Eighty-one J/70 teams are assembling in Rochester, New York for the second annual J/70 North American Championship. Competitors from Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Sweden and the United States are invading the area as entrants complete the registration procedures and tune-up for the official start of competition […]

The J/70 Class Association is pleased to announce that North Sails has committed to a Gold Sponsorship and will be the Official Regatta Support Partner for the 2014 J/70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen, which will be contested September 8-13, 2014, in Newport, Rhode Island, and hosted by the […]

People came to celebrate the 132nd Kieler Woche (the largest summer festival in Northern Europe), temporary home for 5,000 sailors aboard 2,000 yachts from 50 countries sailing 40 individual fleets on 11 race courses with 400 starts planned. The J/70s had an excellent turnout of a dozen boats. Only seven […]

The Danish J/70 Sailing League’s second event took place in Sonderborg. Eighteen clubs and 71 sailors were blessed with better than expected conditions, testing the crews abilities to sail the J/70 in 15-25 knot winds. After the first day of racing, the two local clubs, Sailing Club Aabenraa and Sønderborg […]

The J/70 Class Association is pleased to announce Helly Hansen as presenting sponsor for the 2014 J/70 World Championship which will be contested from September 8-13, 2014, in Newport, Rhode Island, and hosted by New York Yacht Club from its Harbour Court clubhouse. Over 100 teams–representing up to 18 countries–are […]

This year’s Grand Prix De L’Ecole Navale (GPEN), sailed from May 29-June 1, was yet another well-organized and fun sailing event for the participants. L’École Navale (French Naval Academy) and their Race Committee PROs conducted excellent racing across three racing sites—the bay of Crozon-Morgat, the bay of Camaret and le […]

The fourth regatta in the Coppa Italia J/70 series was just completed in the beautiful town of Scarlino in western Italy. With nine races in three fantastic days of sailing, no one could complain. The typical Westerly breezes blew a very steady 20-25 knots all weekend. Wonderful hospitality was provided […]

The J/70 debuted in its first regatta as a fleet in Algarrobo, Chile. The Cofradía Náutica Club hosted their first J/70 regatta along the Pacific Ocean this past weekend. On Saturday, the J/70s raced one long distance race and one standard windward-leeward course. According to Juan Eduardo Reid sailing on […]

The first event of the Danish Sailing Association in Rungsted saw 18 leading Danish sailing clubs participating. The first day could not have started better, with clear skies, at least 10-20 knots winds and very shifty. It was clear one club had the J/70s figured out faster than anyone else. […]