Ian Atkins of Boats.com is competing on a J/70 at Key West Race Week. He is writing a blog on the event at: http://blog.boats.com/2014/01/j70-boats-com-rigs-up-for-key-west-race-week/#.Ut03gBBFDIU

60 J/70s have descended upon Key West for the Midwinter Championship in conjunction with Key West Race Week. Teams have gathered from across the USA, Canada, Bermuda and Great Britain for five days of competition. Tim Healy is back to defend his Midwinter title, as are runner-up Brian Keane and third […]

J/Boats announced that McConaghy Boats has been named the J/70 builder for the Asian and Pacific Rim markets. This is following the recent news of the J/70 receiving International Class status from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). Nearly 500 boats are already sailing in 20+ countries within 20 months of […]

After many months waiting for the first J/70s to arrive in Valle de Bravo, a total of 13 J/70s participated in their first major regatta—J/70 Nacionales de Mexico—on the famous Valle de Bravo lake. Amongst the fleet were several notable teams, including Ignacio and Alvaro Perez who brought their boats […]

At the recent annual meeting of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) in Oman, the ISAF board approved the J/70 as one of their newest ISAF classes. The designation becomes official upon the signing of the standard class agreement in the coming weeks. In less than 18 months after launching, the […]

The inaugural J/70 Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga sailing series was held in five locations across Germany this past summer. The exciting conclusion of the series occurred in Berlin’s Wansee, and in the end, the 18 sailing clubs/yacht clubs and hundreds of sailors who participated from across Germany were all the real winners. […]

Heather Gregg Earl and Joe Bardenheier will be remembered as the first ever J/70 North American Champions. The co-owners from Boston, MA, sailing Muse with Stuart Saffer and Bill Lynn, earned a ninth in the final race to secure victory with 95 points in the seven-race series. The North American […]

Due to a lack of wind, racing was abandoned on day two of the first-ever J/70 North American Championship in Annapolis, MD. Bennet Greenwald will take his lead into the final day of competition, which gets underway one hour earlier at 10:00 a.m. EDT Saturday. Perseverance compiled just 12 points […]

The leaderboard changed with every race on day one of the first-ever J/70 North American Championship, but it was Bennet Greenwald’s identical line of 4,4,4 that places him in the lead after three races. With winds ranging between 4-8 knots, and no boats able to repeat a top three finish […]