How the Worlds Were Won
The 2023 J/70 world champions emphasized points, patience, and perseverance in the end game of a world championship.
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The 2023 J/70 world champions emphasized points, patience, and perseverance in the end game of a world championship.
Skipper Brian Keane and his teammates on the J/70 Savasana were the top team at this winter’s J/70 Winter Circuit events and the root of their success is not something you’ll find in the tuning guide.
We mic’d up Andy Horton and Travis Odenbach on the J/70 for a practice race. Listen in to hear how these top sailors get around the racecourse with fleet management, tactics and strategy calls.
It took every race of the 2021 J/70 World Championship in Marina Del Rey, California, for Peter Duncan and his crew on Relative Obscurity to earn the big title.
In this week’s episode, Ed Baird checks in from the 44Cup’s first event, Jonathan McKee downloads on the J/70 North American drift-fest and Gary Jobson tries to explain the New York YC’s surprise challenge protocol.
There’s movement on the water.
Simple marks on sheets and halyards simplify getting around the racecourse.
The importance of pre-bend in J/70 rigs.
Boston Yacht Club will host more than 150 teams across 14 fleets.
For Jud Smith, contesting the biggest one-design championship of the year on his home waters had its challenges, but he and his teammates were more than ready to take them all on, one race at a time.
First designed to solve a deck layout challenge unique to the winch it replaces, Harken’s new SnubbAir “has so many potential applications it defies classification as a winch.”
Since the early days of the J/70, Jen and Ray Wullf have been committed to maintaining their team’s Corinthian status in a class dominated by
The 2023 J/70 world champions emphasized points, patience, and perseverance in the end game of a world championship.
Skipper Brian Keane and his teammates on the J/70 Savasana were the top team at this winter’s J/70 Winter Circuit events and the root of their success is not something you’ll find in the tuning guide.
We mic’d up Andy Horton and Travis Odenbach on the J/70 for a practice race. Listen in to hear how these top sailors get around the racecourse with fleet management, tactics and strategy calls.
It took every race of the 2021 J/70 World Championship in Marina Del Rey, California, for Peter Duncan and his crew on Relative Obscurity to earn the big title.
In this week’s episode, Ed Baird checks in from the 44Cup’s first event, Jonathan McKee downloads on the J/70 North American drift-fest and Gary Jobson tries to explain the New York YC’s surprise challenge protocol.
There’s movement on the water.
Simple marks on sheets and halyards simplify getting around the racecourse.
The importance of pre-bend in J/70 rigs.
Boston Yacht Club will host more than 150 teams across 14 fleets.
For Jud Smith, contesting the biggest one-design championship of the year on his home waters had its challenges, but he and his teammates were more than ready to take them all on, one race at a time.
First designed to solve a deck layout challenge unique to the winch it replaces, Harken’s new SnubbAir “has so many potential applications it defies classification as a winch.”
Since the early days of the J/70, Jen and Ray Wullf have been committed to maintaining their team’s Corinthian status in a class dominated by
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