Nine teams went to Monaco for the 2K Tour grand finale. The 2K Tour comprises seven events in England, Italy, Sweden, Germany and The Netherlands. Targeted at young sailors aged 20-25 from major yacht clubs, this is a team race two-against-two format with races every 15 minutes and no spinnakers […]

In the third week of December 2017, the Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico hosted the J/70 Chilean Nationals off Algarrobo, Chile. The fleet of 14 boats was blessed with great conditions all weekend, with sunny skies and 8-12 knots on the first day and a much windier, sunny day on Sunday […]

The third Act of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona Winter Series saw good winds, sun, and three races. The racing took place in a shifty, northerly breeze blowing 10-17 knots with occasional gusts over 20+ knots. The offshore breeze made racing difficult to stay at the front of the […]

Some 50 entrants and 150 sailors from nine nationalities were out again in force for Act III of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series, organized once a month by the Yacht Club de Monaco from October to March, in collaboration with technical clothing supplier SLAM, an initiative of Valentin Zavadnikov. Valeria […]

The leader of the Barcelona J/70 Winter Series is a top Dragon sailor in Europe—Javier Scherk, who chartered NOTICIAS and renamed it after all his boats GUNTER. After their first day of sailing, they had posted a 1-2 to be the leader of the fleet, followed by Luís Albert Solana’s […]

There was no down-time for the 150 sailors competing in Act II of the 5th Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series, organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco in partnership with SLAM. Eight races were run in 10-12 knot south-south-westerlies for the 27 J/70s over three days. It was down to the […]

The 2017 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga championship (DSBL) was characterized by roller-coaster scorelines by all clubs and the resulting exciting finale in Berlin. Winning the Berlin event was the Lindauer Segler-Club with mostly top three scores to win by a comfortable margin of 8 points, with a total of 36 points for […]

Thanks to Juan Eduardo Reid for this report: Almost 100 sailors in 20 boats including one team from Argentina, two teams from Brazil and one from Uruguay participated in the second South American Championship held by Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico en Algarrobo (Chile) from October 27-31. There were lots of […]

Thanks to Vianney Vautier for this report: Sixteen J/70s were racing in the beautiful location of Hendaye for the French Nationals. The regatta, hosted by the Yacht Club D’Hendaye (YCH), was a first for the French fleet. Among the competitors were 13 French crews, three Spanish boats and one Italian. […]

The Dutch J/70 National Sailing League “Eredivisie Zeilen” had yet another successful year with record participation and an increase in the level of competition. The leaders of the “EZ” league, Alex Hoeve and Marco de Klerk, had this to say at the finale in Monnickendam: “Throughout the season, we have […]