2023 J/70 Europeans bound for Weymouth
J/70 European Championships at WPNSA – 02-09 September 2023 The J/70 UK Class Association are delighted to announce that Weymouth […]
J/70 European Championships at WPNSA – 02-09 September 2023 The J/70 UK Class Association are delighted to announce that Weymouth […]
The J/70 UK Grand Slam Series is off and running with seven windward leeward races over two days of tight
16 J/70 teams started the 2022 J/70 UK Grand Slam Series on Saturday 09 April. Four windward leeward races were
The J/70 UK Class was out for a training weekend 2-3 April prior to the Grand Slam Round 1 which
Catapult Ballistic on Day One The Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship kicked off today with three races in Torbay.
Forecasts suggest that all of the weather affecting the race area will be coming from the Atlantic for the early part of the regatta. Several weather fronts are expected, producing a variable gradient wind direction, perhaps between a northwesterly and southwesterly direction. The wind in Tor Bay is expected to come from the land giving shifty and puffy conditions.
The stand out performer of the day was Paul Ward’s Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat, scoring the best score of the entire fleet with a 5-8-4 to take the lead for the teams racing for the J/70 UK National Championship.
Eight races were held in champagne conditions for 18 J/70 teams in The Solent. Bright sunshine and a huge range of wind conditions provided spectacular racing with fun-filled social events all organised by the Royal Thames Yacht Club. 2017 UK National Champions, Ian Wilson & Marshall King’s Soak Racing scored all podium finishes including five bullets to win the regatta and lift the Myosotis Cutter Cup.
Warsash Spring Championships 13-14 April – Ian Wilson & Marshall King’s Soak Racing started the J/70 UK Grand Slam Series in style, winning the opening round of the nine-regatta Grand Slam Series. Soak Racing scored five bullets out of eight races over the two days, including a hatrick on the last day.
2019 Season Preview – J/70 UK and Ireland Class The 2019 season is expected to be bigger than Ben Hur
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