For the first time in the years the Italian J/70 Class has been running their J/70 Cup Series, an American from Chicago Yacht Club won the 26-race series over five regattas in the 2024 summer season. The series featured 130 entries in the Open Division and 67 entries in the Corinthian Division. In the end, it was Rich Witzel’s ROWDY team (Carlos Robles, Mortiz Spitzauer & Tomas Dietrich) who won the series by a 34-point margin, ending up at 66 points net. Taking the silver medal was Italian Luca Domenici’s NOTARO TEAM with crew of Diego Negri, Michele Mennuti and Davide Bortoletto. They finished the series with 100 points net even. Rounding out the podium was Alessandro Molla’s VIVA team with 163 points net. Completing the top five were Gianfranco Noe’s WHITE HAWK with 191 point net in fourth and top women’s skipper Sofia Giondi’s WANDERLUST fifth. Winning the Corinthian Division was Noe’s WHITE HAWK, followed by to Giondi’s WANDERLUST and Massimo Rama’s WHY NotCAIM. For more Italian J/70 Class information, visit https://www.j70.it/en/.