YC Monaco’s Sportsboat Winter Series continues to attract a growing international contingent of teams from all across Europe, with a record 34 J/70s participating in this winter’s series that ends in March. Seven countries are represented: Monaco, Italy, United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. The first weekend of the […]

The J/70 Mexican fleet enjoyed some spectacular sailing in Cancun for their three-day regatta; it was the final race of the year and also the 2015 Mexico National Championship. Teams from Puerto Vallarta, Valle de Bravo and Acapulco came to join the new J/70 fleet that is starting in Cancun. […]

The Sydney Harbour J/70 fleet has been racing since September thanks to the support of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. The Squadron’s mini-regatta series follows a two-lap windward-leeward format with three races each day. The fleet is sailing every three weeks for the Squadron’s mini-regatta series; the greater Sydney area […]

The final weekend of the Doyle Sails Hamble One Design Championship didn’t come with a promising forecast, but the race team, headed by Dermot O’Malley, got all races away on Saturday and Sunday in an oscillating NNE wind. There was some close and exciting racing, and competitor feedback has been […]

Friday 16th October 2015 – “It was a great championship! It was very intense both on the water and ashore with numerous protests. This new class really appeals to sailors and I am delighted to be returning this winter for the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series!” said Neven Baran, Jury president […]

And they’re off – with the leaders already under pressure. Wednesday 14th October 2015 – Sixty teams representing 11 nationalities were champing at the bit on the starting block this morning waiting for the P to drop. Within minutes a brisk easterly filled in steadying at 13 knots to give […]

After three days of a scoreboard order that wouldn’t budge, Jud Smith finally broke out of second place to win the 2015 Green Flash J/70 North American Championship. With light winds and a 2:00pm deadline for the final race start, Smith only had two races to shorten Doug Strebel’s 15-point […]

Doug Strebel and the Zounds crew have successfully completed their third consecutive day atop the 2015 Green Flash J/70 North American Championship scoreboard. With a total of 40 points, Strebel will head into the final day of racing with a 15-point lead over Jud Smith’s Africa and a 30-point lead […]

Although Friday’s shifty San Diego winds certainly made the day’s three races very interesting, they weren’t strong enough to shake the fleet leaders from their top spots. When the second day of the 2015 J/70 North American Championship concluded, the top three positions remained unchanged: Zounds (Doug Strebel) in first, […]

Over the course of the September 18-20th weekend, the Royal Southern YC hosted the AVEVA September Regatta for a host of classes (Hamble, England) including J/70s in the White Group one-design class fleets. Winning their first regatta in the J/70 class was Niklas Zennstrom’s RAN, sailing with his wife and […]