The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week, it’s been said, is a regatta of mental endurance. With no discards, every race and every point counts. There can be no quit until the final leg is sailed, especially in the waters off Marblehead Harbor where the local […]

The annual Fiesta Cup Regatta hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club is one of the most popular events of the sailing season as it coincides with a huge fiesta hosted downtown by the city of Santa Barbara. In the nine-boat J/70 fleet, it was a battle for the podium between […]

The annual CanAm Challenge took place at Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, NY from July 22-24. Eight J/70s participated, and four races were completed. The top two teams racked up identical scorelines with a pair of firsts and a pair of seconds at 6 points total. Tim Finkle’s Junior took […]

Ryan McKillen, Surge, topped 11 other boats to claim the top spot at the 2022 Nantucket J/70 Summer Open. This was the inaugural event hosted by Great Harbor Yacht Club. The team from Miami Beach, including John Wallace, Sam Loughborough and Steve Hunt finished on Sunday with six net points, […]

Competitors returned to Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week (USLBRW) in top form, despite the three-year hiatus forced by the pandemic; their outstanding performance matched only by the spectacular sailing conditions. Across the course sails were trimmed, tactics were sharp, and smiles were wide on the faces of hundreds of […]

Lee Sackett with boat owner Dave Kerr on USA1516 repeated as J/70 Corinthian US National Champions at Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH with 15 boats competing. Rounding out the winning team was Ian Moran and Tom Sessions. Seven races were completed across three days, with USA1516 tallying only 10 […]

The J/70 Corinthian US National Championship began Friday hosted by Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH with 15 boats competing. Light conditions on Lake Erie allowed two races with reigning Corinthian Champions leading the way: Dave Kerr and Lee Sackett on USA1516 with a first and third. Tod Sackett’s FM […]

The best teams in sailboat racing excel across a range of conditions, and for competitors at the 2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Chicago, that’s exactly what was required over three days of challenging Lake Michigan conditions, where the breeze eventually blew from all points and all strengths. For […]

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 […]