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 […]
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J/70 Worlds: This is going to be huge
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 […]
Read MoreSegelclub Mattsee Wins J/70 SAILING Champions League in St Moritz Switzerland
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 […]
Read MoreHorsens SC Triumphs at Aarhus J/70 Danish League
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 […]
Read MoreSwedish J/70 Sailing League Update
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 […]
Read MoreCN Versoix Tops Swiss J/70 Sailing Challenge League
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 […]
Read MoreÅländska Lead Finland J/70 Sailing League
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 […]
Read MoreDTYC Lead German J/70 Sailing League Series
It could not have been a more exciting weekend for the first and second J/70 Germany Sailing Leagues in Glücksburg. For the second league, it was all or nothing because the weekend decided which four clubs were going to be promoted to the first league in 2018. The four happy […]
Read MoreMOSS SF Leads J/70 Norway League
For the third event in the Norwegian J/70 Sailing League, there was much at stake for both Moss SF and KNS sailing clubs. Both had first and second place overall for the series, respectively, to defend and to make sure they maintained their leads heading into the crucial finale in […]
Read MoreWindy Chester Race Week
Rain, cold and expected gusts of 30+ knots per hour held back some Chester Race Week fleets, but others headed out on the water to finish their races on the fourth and final day of the regatta hosted by Chester Yacht Club in Nova Scotia, Canada from August 16-19. In […]
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