Tim Healy, with his team of John Mollicone, Gordon Borges and Geoff Becker, has attained the 2014 J/70 North American Championship. Hosted by Rochester Yacht Club in Rochester, New York, six races were completed in the second annual Championship, which did not include a discard race. Although never finishing higher […]

No racing today at the J/70 North American Championship in Rochester, NY due to lack of wind. Sunday is the final day of competition. For complete regatta information, visit www.j70nac.com. Five races are now in the books, and the J/70 North American Championship has a new leader. Brian Keane continued to […]

Three races were completed on the initial day of the J/70 North American Championship, hosted by Rochester Yacht Club in Rochester, New York. Only one point separates Tim Healy and Brian Keane for the top position, with Healy holding the advantage 12 points to 13. Mauricio Santa Cruz stands in […]

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 […]