The three-day six-race 28th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta on Port Phillip in Melbourne wrapped up when the final two races decided the outcome of two open divisions and the S80 Division, the best five results counting in the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS), hosted regatta. A wider range of conditions […]

Day One of the J/70 European Championship was blessed with sparkling conditions in Ria de Vigo. A brisk northerly breeze piped up to 18 knots with a metre sea state providing thrilling downwind conditions. Highly competitive starts, with solid traffic at mark roundings, made for high octane racing of the […]

Over 70 teams from 15 countries will contest the 2018 J/70 Class Open European Championship and 2018 J/70 Corinthian Class European Championship. The reigning Open and Corinthian J/70 World Champions will be competing, and the entire podium from the 2017 J/70 European Championship, plus a galaxy of stars from the […]

Teams from 22 clubs representing 13 nations were battling over four intense days of competition at Semifinal 1 of the SAILING Champions League (SCL) in Porto Cervo for a ticket to the SAILING Champions League Final in St. Moritz coming up at the end of August. The first 14 sailing […]

The second of four events that constitute the 2018 Swedish Sailing League series took place in Ekero, just outside of Stockholm. The fleet of 18 sailing clubs from across Sweden was having a difficult time with the sailing conditions and, as a result, only 10 of the scheduled 15 races […]

The third act of the Russian J/70 Sailing League Premiere Division took place at the Konakovo River Club, northwest of Moscow. The 16 teams were treated to a wide variety of winds over the three-day weekend, from a complete glass-out at times to over 20 knots. After a total of […]

“We had a good start, tried to sail easily and we used our routine,” said Frode Stavang, skipper of the Florø team, who won the series opener in the Norwegian Sailing League First Division. Frode Stavang, Even Onstad, Kjetil Karstensen Innerhus and Vegard Reksten Årebrot comprised the team for Florø […]

The second round of the Swiss Sailing Promotion League took place from June 2-3 off Romanshorn. The event brought together sailing clubs from all four corners of Switzerland. In total, Switzerland now has three levels of participation in their leagues for 12 sailing clubs each, bringing the total participation to […]

The Real Club Nautico de Vigo hosted the Vigo J/70 Winter & Spring Series for two dozen boats. In addition, they also hosted this year’s BOSCH Spanish J/70 Nationals. Thirty-one teams participated in the Spanish Nationals, and five races were run over the weekend event. In the end, it was […]

The J/70 Southern Area Championship, hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club on June 2-3, attracted 19 J/70 teams for two days of thrilling racing in sparkling early summer weather. Seven races were held in classic Solent sea breeze conditions, with the wind speed piping up to a glorious 18 […]