J/70 Mixed + Class

Royal Southern Land Union September Regatta – 24-25 September

Round 4 of the J/70 UK Sprint Series

Boysterous skippered by Ian Wilson was the winner. The Boysterous crew was without doubt the most senior crew in terms of age and experience. Past J/70 Corinthian World Champions are Ian Wilson and Marshall King, Past Corinthian National Champion Patrick Liardet and none other than this month’s reigning Open European Champion, Johnathon Calascione. To add to the A-Team prowess multi-world champion Geoff Carveth also put in a shift on the first day! Second in the J/70 Class was Kai-Uwe Hollweg’s Lightfoot, beating his friend and CEO at Land Union Lutz Strangemann racing Geisha, which won two of the eight races and was third in class.

The J/70 UK Class introduced a new Mixed + Division at the Land Union Regatta, where at least half the crew must be women. The inaugural event winner was the Royal Thames Academy Team skippered by Bethan Matthew. Second was Ian Poynton’s Powder Monkey and third was Paul Wollmann’s Royal Thames Charter.

News from RSrnYC/Paul Ward…”We are working on attracting entries for the new J/70 Mixed + Class, an event for teams with 50% or more women in the crew of a J70 (2 women in a 4 person team ; 3 in a 5 person team). J70s are available for charter from the Royal Southern Yacht Club. For more information: sailing@royal-southern.co.uk