Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity has prevailed over 60 other teams and challenging wind conditions to capture the 2021 J/70 World Championship title at California Yacht Club, today. In a five-day series that tested the skill and patience of top-notch competitors from 11 nations, Duncan – sailing with Willem van Waay, […]

The leaderboard shuffled as wind returned to Santa Monica Bay for Day Four of the J/70 World Championship at California Yacht Club. Peter Duncan and Relative Obscurity took the overall lead, while Laura Grondin’s Dark Energy moved into second place, with Brian Keane and Savasana just one point astern. A […]

Light Conditions Continue at J/70 Worlds It wasn’t a gale; it wasn’t even Force 3 … but it was just enough breeze to pull off one race on Day Three of the 2021 J/70 World Championship Regatta at California Yacht Club. Brian Keane and the crew of Savasana clung to […]

Who wouldn’t want a day off in Southern California, with the warm sunshine glinting off the blue Pacific? The hundreds of racers competing in the 2021 J/70 World Championship Regatta at California Yacht Club, that’s who! Sixty-one teams from 11 nations scurried onto the racecourse today, hopeful to make their […]

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, […]