With the best weather so far in the series arriving on Sunday 22 April, the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series also saw some of the best racing on the water. The White Group had a light shifty SW breeze of 5 to 6 knots which eventually settled into 13 knots. […]
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More Light Winds at Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series
Success in the second day of racing in the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series on April 15 went to those skippers who played the strong tides in the Solent and managed to stay in breeze. Having lost two Sundays of racing due to the weather, the race committee was keen […]
Read MoreSV Kreuzlingen Leads J/70 Swiss Super League
The first Act of the season-long Swiss J/70 Sailing Super League just took place on Lago Maggiore, the lake bordered on the north by Switzerland and the south by Italy. While the weather was sunny and spectacular, the fleet of the best 12 sailing clubs in Switzerland were only able […]
Read MoreWV Almere Centraal Tops Dutch J/70 Sailing League Act I
Fifteen teams started the Dutch National J/70 Sailing League against the skyline of Almere. In total, no less than 27 races were sailed during the first round of the Eredivisie Sailing 2018. At the end, the WV Almere Centraal Team fought off two very tough crews to mark their first […]
Read MoreCALIPSO Wins Russian J/70 Sailing League Act II
Over the April 13-15th weekend, the second stage of the Russian J/70 Sailing League took place in Sochi, Russia, racing just offshore on the Black Sea for the 27 teams participating in the regatta. In the end, another new leader emerged from the ranks of Russia’s top sailors: Maxim Taranov’s […]
Read MoreJ/70 Cup 2018: Enfant Terrible shines in Sanremo, Società Nautica Grignano Wins Among the Corinthians
The inaugural act of J/70 Cup 2018 came to an end April 8: the too severe weather conditions, with gusts from Easterly Levante over 35 knots (therefore higher than the Class limit) led the Race Committee to cancel the regatta on Sunday, communicating it to all the crews in a […]
Read MoreLeduc Tops J/70s at SPI OUEST France Finale
The 40th edition of Spi Ouest-France in the Bay of Trinité-sur-Mer in Morbihan had good breeze all four days for the 374 boats and 2,500+ sailors. The host club Societe Nautique La Trinite sur Mer provided excellent race committee work. The J/70 fleet had 17 teams from across France, Spain […]
Read MoreMettraux Leads Swiss Geneva J/70 Match Race
The opening regatta for Matchrace Switzerland was filled with a strong field of participants from seven nations. It was also the opening event of the Match Race Super League 2018, the worldwide match race series that honors the international champion in the classic match racing format sailing only on keelboats. […]
Read MoreRussian J/70 Sailing League Premiere Division Debut
The Russian J/70 Sailing League has seen such strong participation and interest that it created a Premiere Division. The new teams that have joined the league can now sail the Premier Division series to, hopefully, qualify for the “A” division series in 2019. The first event had 13 sailing clubs […]
Read MoreNAVIGATOR Tops Russia J/70 Sailing League Act I
For the start of the 2018 Russian National J/70 Sailing League, 26 teams from across the country (from Vladivostok to St Petersburg) participated in the choppy waters of the Black Sea off the seaside resort of Sochi. These are the teams that began their journey in the fourth full season […]
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