While not a perfect day of sailing on Biscayne Bay, competitors in the Bacardi Invitational Winter Series Event One finally spread their wings o Sunday, December 13. The Race Committee was committed to waiting for breeze on the water, to avoid sailors congregating at the venue. By 1:00, a light […]

Day 1 of the West Coast Winter Series #1 started with good 8-9 knots of wind but fell down to less and less wind for the next two races. Race 1: This was the windiest race of the day with this slight shift to the right on the first beat. […]

Thanks to the Capital Gazette for this report: Eastport Yacht Club hosted its annual Fall Brawl. Cate Muller-Terhune started the regatta with back-to-back bullets and tacked on a third and fourth to capture the J/70 fleet, which attracted 17 boats for its Mid-Atlantic Championship. Allan Terhune trimmed the main and […]

According to Scott Spurlin, J/Dealer in Texas, “The J/Sailors in Texas needed this event! The enthusiasm to get out on the water was over the top! On Friday, the rain was coming down and the gusts were in the 40s, and people still trailered their boats in. We delayed the […]

Racing was held August 28-30 for the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis. The final of three days of racing treated sailors across 78 teams to cooler temperatures, sun and moderate (but signature Annapolis shifty) winds for the final two to three races among the two divisions and 10 fleets. First-time […]

The 2020 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta was hosted by Chicago Yacht Club Belmont Station from August 22-23. Thirteen J/70s were registered, and six races went in the books. The battle for victory came down to the wire, as John Heaton’s American Flyer edged out Richard Witzel’s Rowdy (16 points to […]

“Build it and they will come,” reported Will Keyworth from Annapolis. “Annapolis Yacht Club built on a race format used successfully in San Francisco Bay called the Three Bridge Fiasco but named theirs’s the Two Bridge Fiasco. Over 100 single and doublehanded teams hit the starting line for this new […]

Thanks to Jim Murrell in California for this report: The weekend was a huge success. Thank you to Jeff Janov and Bruce Golison for inviting us to join the coaching session practice they set up after Cal Race Week was cancelled. California Yacht Club was very supportive and helpful with […]

The 2020 CanAm Challenge hosted by Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, NY went off from July 24-26. Eight J/70s completed six races. Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger took a bullet in five of the six contests, and when dropping a second, topped the fleet with only 5 net points. Local Tim Finkle’s […]

Thanks to Bruce Cooper for this report: The Santa Barbara Yacht Club and J/70s are finding fun and creative ways to sail and compete during this pandemic. SBYC hosted the 2020 Fiesta ‘COVID’ Cup. The Santa Barbara J/70s have modified some of the normal racing Rules to keep a safe […]