Another three races went in the books on Saturday at the J/70 Corinthian US National Championship hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May in New Jersey. Conditions again permitted three races, bringing the total to six, and including now the discard. This led to a shuffle of the leaderboard, […]

The J/70 Corinthian US National Championship began Friday hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May in New Jersey with 24 boats competing. Teams enjoyed winds from 8-12 knots on an ocean course, allowing three races. Cate Muller-Terhune’s Casting Couch with Jake Doyle, Mike Komar and John Loe book-ended two […]

Chicago Yacht Club’s Verve Cup Inshore Regatta took place August 22-25 off Chicago. The weather was good enough for the 15-boat J/70 fleet that the Chicago YC RC/PRO team managed to run 10 windward/leeward races. In the end, it was a Texas crew from Fort Worth Boat Club who completed […]

The Storm Trysail Club’s Ted Hood Regatta provided great sailing over the three-day event, despite challenging weather conditions. Hosting the 7th annual event from August 16-18 was Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, in conjunction with local partners: Corinthian YC and the Boston YC. Local Dave Franzel’s SPRING won the […]

Santa Barbara Yacht Club has hosted its Fiesta Cup for decades. In addition, this year they added a J/Fest Regatta for two successive weekends of sailing. In the J/70, winning each event was Ryan Cox’s Ventura Yacht Club team on DJ. In both, the DJ team scored lots of bullets […]

The Little Traverse Yacht Club hosted its iconic Ugotta Regatta in Harbor Springs, MI on July 26-28. The 18-boat J/70 fleet was won by Bruno Pasquinelli’s STAMPEDE from Fort Worth Boat Club in Fort Worth, TX. His team posted a 3-1-1-1 record for 6 points total. Taking second was Dave […]

Eastern Yacht Club hosted another fun Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series over three days in late July. The 14-boat J/70 fleet competed for their New England Championship, getting in six races. Winning was Al Minella’s LEVEL 5 team, posting a strong 2-1-2-1 in their last four races to finish […]

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, […]