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, […]

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 […]