The first day began with 15 knots of southwest breezes on a rainy, drizzly cloudy day, but the sun and the wind soon arrived in Quiberon Bay. The weather could not have turned out better for the 37th SPI Ouest France Intermarche Regatta over the Easter holiday weekend. Many of […]

The J/70 Alcatel OneTouch Italian Trophy Italian Championship kicked off in fine style in Monaco where the first of five acts took place, the others being scheduled for Sanremo, Cervia and Lake Garda. Twenty-eight teams were out on the water at the instigation of Italian J/70 Class President, Vittorio di […]

March 22 was a day that had the race team on their toes and competitors sailing backwards for the second weekend of the Brooks MacDonald Warsash Spring Series (England). The wind shifted from the forecast ENE, died and came back, and the big spring tides raced through the Solent—all making […]

International WesMex Regatta 2015 was held March 20-22 at Vallarta Yacht Club in Vallarta, Mexico. Two hundred forty-five entrants competed in the Optimist, Laser Radial, Laser, RS:X, Techno 293, Club 420 and J/70. Now in its tenth year, the event was a qualifier for the Mexican Sailing Team to represent […]

The J/70s in eastern Australia gathered together for the inaugural J/70 New South Wales State Championship from March 7-8 on stunning Sydney Harbour. The J/70 NSW States were held in conjunction with the annual Sydney Harbour Regatta run by Middle Harbour Yacht Club. With the first day of sailing on […]

Twenty-nine J/70s assembled to race the fifth and final act of the Monaco J/70 Winter Series. Yacht Club Monaco played host to the big fleet, and for three straight days, they enjoyed excellent sailing conditions and a total of nine races. On Friday, perfect spring-like conditions with a brisk 12-knot […]

From February 7-8, the second annual J/70 Chilean Nationals took place on Panguipulli Lake, 800 miles south of Santiago in the “lakes district” of southern Chile. The championship was sponsored by Santander Bank as a major class sponsor and Sony Xperia, and the regatta was hosted at the beautiful clubhouse […]

With snow on the mountains and a sunny breezy day on the coast, the Primo Cup launched by HSH Prince Albert II when he first became the Yacht Club de Monaco’s President 31 years ago, more than lived up to its reputation and charm. With 188 boats and some 1,000 […]

On an uncharacteristic grey, rainy day with a shifty 10-15 knot SSE wind, the two brand new McConaghy-built J/70s—YKNOT and JAMES—sailing in a mixed fleet, finished first and third in Division 2 of the 179th Sydney Harbour Australia Day Regatta held on January 26. The regatta is proudly acclaimed as […]

Six local J/70s came together for the first time to make the largest one-design fleet in the Australian Sports Boats Association (ASBA) National Championships Regatta. Held on Sydney Harbour and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club Australia (CYCA), famous for their Rolex Sydney-Hobart race (hosted just 12 days before), the […]