Woche in north Germany. Strangely, […]

After five days of spectacular racing in the stunning Ria de Vigo, the final race of 13 high-octane battles produced a fitting climax to a sensational event. The J/70 European Championship Trophy will be returning to Italy, to the same town, and the same house but with a new name […]

69 teams from 17 different countries enjoyed yet another spectacular day of racing in the Ria de Vigo for the J/70 European Championship. A thick sea fog cleared by late morning, switching on the sea breeze to provide two races with surfing conditions in stunning surroundings. The day belonged to […]

After two days of fast exhilarating sailing, the pace changed with lighter conditions in the Ria de Vigo, but the intensity of the brilliant sunshine and the competition was still red hot. After two general recalls in Race eight, the black flag was hoisted, and 13 teams were disqualified in […]

The German J/70 Sailing League (DSBL) returned to the place where everything began five years ago—Tutzing on Lake Starnberg, hosted by the Deutscher Touring YC (DTYC) for the season opener that was sailed from June 8-10. “The league is back to its roots, and a lot has changed since then. […]

The first match of the Dutch J/70 Sailing League was sailed in Roermond. Under difficult conditions with little wind, Watersportvereniging Uitdam performed the most consistently to win the weekend event after sailing just six races for each of the 15 sailing club teams on Saturday. Day One: The sailors from […]

Day two of the J/70 European Championship produced a second day of thrilling racing in the Ria de Vigo. The wind speed topped out at over 20 knots for much of the day, providing awesome downwind conditions for the 69 international teams competing for the J/70 Open and Corinthian European […]