The second stage of the Premier Division of the Russian J/70 Sailing League was just completed off the seaport of Sevastopol on the southwest corner of the Crimean peninsula. In the regatta were seven teams from Sochi, Moscow, Tuapse and Sevastopol. Those crews were KOREG Sailing Team (Artem Avetisyan), QPRO […]

The first event of ALCATEL J/70 CUP, hosted by Yacht Club Sanremo, came to an end with just two races sailed. Extremely variable weather conditions, together with unsteady wind and a very competitive fleet on the starting line forced the Race Committee to continuous waits or general recalls, so much […]

After five weeks of racing in the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series, the final day’s races on April 23 had to be abandoned due to a lack of wind. Competitors headed out for their start lines in fog with very little wind and little visibility, less than 1/2 mile. The […]

With rain, sun and above all plenty of wind, the Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta was a spectacular season opener for the over 100+ registered sailing teams in the Benelux region (The Netherlands). As a result of the fast-growing Netherlands J/70 Sailing League project, there was a huge increase in […]

The 38th edition of the SPI Ouest-France- Destination Morbihan regatta is one of the most important sailing events in Europe and it is the first major regatta of the year after winter. Twelve nations were represented with 409 boats and more than 2,500 sailors. The Societe Nautique de La Trinite […]

Another day of varied racing conditions on the fifth weekend of the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series saw a light and hazy day for crews, but certainly not lazy. A sunny spring day, 10 knots of SE breeze, swinging right to SW and increasing a couple of knots was the […]

The Yacht Club de Monaco hosted eight J/70 teams competing in a stage of their European Match Race Tour. During this stage of the Grade 3 European Circuit, 24 races were run. The event was held aboard J/70s made available by members of the Yacht Club de Monaco, which has […]

Race Officer Peter Knight summed up day four of the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series as “a testing day for competitors and committee boats alike!” It was set to be a challenging day on the Solent; a sunny spring day, but with a forecast of 5-10 knots of breeze dropping […]

For many, it was “chilled champagne” sailing on day three of the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series. The series is at its midpoint, and the overall results are beginning to take shape as the front-runners and riders start to become apparent. The third Sunday of the Series was more like […]

For Race 2 of the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series, the forecast for the Solent was SW 20 knots gusting 30 knots, and when the RC committee boats arrived on station, the wind was varying around 20 knots. During the morning, however, the wind increased to 25 knots with gusts […]