An over-enthusiastic fleet of J/70s bolted off the line on Day One of racing at the J/70 World Championship regatta here, hosted by California Yacht Club. “You all jumped the gun by three seconds,” Principal Race Office (PRO) Mark Foster boomed over the VHF, prompting a General Recalll, and a […]

Living up to its reputation as one of the most fun and beautiful regattas of the Great Lakes summer sailing season, the Little Traverse Yacht Club was blessed with good weather and great sailing for their annual Ugotta Regatta. Sailing took place from July 30-August 1. The 14-boat J/70 fleet […]

The Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta at Marblehead Race Week was held July 22-25. On the regatta’s busy “Tinker’s Line” racecourse, local ace and National Sailing Hall of Famer Jud Smith won the J/70 fleet again (as well as the J/70 Northeast Championship), thanks to a string of race wins on […]

The Eastern Yacht Club and Mustang Survival are thrilled to announce a partnership to bring the 2021 J/70 Corinthian National Championship to the waters of Marblehead, MA. Mustang Survival, one of the world’s premier outfitters of boating, sailing and water sports, has announced their title sponsorship for the regatta set […]

California Yacht Club hosted the Cal Cup in Marina del Rey, CA from June 25-27 for 31 J/70s warming-up for the August World Championship at the same venue. Over eight races, Ryan McKillen’s Surge gained the victory with 30 points. Following were Joel Ronning’s Catapult (33 points) and Brian Keane’s […]

The reincarnation of the old Whidbey Island Race Week took in the Pacific Northwest with six races over the three days. Winning the J/70 fleet was Christina Wolfe’s MOSSY with a scoreline of two bullets and four seconds for 10 points total. Second went to Chris White’s CLOAK & DAGGER, […]

The J/70 Great Lakes Championship was sailed on June 18-20 as part of Cleveland Race Week One Design weekend out of Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH. Thirteen teams competed representing Illinois, Michigan, New York and Ohio. Everyone was happy to be back sailing in a regatta after these many […]

The Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago on June 11-13 was the largest regatta hosted on Lake Michigan since the pandemic began. Ten J/70s participated in six races, half of which were won by Corinthian Martin Johnsson’s Aquaholiks who took the victory with 10 points. Fellow Corinthian Bob Willis’ Rip Rullah […]

The season opening regatta for Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, MD is their annual Eastport One-Design Classic. With 10 boats, the J/70s had close racing between the top two. After two races, Roger Link’s OSPREY and Peter Firey’s PHOENIX both won races and were separated by one point. However, in […]

Twenty-nine J/70s tuned up for the upcoming World Championship at California Yacht Club during the first weekend of June at Cal Race Week. After recently winning the 2021 North American Championship, Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity stayed hot in Marina del Ray, topping the fleet. The American YC-based skipper won three […]