Eighteen J/70 teams from The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium participated in the 2017 Dutch Open J/70 Nationals. In the end, it was Wouter Kollmann and his crew on TEAM PLAJ from WSV Almere Haven that took class honors after the 10-race series with three firsts and three seconds in their […]

After sailing six events all season, it can be said the 24 teams in the Russian J/70 Sailing League were the most-traveled J/70 crews in the world. The season started and ended in Sochi. In the Grand Finale, it was great racing all three days right on the Sochi waterfront. […]

The first Act of the 2017/2018 Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco got off to a cracking start, with winds up to 20-knots on the first two of three days and six races completed. Consistency paid off for the Russians on Art Tube who handled […]

The inaugural J/70 Australian Championship was held on the weekend of October 14-15, with the race management support provided by the team from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Six races were held over the weekend of racing. Saturday’s breeze was forecast for 25 knots, but abated to 15-20 knots providing some […]

Peter Duncan and the Relative Obscurity team controlled the J/70 North American Championship from day one. Not surprising, coming off a World Championship title. But there was a twist to the plot. Joel Ronning’s Catapult never fell very far behind in points, always lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce. […]

Many throw-outs were likely used Saturday at the J/70 North American Championship as the breeze lightened and began to turn southeast. However, leader Peter Duncan and crew managed to stay consistent with a sixth place in the lone race in Rye, NY. Joel Ronning’s Catapult, currently second, did not fare […]

Friday morning weather conditions did not disappoint. The American Yacht Club Race Committee was able to pull off four action-packed races for the first day of competition at the J/70 North American Championship, presented by Domaine Chandon. The entire fleet was very competitive with the top four boats earning a […]

On September 23-24, the last qualifying regatta for the 2017 J/70 South American Championship took place at Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico. Eighteen Chilean teams participated in the racing, and the fleet was treated to light to medium winds all weekend from the southwest. In the relatively cold weather, the crews […]

The first day of the Hamble One Design Championship began with wind in the low 20s, and gusts of up to 30 knots. The Hamble River Sailing Club race committee team headed out to Jonathan Jansen, and after a short AP, the wind began to ease to around 16 knots, […]

The 18th Atlantic Telegramme Regatta took place in Lorient, France, organized and hosted by the Center Nautique de Lorient. It was a three-day regatta that had 121 sailboats across a wide variety of classes for 800+ sailors. The sailing on day one was not optimal with low winds and huge […]