Race Week Anacortes had lots of races over the three days in WA at the annual event held June 24-28. The nine-boat J/70 fleet enjoyed a plethora of races. Winning handily was Mike Brevik’s FRAM for 17 net points. A distant second was Boris Luchterhand’s RIFF with 41 points net. […]

The 19th edition of Long Beach Race Week concluded on Sunday, June 23 with a full complement of races sailed in 11 divisions, including six one-design classes and five PHRF fleets. Throughout the three solid days of racing conditions, the breeze rarely dropped below 14 knots and settled in the […]

This year’s J/Fest Seattle was hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle on Puget Sound on June 15-16. In this hotly-contested J/70 fleet of 10 boats, the finale was determined by a tiebreaker at 8 points each. Winning that countback was Herb Cole’s WOODPILE over Mike Breviks’s FRAM-96. Similarly, […]

Cleveland Race Week is hosted annually by Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH each June. Winning the regatta combined with the J/70 Great Lakes Championship was David Koski’s SOUL, finishing with 10 points net. Taking second was David Kerr’s COCO LOCO with 16 points net, while Tod Sackett’s FM ended […]

The breeze was on for the third and final day (reminiscent of Friday) of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago. A fast-building northwest wind pushed boats, gear and crew to their limits. Still, the Chicago and Corinthian Yacht Clubs gave the sailors a full slate of races […]

More than 100 J/70s contended for the inaugural title of J/70 Corinthian World Champion for 12 races over five days. With such a level of competition, it didn’t surprise anyone that the victor was decided in the final battle. In the Gold Fleet (55 boats), Alberto Guarischi’s Three Musketeers (BRA) […]

Each of the Gold and Silver Fleets at the J/70 Corinthian World Championship completed two races Friday. Varied conditions alternating between sunny skies and lighter wind to dark clouds and intermittent squalls kept 109 teams on alert. The challenging times on the water resulted in a shuffle within the Gold […]

The Gold and Silver Fleets at the J/70 Corinthian World Championship braved a wild day to open their Championship series. 109 boats from 14 nations, including 55 in the Gold Fleet, set to the racecourse at noon. After both fleets got underway, squalls sent teams back ashore with only the […]

The two-day qualifying series concluded Wednesday at the J/70 Corinthian World Championship, setting the stage for three days of Championship racing in the Gold and Silver fleets. Royal Danish Yacht Club in Denmark is hosting 109 boats from 14 nations. Puffy winds ranging 15-25 knots challenged competitors for another three […]

The new edition of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit was hosted by Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit, MI from May 31-June 2. On the final day, the late afternoon southerly streaked out of the Detroit River and blue skies returned. By all accounts it was a perfect […]