Series leader Crow Cape Yacht Club from Gothenburg retained the lead in the Swedish J/70 Sailing League after winning Act III in Malmö this past weekend. They finished only two points ahead of the KSSS—the Royal Swedish Yacht Club from Stockholm. Third was Ekolns Sailing Club from Uppsala. Sailing in […]

Communal experience as a team and college sailing experience in shifty winds paid dividends for Clemmie Everett (Rye, NY) and her crew, who took home the Bengt Julin Trophy for winning the 2016 International Women’s Keelboat Championship at American Yacht Club on August 19. Starting the day in third place, […]

After no racing happened Thursday at the International Women’s Keelboat Championship due to lack of wind, the leaderboard remains the same. Allie Blecher of Long Beach, California leads the International Women’s Keelboat Championship, having completed 17 races with 60 total points for an average score of 3.53. Melinda Henshaw of […]

The International Women’s Keelboat Championship is on-going at The American Yacht Club in J/70s. After Round 1 and Round 2, Allie Blecher (Long Beach, CA) has moved into first place, Melinda Henshaw (Remuera, Auckland, NZL) and her team are in second, followed by Clemmie Everett (Rye, NY) in third. At […]

The American Yacht Club in Rye, New York is hosting the International Women’s Keelboat Championship in J/70s. This year’s regatta features 16 four-member crews who will rotate boats, competing 10 teams at a time. The qualifying series started Tuesday. Melinda Henshaw (Remuera, Auckland, NZL) and her team are in first […]

High pressure, brilliant sun and a solid westerly breeze again delivered perfect conditions for the final day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The wind dipped briefly in strength to around 10 knots as a belt of thin cloud moved across the Solent around midday, before increasing to 15 knots […]

St. Francis Yacht Club and the International J/70 Class are pleased to announce Alcatel as the title sponsor of the 2016 Alcatel J/70 Worlds, which will take place on San Francisco Bay from September 24 to October 1, 2016. By integrating the company’s mobile devices, tablets and virtual reality technologies […]

The fourth act of the Russian J/70 sailing league took place on the Konakovo River northwest of Moscow’s famous Red Square and was hosted by the Konakovo River Club. The regatta was attended by 22 teams from across Russia, and 34 races in total were completed so that each team […]

Thirty teams representing six countries participated in the ALCATEL J/70 Alpen Cup hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lago di Garda. This event was the first of a two-weekend regatta, starting in Malcesine and concluding at Riva del Garda over the September 9-11 weekend. The winners are determined by a […]

It was a weekend of high tension and spectacular pictures, entertaining the crowds onshore in Travemunde with live action on the giant SAP Sailing Cube. The battle for the top spot in the overall series ended up with a tie for first place between Deutscher Touring YC, Lindauer Segler-club and […]