Ten teams competed this year for the J/70 Youth US National Championship. Regatta Chair Todd Fedyszyn and PRO were able to run a total of nine quick, fast races throughout the two-day competition. The St. Petersburg Yacht Club provided amazing hospitality for the teams in attendance from all over the […]

A riveting single race on Sunday, December 17 determined the leaderboard for Bacardi Winter Series Event 1. The overcast sky that lingered from Saturday gave way to clearing skies on Sunday, with a westerly breeze exceeding 20 knots and gusts up to 30 knots on Biscayne Bay. Once again, the […]

Forty J/70 teams traveled to Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida for the first weekend of the 2023-2024 J/70 Winter Series. Three races were completed each day Saturday and Sunday in beautiful conditions on Tampa Bay. Winds started light on Saturday but increased to 14 knots by afternoon. Sunday […]

Tom Mallindine and Charlie Thompson’s Brutus III (GBR), with team Chris Grube, Ben Saxton and Elisabeth Whitener, are bringing the J/70 World Championship title to the United Kingdom from St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida. Ten races were sailed in spectacular conditions from October 31 through November 4. Brutus III […]

Tampa Bay produced another action-packed day at the J/70 World Championship, including a change to the top of the leaderboard. Two more races were completed, bringing the total to eight. Friday saw beautiful breeze again of 10-12 knots, blue skies and moderate temperatures at St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida. […]

What happens when you combine 22 knots of breeze, planing waves, sunshine and 83 teams at the J/70 World Championship? Smiles all around the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, and exhausted sailors looking forward to two more days of racing! Tom Mallindine and Charlie Thompson’s Brutus III (GBR) excelled […]

Two-time J/70 World Champion Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity (USA) ascended to the top of the leaderboard at the J/70 World Championship on Wednesday, with four races completed in the series. Including crew Victor Diaz-de-Leon, Scott Norris and Willem Van Waay, the team went 4,2 on the day to tally 25 […]

Eighty-three teams from 15 nations have come together for the J/70 World Championship at St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, launching on Halloween Day and continuing through Saturday, November 4. Following a short onshore postponement, the excitement took to the waters of sunny Tampa Bay for two races in winds […]

Thanks to Paul Green for this report: The 11 boats that entered the Eastport Yacht Club Fall Brawl October 28-29 raced in light breeze and tides driven by a full moon. As we motored out to the racecourse on Saturday, the predictions for stable wind were not in our favor. […]

Brian Keane and team Savasana are the 2023 J/70 North American Champions after nine races over four days of sailing in Chicago. The team catapulted to an early lead during the week, securing three bullets out of four races on day three, that provided a healthy cushion heading into the […]