The Audi J/70 World Championship moved up a gear, as the fleets were split into Gold and Silver Fleets. The Friday early morning westerly Mistral wind unexpectedly piped up to over 20 knots before the start of racing, but by the end of the day, a southerly wind caused the […]

The world’s largest sportboat fleet finally commenced racing at the Audi J/70 World Championship, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, in collaboration with the title sponsor Audi and the official sailmaker Quantum Sails. Relative Obscurity (USA), Peter Duncan/Jud Smith leads after three races. Petite Terrible #Audi (ITA), Claudia Rossi/Michele […]

The Mistral winds continued to batter the Costa Smeralda for the second day of the Audi J/70 World Championship, which is organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the title sponsor Audi and the Official sailmaker Quantum Sails. The strong northwesterly wind came tantalizingly close to dropping […]

Mistral winds prevented racing for the first day of the Audi J/70 World Championship, which is organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the title sponsor Audi and the Official sailmaker Quantum Sails. The strong northwesterly wind failed to ease during the day on September 12, and […]

The 2017 AUDI J/70 World Championship may go down in history as the class’ largest event ever – with 171 boats registered for the event on September 12 to 16. Hosted by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, it can be said there are few yacht club and […]

This year, the best European clubs sailed the SAILING Champions League in two different events (Act 1 – St. Petersburg in August and Act 2 in St. Moritz in September) to snatch one of the much sought-after starts for the grand finale in Porto Cervo (September) where Europe´s best sailing […]

The Danish season’s third league match in the first Division ended in Aarhus. The urban conditions provided massive windshifts that rolled across the course and upset the standings. Horsens, Hellerup, KDY and the defending Frederikshavn were the top four teams in the event. For this quartet, everything came down to […]

The third round of Allsvenskan Sailing (the Swedish J/70 Sailing League) was settled on Munksjön in central Jönköping. It was Malmö SS that took home victory, only one point ahead of KSSS (the Royal Swedish YC). “This feels fantastic. We managed to get together a team just two days before […]

The final of the Swiss Sailing Challenge League took place in Davos on the Davosersee with reliable thermal winds and the opportunity to sail directly in front of the shore. In the final showdown for the top three teams to qualify for the Swiss Super League for 2018 were six […]

By winning 11 of their 15 races sailed, the fast and smart crew on the Åländska Segelsällskapet 1 Team walked off with the honors at their most recent Finnish sailing league event in Helsinki. Taking place over the August 19-20 weekend, the regatta PRO managed to run the full slate […]