The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series – Annapolis was hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club on May 13-15. The trickiest of all the race circles was that set in the middle of the Chesapeake’s strongest current and packed with J/70s. In the J/70 fleet, Ian Hill’s Sitella led the regatta […]

Consistent breeze that ranged from light to medium to heavy? Check. Close competition and exciting racing across the broad spectrum of classes? Check. High-quality race committee work? Check. Factor in three days of beautiful, warm, sunny weather and the 2022 Charleston Race Week demonstrated why sailors come back year after […]

The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series San Diego finished just as it started—with brilliant sunshine and a building sea breeze, conditions that local sailors expect this time of year. The ideal racing conditions also allowed the Race Committees of San Diego and Coronado Yacht Clubs to complete a full […]

The weather front that was expected to sweep through Biscayne Bay after racing on Saturday, March 12 arrived early with the strong wind forcing racing to be cancelled for all classes at 0900 hours on the final day of the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta. Superb winds for the preceding days […]

At the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in St. Petersburg, FL on February 18-20, the J/70 fleet featured the Mixed-Plus trophy divisions that requires teams to be at least 50-percent female. Seventeen of 31 J/70 entries qualified, and the Power Play team skippered by Beccy Anderson, of San Diego, not […]

Fernando Perez Ontiveros’ Black Mamba topped 62 other boats to claim the title of 2022 J/70 Midwinter Champion. The team from Mexico, including Gonçalo Almeida, Bernardo Freitas and River Paquin, retired from the eighth and final race on Sunday as they had the title locked up at Davis Island Yacht […]

The temperature dropped at the J/70 Midwinter Championship hosted by Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL, but the winds stayed solid in the low-teens, allowing another three races on Saturday. One more is planned for Sunday to complete the eight-race Championship. Fernando Perez Ontiveros’ Black Mamba with Gonçalo Almeida, […]

A postcard day on Tampa Bay delighted the 63 teams opening the 2022 J/70 Midwinter Championship hosted by Davis Island Yacht Club, completing four races. Under blue skies with temperatures in the 80s, winds started at 8-10 knots, then decreased briefly during a mid-day shift before increasing to 14-16 knots […]

All changed in the weather on the final day at Bacardi Winter Series #2 from January 28-30, with sun and a chilly north northwesterly 7-12 knot breeze. Teams were out on the race track really early to tune up in what was a stable and more even breeze across the […]

Fifty-seven J/70 teams savored spectacular conditions on Tampa Bay for the middle part of the 2021-2022 J/70 Winter Series at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida. The Dark Energy team led by Laura Grondin with crew Taylor Canfield, Scott Ewing and Rich Peale won the sixth and final race […]