Thanks to Jay Leon for this report: At the first ever J/70 Mixed-Plus US National Championship, it came down to the very last meter. Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle hosted the event June 13-15. Sailing fans got to watch a great contest between Boris Luchterhand’s team Riff and Dalton Bergan’s […]

(Photos, videos, and story by Hannah Lee Noll) After five races in a full range of breeze, Joel Ronning’s Catapult team won the 2025 J/70 U.S. National Championship on home waters in Wayzata, Minnesota. Ronning, sailing in a One-Pro configuration with longtime teammate Victor Diaz de Leon, David Onan and Jessica Haverstock, […]

“Race for every point” is a phrase heard often at regattas, and that was certainly the takeaway for many teams at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis May 3-6. Three days packed with races for 240 teams in 18 classes gave every sailor an opportunity to make […]

Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point concluded with two races on Sunday with winners crowned in 18 classes. It was an action-packed regatta with the three circles located on Charleston Harbor completing between seven and 10 races. Relative Obscurity closed out a wire-to-wire win in J/70 class, largest of the […]

Seven races. Heavy air. Fifty boats. The 2025 J/70 Midwinter Championship wrapped up with all the gusts, grit and glory sailors can expect from a Miami regatta. Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity earned the title with their third consecutive win this season. The team—with tactician Victor Diaz de Leon, Jud Smith, and Willem […]

The final day of racing for the 50-boat J/70 fleet delivered drama and surprises at the Bacardi Cup in Miami, as the series leaders were unseated in a three-race showdown. In a talent-packed fleet, recovering from a mid-fleet position proved nearly impossible. Overnight leaders Casting Couch faced a tough start, […]

The 2025 J/70 Class Rules have been approved by World Sailing and are valid as of March 7, 2025. Please see the updated Class Rules on the World Sailing website: https://d7qh6ksdplczd.cloudfront.net/sailing/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/07123450/J70_CR_2025-03Mar-07-1.pdf

The International J/70 Class Association is proud to announce Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) as the host of the 2027 J/70 World Championship. The Class and AYC have a rich history of collaboration, including the hosting of two J/70 North American Championships. The first and largest NAC saw 90 boats on […]

The annual regatta hosted by over a dozen sailing and yacht clubs across southern California—the Southern California Yachting Association Midwinters—took place February 15-16. California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey hosted the J/70s. The eight-boat fleet saw spirited racing at the top of the leaderboard from Jeff Janov’s NIMBUS from […]

On the morning of the final day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg, sailors were pacing the docks of St. Petersburg YC in anticipation of a high-wind outing on Tampa Bay. A few classes and individual sailors opted to stay ashore, but those who did […]