The annual Fiesta Cup was hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club July 21-22 for the fleet of a dozen J/70s. Winning was Jeff Janov’s crew on MINOR THREAT from California YC in Marina del Rey, CA. After starting with a 4-4-2, they closed with four firsts in a row to […]

Sailors from 21 U.S. States and from U.S.V.I., Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, the Grenadines, Canada, Chile, Italy and the U.K. competed in the 34th Annual Newport Regatta, held July 7-8 in Newport, RI. The event started in 1984 as a Shields-only event and has grown to be a “must-do” on […]

A bad start in light air in a 37-boat fleet can be fatal. If you let it be. Skipper John Baxter and his team on the J/70 Team Vineyard Vines were determined not to let a mistake at the outset of the first race define their regatta. So instead, they […]

It all came together on the final day of Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. The wind blew, the sun shone, dolphins leapt, and racers smiled. A gentle breeze from the south filled in, bringing with it a mild […]

Cleveland Race Week started June 15-17 on the waters of Lake Erie, hosted by Edgewater Yacht Club for its one-design weekend. The 13-boat J/70 fleet saw the duo of Lee Sackett & Dave Kerr rule the fleet, starting off with five straight bullets, then backing off to take a deuce […]

At the Chicago NOOD on June 8-10, local owner John Heaton celebrated a “first” over the weekend with his inaugural win in the J/70 fleet. For his crew on Empeiria, the keys to the weekend were consistency, boatspeed and communication. “It was mainly about working really hard on speed all […]

A mix of one-design Classes and handicap fleets embracing cruising boats, shorthanded sailors, and random leg racing was the format for the 2018 COLORS Regatta on June 2-3 in Chicago, IL with 107 teams on Lake Michigan. Five J/70s competed in the Inshore Course Racing One Design Division, getting off […]

The Bayview One Design Regatta attracted 138 boats for racing on June1-3 in Detroit, MI. Light winds on Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River limited racing for 13 one design classes and three PHRF fleets. The 15-boat J/70 fleet completed four races, three of them won by Lee Sackett […]

Cedar Point Yacht Club hosted its largest-ever One Design Regatta June 1-3, as a record 106 boats and 560 sailors competed in eight Classes. Fickle breezes and constantly changing seas created challenges on Saturday, as sailors worked through periods of dead calm followed by a thunderstorm that roared across Long […]

In windy, gusty weather, the San Francisco Yacht Club hosted their annual Elite Keel Regatta along the northern side of the Bay near Sausalito. Loving the breeze-on conditions was Chris Kostanecki’s San Francisco YC crew on the J/70 JENNIFER, winning the regatta with three bullets in five races. Second was […]