Month: November 2025

  • YCM compete at Campionato Invernale West Liguria

    As every year, YCM competed in the Campionato Invernale West Liguria. Under the banner of the Gorilla Gang Cup and Trofeo Statari, this autumn event has become a must on the race calendar for many Mediterranean based teams, always attracting a large fleet who love this Ligurian regatta. Among the boats taking part were Andrea Statari’s Gorilla Gang XL, and Marco Vignetta’s Blue Scorpion.

  • Yacht Club de Monaco Optimist results: double podium for Monaco at Les Sablettes

    A highlight of this stage of the League Championship held in Les Sablettes was the Optimist results of young athletes from Yacht Club de Monaco who really made a mark. The Club’s young sailors proved once and for all that they have what it takes. In a 30-strong fleet of contestants, with variable winds of 6 to 12 knots and after four races, the hard work put in by YCM saw two of its sailors at the top of the leaderboard.

  • JOUR J Wins Navigatlantique Trophy

    (La Rochelle, France)- La Rochelle Nautique hosted the J/70 Cup for the ninth and final stage of the French Cup. This 13th edition of the Navigatlantique Trophy, always a very friendly event, took place from November 8th to 10th.
    The first two races were held on Saturday in very light wind conditions. Then, four races were held on Sunday in stronger conditions. Finally, two more races took place on Monday in a good breeze.
    After eight races, JOUR J, skippered by Béatrice Joyaud and her crew of Nicolas Dore, Eliot Merceron, and Benjamin Amiot, emerged victorious with 4 race wins and 10 pts. Taking the silver medal was Philippe Guigne’s SAILING IMPACT Team (Cedric Meunier, Damien Scelo, and Eric Guigne) with 3 wins and 15 pts. Rounding out the podium with the bronze medal was Christine Briand’s JINN team (Louis Taylor, Tom Marsan, Franck Juin, and Armand Clabon) with 24 pts. She won the tiebreaker count back on 24 pts over Richard Fromentin’s COCODY/ LECLERC HENNEBONT team (Thomas Waret, Thomas Nicol, Jean Fretigny, and Valentin Massu), finishing in fourth place. Rounding out the top five with 27 pts was Gonzague Marraud des Grottes’s JAWS TOO with his team of Emmanuel Lacoste, Nicolas Brisson, and Victor Dumareau.
    Notably, this was the first J/70 regatta in France that saw two women helm on the podium, Beatrice Joyaud and Christine Briand! This development of top women skippers and top women crew in the J/70 class is a wonderful trend that continues to grow quite significantly. This trend “coattails” the American Laura Grondin’s recent win at the J/70 World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the three-time J/70 European Championship winner Claudia Rossi from Italy; and the dramatic growth of the Helga Cup in Hamburg, Germany, with 62 women’s teams sailing J/70s on the beautiful Alster Lake (325+ women sailors)!
    For more French J/70 Cup sailing informationhttps://www.classej70france.com/calendrier

  • Light Start to San Diego Hot Rum Series

    (San Diego, CA)- The first race of the three-race long Hot Rum Series started off with a whimper. Light winds plagued the fleet, with only about one-third of the 100+ boat fleet finishing the pursuit race. Hosted by San Diego Yacht Club for decades, the Hot Rum Series has been a popular regatta to close out the end of the summer/ fall sailing season in Southern California.
    Using the PHRF SoCal ratings, the slowest boats start first at 10:00 AM, and by noon, the biggest, fastest boats have started. Given the normal scenario for developing winds on San Diego Bay, it takes some time for the Seabreeze thermal to develop over the top of Point Loma. As a result, it’s usually the big boats that benefit from a late start with decent breeze.
    The Hot Rum Series started on November 8th, the next race is on November 22nd, and the last race is on December 6th.

    PHRF 2 DivisionLeading this nine-boat fleet was a pair of fast, well-sailed J/145s. First was Rudy Hall’s J/145 PALAEMON, and second was Alec Oberschmidt’s AARRRGG.
    PHRF 4 DivisionThis fifteen-boat fleet saw Mike Hatch’s J/105 J-ALMIGHTY win quite handily. George Roland & Johannes Neuendorf’s J/105 JALOPY took third place, and Bennett Greenwald & Dave Vieregg’s J/105 PERSEVERANCE took fourth place.
    PHRF 5 DivisionIn this large twenty-boat fleet, Ed Sanford’s J/111 CREATIVE finished fourth, while Brion Murray’s J/122 PRONTO 122 was eighth, John Laun’s J/120 CAPER was ninth, and Colin Suvak’s J/120 DANI GIRL rounded out the top 10.
    For more San Diego YC Hot Rum Series sailing informationhttps://sdyc.org/

  • Alsterglocke- The legendary fun regatta on the Alster Lake for J/22s, J/24s, & J/70s

    (Hamburg, Germany)- The Alsterglocke regatta was founded in 1984 by Claus Krogmann and Robby Rottmann and has enjoyed steadily growing popularity ever since. Not only sailors, but also media outlets such as radio, television, newspapers, and the internet are enthusiastic about this event. It’s well-known throughout Germany and even beyond. Often imitated, but never equaled, it is one of the largest regularly held regattas with an impressive number of participating sailors.
    Sailors are known for sitting in their boats, sailing across the water, and using the wind to build speed. They occasionally need to manually adjust their sails to create optimal conditions. However, on Hamburg’s Alster Lake and during the Alster Bell event, much more action is required.
    Every year at the end of the sailing season, the Hamburg Sailing Club organizes a lively spectacle on the Alster. Around 90 boats participate annually, with over 500 sailors and 250 guests from all over Germany. Of course, not everyone is on board at the same time– each boat carries two complete crews of different classes. While a typical large boat usually has five sailors on board, the Alster Bell rule stipulates ten. After each prescribed lap around the dock, without mooring, and maintaining almost no speed, the crews must be exchanged.

    Now imagine this: Ten or more boats are racing towards the jetty at once, and you can already see it about to break in two. Then, just before colliding with the quay wall, the helmsman turns the rudder, brings the boat into the wind, and reduces speed. Then the game begins:
    The crew jumps overboard to thunderous applause. One after another, they jump, slide, stumble, and tumble towards the jetty, while the crew members on the jetty try to do the same in the opposite direction— to get back onto the boat.
    Some land sideways, clinging to the opposite bench, getting tangled in the sheets, or ending up blindly wrapped up in the sail, and disoriented. Others slide straight into the cockpit or perform unexpected ballet moves by doing the splits between the dock and the boat. One leg desperately wants to stay on the dock, while the other is already on board, and the boat is sailing on!
    At almost every Alster Bell race, there are sailors who swim after the boat, and during sudden gusts of wind, entire crews often capsize their vessels. However, the Alster Bell trophy cannot be won by swimming – it must be won by sailing!!

    The numerous J/22s, J/24s, and J/70s, which are usually strong contenders for the Bell regatta, had no bearing on the outcome this year. For example, the first J/24, sailed by Frank Blohm & Christina Schober, came in tenth.
    The weather conditions were moderate, with a force 10 wind gusting to 15 knots from the west and an air temperature of 15°C (60°F), typical for this time of year. A total of forty sailboats participated, including 470s, 505s, Dragons, Ynglings, and the J’s made up most of the fleet.
    The top five J/Boats teams were Frank Blohm & Phillipe Graf’s J/24. Next was Dagmar Hilcken & Nicola Rodenhausen’s J/22, then the third J/Team was Louis Enking & Max Haufschild’s J/22 from the Netherlands. Fourth was Jorn Harms & Peter Langhans’s J/24, and fifth was Lasse Karstens & Tim Lasse Seeger’s J/24.
    For more Alsterglocke regatta sailing informationhttps://hamburger-segel-club.de/alsterglocke/

  • 44th Hamble Winter Series Report- Weekend V

    (Hamble, England)- The 44th running of the Hamble Winter Series is now in its sixth weekend of sailing on the infamous, capricious Solent Water between Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Yet again, J/teams across the board are enjoying a wide range of conditions from wet & wild to sunny and benign.
    The CV SEA ANGEL set up at 4J (hamblewinterseries.com) for Race Week 5 of the Hamble Winter Series, which was sponsored by Pharmacy Consulting Ltd. The plan, according to PRO Peter Bateson, was “for a challenging variety of legs up, down and across the wind and across the tide, ending after 2-2½ hours back at hamblewinterseries.com.”

    Wellies had been compulsory on the Hamble foreshore mid-week, which meant that some big spring tides were still prevalent in the Solent. 10-15 kts of breeze with a lot of South in it (185-200 degrees) meant there would be even more “opportunities” for cross-tide sailing than usual.
    With the series entering its last four weeks, one longer race is the order of the day, allowing boats to return to their berths in daylight. IRC 1&2 were sent on a 13-mile course which had two legs across the Ryde Middle Bank. IRC 3 was dispatched on a 10.9-mile course, which went to Royal Thames (4F) and then to Ben Wood (4N) on the southern edge of the East Knoll Bank.

    The aforementioned Spring cross-tide came into play at the start of IRC 1 & 2, as Chris Burleigh’s J/109 JYBE TALKIN, who last week was photographed very close to a mark, went one better this week, when they got tangled up on the pin! In maneuvering off, they came together with the Sigma 38, which led to a protest. However, having witnessed some turns by JYBE TALKIN that would have graced the dance floor, the Sigma 38 withdrew the protest.
    The winner for the day was the J/109 JUKEBOX with two bullets, then third on the day was the J/109 MOJO RISIN with a 3-4.
    After ten races in the Winter Series, MOJO RISIN still sits in third place, with JYBE TALKING sitting in fourth place.
    In the J/111s, Chris Jones & Louise Makin’s JOURNEYMAKER II continues to lead their series with two more bullets over the weekend. Second is Paul Griffiths’s JAGERBOMB, and third is Ella Wollmann’s FREQUENT FLYER.
    Next week sees The Bugle, a famous pub in the Hamble, as the day sponsor!! With three races to go and another discard in play, things could get very close.
    Thanks for this report, contributions from Trevor Pountain.
    For more Hamble Winter Series sailing informationhttps://www.hamblewinterseries.com

  • J/122E and J/99 Set Pace Offshore in Chile

    (Valparaiso, Chile)- The 50th edition of Off Valparaíso Regatta was raced in Valparaiso Bay on October 17-18 and was hosted by Yacht Club de Chile. Conditions were light on Saturday, with only 1 race with westerly winds of 4-7 kts. On Sunday, the conditions were much better with southwest winds from 12-14 kts.
    Thirty-three J/Boats participated in the regatta amongst the fifty-nine keelboats in the regatta. 56% of the fleet was J/Boats! That’s an amazing statistic for any regatta in the USA or Europe, but it’s truly remarkable in a South American regatta!

    J/24 ClassThe regatta had seventeen J/24s sailing on a dedicated windward-leeward race course. The fleet was preparing for the J/24 South American Championship to take place from December 5-8 at the same host club- Yacht Club de Chile. Also, this regatta was part of an international Navy Academy regatta, organized by the Chilean Navy. Different Navy Teams were invited from Canada, Spain, Italy, the UK, and Argentina. The class was won by Ivan Sepulveda on board MARGARITA with 6 PTS, followed in second place by Javier Nuñez’s BRIBON with 7 PTS, and third place went to the Canadian Navy crew on TRIUNFANTE with 7 PTS.

    J/105 ClassIn the J/105 fleet, ten boats sailed and completed three races over the weekend. Winning by a significant margin was Robert Malsch’s GRAND SLAM with a 1-3-2 record for 6 pts. The balance of the podium was determined by a tiebreaker at 12 pts each. Winning on the count back to take the silver medal was Jose Tomas Errazuriz’s WICHITA with a 5-6-1 record. Losing that count back to take the bronze medal was Horacio Salamanca’s CHUNGUNGO with a 7-2-3 record. The balance of the top five was Miguel Perez’s RECLUTA in fourth and Claudio Leon’s TRICALMA in fifth place.
    The J/105 had this last formal training for the 2025th J/105 National Championship that will take place on November 8, 9th, 22nd, and 23rd. A dozen boats are expected to take part in the Championship, which will be held by Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico in Algarrobo.

    IRC Racing DivisionIn this sixteen-boat fleet, Carolina Ibañez’s J/122E BELEN took the silver medal with a 4-1-3 tally for 8 pts. Eduardo Capdeville’s J/99 LADY CHOPPER finished in 8th place with 23 pts; they had a difficult day on Sunday.
    IRC Classic DivisionIn the IRC Classic fleet, the winner was Antonio Pi’s J/120 VIENTO DEL SUR!

    IRC Cruising DivisionIn the IRC Cruising fleet, it was Francisco Allamand’s J/145 ALIMANA that took fourth place.
    The 3rd and final date of the Apertura Championship will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of November in Cofradía Náutica de Algarrobo.
    Pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1e2VwMyi3_Gs-t7U5QiSq_43ibGP-Q6Tt

  • NRV Wins German J/70 Sailing League Finale

    (Berlin, Germany)- The 2025 German J/70 Sailing League competed for the coveted championship trophy for sailing clubs on Berlin’s Wannsee Lake. Going into the finale, only a few points separated the three frontrunners from the overall title – Mühlenberger Segel-Club (MSC), Joersfelder Segel-Club (JSC), and Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV).
    The final races promised thrilling competition. Only one point separated the defending champion MSC (Hamburg) from its closest rival, the Berlin JSC. With a further point separating them, the record holder NRV was lurking, waiting for its chance to reclaim the title.
    For MSC, helmsman Max Augustin started with his well-practiced team, while NRV relied on its successful J/70 junior crew with helmsman Mats Schönbeck in the duel of the Hamburg clubs.
    An idea that became an institution“We are looking forward to a thrilling season finale with the best league sailors from German clubs,” said Sailing Bundesliga manager Anke Nowak. “It’s an idea that has become an institution over the past decade: The Segel Bundesliga has revolutionized the sporting standards in the participating sailing clubs. League teams and training on the J/70 are now an integral part of German club sailing.”
    For many clubs, the Segel Bundesliga has long been a central component of their club strategy. Depending on sporting ambitions and performance level, the league – the Sailing Bundesliga and the international SAILING Champions League – offers top-level sailing almost all year round.

    NRV sails to eighth Bundesliga championshipThe race for the coveted championship trophy of the German sailing clubs was decided in convincing fashion: for the eighth time in the thirteen-year history of the Segel Bundesliga, the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV) team from Hamburg won. The Joersfeld Sailing Club (JSC) from Berlin became runner-up, achieving their best season result to date. The defending champion, the Mühlenberg Sailing Club (MSC), came in third.
    With a strong performance and high tension right to the end during the three final days, the team of champions from the Outer Alster Lake showed they deserved the championship title. The young team presented themselves as a perfectly coordinated crew, able to adapt quickly to every new situation, and demonstrating real composure in the final, very calm races.
    The Young NRV team shows all-around qualities.The helmsman was the 22-year-old Mats Schönbeck, who had already won the German J/70 National Championship title with his crew last year and has been part of the club’s first-division squad since this year. For the Bundesliga final, his championship crew was comprised of Henrik Peters, Moritz Gießelmann, and Ferdinand Pfund.
    “We had difficult conditions in Berlin, but we found our feet on the first day. The strong winds at the beginning suited us, but it got tricky after that,” said Mats Schönbeck, pointing out that the club had made a good start with veteran Tobias Schadewaldt at the helm. “We are very happy about the title and were a little nervous today because Joersfeld sailed to many first-place finishes.”
    NRV wins the championship and the final match dayThe NRV team not only won the championship, but also the final match day in Berlin, followed by the Joersfeld SC and the host Berliner YC.
    “Over the three days, we experienced the full spectrum of weather and utilized almost every Beaufort scale,” says Segel Bundesliga manager Anke Nowak. “On the first day, we had a storm with gusts exceeding 40 knots, forcing us to suspend the races after the J/70s threatened to capsize under jib only. Yesterday, the wind was lighter with frequent shifts, and today, unfortunately, the wind gradually decreased, forcing us to issue ‘AP over Alpha’ at 3:08 p.m., ending the championship after twelve flights.”
    Bocholter Yacht-Club champions of the 2nd leagueThe Bocholt Yacht Club (BOH-YC) won the championship title in the 2nd Sailing Bundesliga, with the Württemberg Yacht Club (WYC) taking second place. The Wuppertal Sailing Association (SVWU) finished third. These three clubs will now be promoted to the 1st Sailing Bundesliga, along with the fourth-placed Explorers and Seafarers Promotion Association (EnSFR) from Hamburg-St. Pauli.
    “We are incredibly happy to have finally made it to the 1st Bundesliga,” said Thorsten Willemsen, helmsman of the Bocholt Yacht Club. “We’ve had six demanding years in the 2nd league, with lots of training and the right motivation.”
    The Essen Gymnastics and Fencing Club (ETUF) won the final match day of the 2nd Sailing Bundesliga, ahead of EnSFR and the Hansa Münster Sailing Club.
    The exciting final races were broadcast live on the Sailing Bundesliga’s YouTube channel. On the final day, Lorenz Buchler, experienced race director at the BYC, and MSC Bundesliga helmsman Till Krüger commented on the decisive races. Sophisticated camera technology and numerous drone shots allowed viewers and fans to follow the races live, cheer on their clubs, and keep their fingers crossed.
    The final of the 2025 Sailing Bundesliga was jointly hosted by the Berlin Yacht Club and the Sailing Association of 1903 Berlin. After the awards, sailors gathered for the evening at the SV03 premises for a wonderful Halloween party.
    “We have had a successful season, with the clubs showcasing top-level sailing,” emphasizes Sailing Bundesliga initiator Oliver Schwall. “We thank our partners, the organizing clubs, and the many volunteers for their support on and off the water. Together with them, we have built a highly professional sailing league over the past 13 years, which has now been adopted in more than 21 other sailing nations and continues to serve as a model. These include numerous countries in Central Europe, as well as in the Asia Pacific and the USA.”
    For more German J/70 Sailing League informationhttps://deutsche-segelbundesliga.de/events/6-2/

  • Grondin First Woman to Win J/70 World Championship!

    (Buenos Aires, Argentina)- The Yacht Club Argentino hosted the 2025 edition of the J/70 World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the first time “down under” in the southern hemisphere. There were seventy-one teams participating from sixteen nations; including Argentina (22), Australia (1), Bermuda (1), Brazil (14), Chile (5), China (1), Spain (2), Great Britain (2), Germany (1), Italy (3), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), Sweden (2), Turkey (3), Uruguay (7), and USA (13).
    Sailing started on Tuesday, October 28th, and concluded on Saturday, November 1st. The entire top fifteen of the leaderboard experienced a severe case of “chutes & ladders”, as the teams moved up and down the top ten like yo-yos on a string. There were no exceptions. And, ultimately, the winner was Laura Grondin’s DARK ENERGY from the USA, the first woman helm and owner to win the J/70 World Championship.
    After ten races over five days, shifting tides and reshuffled leaderboards, the regatta came to a dramatic close on the final race on the final day. The entire top five was wide open for any team that could demonstrate enough consistency, avoid the “down the mineshaft” result, and grab the proverbial “brass ring” to the top of the leaderboard.

    For the first time in Class history, the J/70 World Championship was held in South America. South American teams earned four out of the top five positions and swept the Corinthian top five.
    The outcome was decided in the final moments of the final race, but it took years to build to this moment. “It’s been a five-year run,” said Grondin. “None of this happens by itself. It takes a team. What makes us the world champions? The ability to be resilient. We’ve stood on a lot of podiums, but being first is different. It just is.”

    The J/70 World Champion title is one of the most coveted in sailing — and now it belongs to Laura Grondin and her team on DARK ENERGY- tactician Taylor Canfield, back-to-back champion Ted Hackney, Ian Liberty, coach Robby Bisi, and husband Rick Grondin. Her win was far from easy, with Taylor commenting that it was the “most difficult regatta he’s ever sailed”. There are good reasons why he said that. Their average score was a 9.77 over the nine races counted, an amazingly high figure. They only had three podium finishes- 1-3-3. They had three MASSIVE double-digit “down the mineshaft” scores- 18-40-42. The rest of their scores were 6-9-4-4. Their final two races on the last day of 3-4 “saved their bacon”, resulting in a 4-point win over the second-place team. Here’s a killer statistic for the regatta winner, their no throw-out scores for 130 pts total would have resulted in a 13th average score and third place overall instead of first!
    “I’m so stoked to be the first female driver to win this, and I want there to be many more,” said Grondin. “I hope this is just the beginning. There were five women helms at this event, which is remarkable— but we need to have more. To all the women who competed on any boat: my shout-out to you. Keep going!!”
    Next on the podium was silver medal winner Guillermo Parada’s NILDO from the host YC Argentino. Their’s was a remarkable comeback given the fact that NILDO at one point stood in the low 20s overall halfway through the regatta. They were the only other boat in the entire regatta that posted three podium finishes, the other being DARK ENERGY. Parada’s NILDO team of Mariano Parada, Jorge Emilio Engelhard, and Juan Pablo Engelhard did not start the regatta with guns blazing and any hope of even a top-five finish. They had flashes of brilliance in one race. Their tally of 21-24-17.2-1-15-6-29 kept them stuck in the high teens in the provisional standings. However, with one day to go, they rediscovered how they won the fourth race and posted a 3rd in race 8 on the penultimate day. Feeling good about themselves on Saturday, they simply had the sailing conditions figured out better than anyone else on the race course that day, posting a remarkable 4-1 to snag the second step on the podium, much to their ecstatic delight, celebrating wildly on the podium with lots of champagne! Rightfully so, they should’ve been celebrating, as their no throw-out scores were 121.1 pts total, good enough to have won the World Championship on that basis!

    Taking the third step on the podium to earn the bronze medal was the Brazilian team of ARETE, skippered by Bruno Bethlem. Bruno’s team of Rafael Martins, Pedro Tinoco, and Alberto Vita also sailed the second most consistent scoreline in the fleet behind NILDO, posting 124 pts with no throw-outs total. The ARETE team had only ONE score in the top three, a 2nd in race 3, but they managed to just squeak by fellow Brazilian Haroldo Solberg’s VIKING OCEANPACT by 2 pts on the last day to take the bronze.
    Imagine for a moment how incredibly close the final discard race scores were for the top four boats; the outcome could easily have been dramatically different. One bad tack, a lousy take-down, getting fouled at the leeward gate, a port/starboard gone wrong, anything could’ve upset the scoreline. Grondin’s DARK ENERGY finished with 88 pts net, Parada’s NILDO had 92.2 pts net, and Bethlem’s ARETE had 94 pts net. Then, Solberg’s VIKING OCEANPACT finished with 95 pts net! WOWOW! Just 7 pts separated the top four boats with the highest average scores in J/70 World Championship history!
    Solberg’s VIKING OCEANPACT team of Geison Mendes, Mario Tinoco, and Gabriel Silva sailed a relatively consistent series to take fourth place. Yet another fellow Brazilian team, Sam Albrecht’s EL ENEMIGO and crew of Gustavo Thiesen, Rayco Tabares (a 3x J/80 World Champion), and Silvio Morelli managed to also sail a consistent regatta to take fifth place with 118 pts net.

    Corinthians DivisionFamily values prevailed in the Corinthian division; Andrés Ducasse’s DUCASSE Sailing Team (CHI) claimed top Corinthian honors in a heartfelt finish that brought the crowd to its feet for a father, four sons onboard, and a son coaching. The Ducasse family crew was Ignacio, Rodrigo, Andres Jr, and Francisco.
    “As the father of these kids, I’m grateful to God, grateful to sailing, and grateful for having taught my children and watched them become such excellent sailors. Above all, I thank my sons for the opportunity to compete by their side,” said Corinthian champion Ducasse. “We’ve done five Worlds and many South American championships, and this one has been the best organized of them all.”
    Taking the silver medal was Dennis Bariani Koch’s GABRIELA from Brazil. His crew consisted of Pedro Koch, Mateus Koch, Tiago Quevedo, and Felip Mallmann Fraquelli. Then, garnering the bronze medal was Maximo Videla’s WHISKY team from the host club YC Argentino. Maximo’s crew was Franco Greggi, Juan Cruz Albamonte, Santiago Palkin, and Eugenia Jasson.
    Women’s Helm DivisionOf course, the winner of the Helen Johnstone Memorial Trophy was Laura Grondin, skippering DARK ENERGY. The silver medal went to Cate Muller-Terhune’s CASTING COUCH with her American crew of Steve Hunt, Will Ryan, and her husband Allan Terhune. Then, the bronze medal winner was another American- Maggie McKillen’s MAGATRON- with crew of Orrin Starr, David Gilmour, and Scott Norris.
    Other trophy winners included the following:- One-Pro: Ezequiel Despontin’s 707 from Argentina- Young Crew: Bruno Centanaro’s PURA JODA from Argentina- Mixed-Plus: Laura & Leif Sigmond’s NORBOY from Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sponsors included Life Seguros, Almarena Madero Urbano, Galeno, South American Rigging/Marlow/Velo, Ansilta, Eximia, Windsail, Emergencias, Fantoche, and Vacalin.
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    Sailing photos by Matias Capizzano https://capizzano.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/2025-J70-Worlds/C0000IQHv30m._o8
    For J/70 World Championship sailing information and resultshttps://viramos.com/championships/814266b9-7043-4391-bd4e-e05350b94417
    For more Yacht Club Argentino regatta informationhttps://yca.org.ar/2025/01/15/2025-j70-world-championship/