J/Boats Brings J/7, J/9, J/40 and J/45 to Annapolis Sailboat Show
(Newport, RI)- Come one, come all for the biggest sailboat show in the United States! Annapolis is always a fun time and a fantastic opportunity to browse the latest J/models at the show.
October 15- 18- Annapolis Sailboat Show- Annapolis, Maryland
On display- J/7, J/9, J/40, and J/45
Annapolis Sailboat Show information (https://www.annapolisboatshows.com/sailboat-show/)
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Club Nautique de Versoix Wins 2026 J/70 SAILING Champions League
(Kiel, Germany)- The Club Nautique de Versoix secured the 2026 J/70 SAILING Champions League title during a thrilling finale on the Kiel inner fjord this weekend. In the 13th season of the successful J/70 sailing league format, the coveted championship trophy goes to Switzerland for the very first time.
The venue demanded everything from the top international crews in the matched J/70 one-design keelboats. Tricky, shifting winds between the huge cruise ships in the harbor basin created demanding conditions in the first days. Tactical intuition, sensitive trim, and the absolute necessity to keep the boat moving constantly in the light breeze were essential. The short-course races became a true stage for light-wind specialists.
No single team dominated throughout the regatta. The fleet’s performance level was too high, with established teams and newly formed crews locked in a constant battle. READ MORE HERE.
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Club Nautique Morgien Wins Swiss J/70 Super League and 2026 Championship
(Lake Geneva, Switzerland)- From October 2-4, the Swiss J/70 Sailing Super League gathered in Morges on Lake Geneva for the fourth and final Act of the 2026 season. Hosted by Club Nautique Morgien (CNM), the event brought three days of pure Swiss Sailing League racing and an exciting Mixed Series season to a close.
Friday opened the series with a beautiful day of racing. The wind was consistent in strength, although at times shifty, providing excellent conditions for the teams on the water. The forecasts for Saturday and Sunday looked considerably less promising. Nevertheless, the race committee made the most of every opportunity and completed 26 races over the three days, giving each team 13 races.
CN Morgien made an early statement in the fight for the event victory and ultimately delivered on home waters. READ MORE HERE.
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PIRANHA Wins 2026 J/88 North American Championship on Long Island Sound
(Rye, NY)- The 2026 edition of the J/88 North American Championship will certainly go down in the history books as one of the toughest on record, with a mere dozen races over four days run by the Machiavellian Race Committee/ PRO team at the American Yacht Club! The sailors loved it; of course, everyone signed up for lots of sailing!
A dozen J/88 teams from across the country were ready to race on the often challenging race track known as western Long Island Sound. Depending on the wind conditions and, of course, the currents ripping up and down the Sound, running east and west, it was never a dull moment for the tacticians, who were often driven to drink after the races, wondering what just hit them! The fleet experienced a full range of conditions, from light and tricky breezes the first two days to winds reaching 28 knots for the last two days.
Still, the J/88s were treated to an epic battle between the top two boats from Chicago, IL, at the top of the leaderboard. Neither team gave the other a centimeter of breathing room as they fought tooth and nail around the race track in eleven of the twelve races. READ MORE HERE.
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J-CURVE Wins Italian J/70 Championship and 2026 J/70 Cup
(Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy) – After a summer dominated by major international events, the Italian J/70 Cup 2026 returned to the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda to host the J/70 Italian Championship. The event marked the return of the J/70 one-design class to Porto Cervo nearly ten years after the famous 2017 World Championship, which went down in history for its record entry of over 160 crews! After the three-day, eight-race series, Mauro Roversi’s J-CURVE pulled off the magic “double”, winning both the finale and the coveted overall Italian J/70 Cup. Here’s how it all went down over the weekend in Porto Cervo.
Day 1
After three races on opening day, J-CURVE—owned by YC Costa Smeralda member Mauro Roversi— led the provisional standings. Massimo Rama’s CAIM# JENIALE followed just one point behind, while Steven Proud’s Australian team on SWISH sat in third place. READ MORE HERE.
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German J/133 J-WOW Wins IRC 2 at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
(Saint Tropez, France)- At Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the spectacular show both on the water and ashore was enjoyed by more than 3,500 crew members from around the world. Without a doubt, the throngs of sailors enjoyed the unique spectacle: the 250-plus sailing yachts ranging from 9 to 56 meters, enjoying the nine days of racing and celebrations hosted by the famous Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez. Combining elite-level competition, elegance, and conviviality, the sailors enjoyed yet another celebration of every facet of the art of yachting. In fact, several dozen passionate, enthusiastic J/sailors loved this remarkable festival of sail, gathering their fair share of silverware to show for their success on the water! Here’s how it went down for those J/Teams. READ MORE HERE.
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CLEAR AIR Wins 2026 J/24 North American Championship, LIFTED Takes Silver
(Mississauga, ONT, Canada)- The Port Credit Yacht Club and the Canadian J/24 Class Association welcomed twenty-seven high-caliber teams to the 2026 J/24 North American Championship. The teams enjoyed world-class sailing on Lake Ontario with eight races completed over the four days of competition. The gracious Canadian hosts were anything but generous, with two of their own hauling off the principal silverware!
Enjoying an amazing string of recent championship wins in the J/24 class, PCYC’s Rossi Milev and his CLEAR AIR team managed to squeak out victory in the last race to win with 19 pts net! Fellow compatriots took the silver medal on Evan Petley-Jones’s LIFTED from Chester, Nova Scotia, with a crew of Ben Maloney, Matt Soosalu, Emily Merry, and Savannah Taylor. Then, rounding out the podium by winning the last race to take the bronze medal was the top American team- Kurt Dammeler’s AMUSE BOUCHE team from Seattle, WA. READ MORE HERE.
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MATCH IN PINK Wins Sixth Straight Women’s Match Racing World Title
(San Francisco, CA)- Over the weekend of October 1st to 4th, the St. Francis Yacht Club hosted the World Sailing Women’s Match Racing World Championship on San Francisco Bay on their fleet of matched J/22 one-design sailboats. The competition in this world championship regatta included 12 international skippers: the defending 2025 world champion, the 10 highest-ranked skippers on World Sailing’s Match Racing ranking list, and one skipper from the host club- the young and talented Lindsey Baab. The fantastic StFYC Race Committee/ PRO team managed to run the full slate of 103 races from the Round Robin (66), the Quarter-Finals (14), the Semi-Finals (18), and the Finals- Championship & Petite (5).
The indomitable French superstar match racer, Pauline Courtois, and her MATCH IN PINK by Normandy Elite Team (Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, and Laurane Mettraux), representing France’s Club de Voile Saint-Aubin Elbeuf, proved yet again why she is the top women match racer in the world- winning her sixth consecutive world title! READ MORE HERE.
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J/Boats Sweep Divisions at 2026 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta
(Rye, New York)- After last weekend got blown out by that infamous four-day “nor’easter” storm, the American Yacht Club’s famous fall regatta on Long Island Sound got this past weekend underway at a full-on roll. With a bit of practice under their belts getting the J/88 North Americans going on Wednesday, by the time the rest of the “big boats” all showed up en masse for the weekend, the extremely capable American YC RC/PRO team was ready to pound them races out in the solid breezes during the weekend. And pound them out they did, running six races for everyone over two days! Here is the breakdown of how it all went down in each division: the J/44 and J/105 one-design classes, and the ORC & PHRF handicap teams. READ MORE HERE.
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Star-Studded Fleet Set for 2026 J/22 World Championship in New Orleans
(New Orleans, LA)- The talk around the bar at Southern Yacht Club on Tuesday was split between two things: the World Championship about to begin on Lake Ponchartrain and a developing weather system in the Gulf that may have something to say about how the week unfolds.
Forty-six teams have converged on New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl J/22 World Championship, with racing scheduled Wednesday through Saturday. Up to 11 races are planned, with the first warning signal scheduled for 9:55 a.m. each day.
It is a major international championship, but this particular fleet’s story may be just as much about longevity.
J/Boats developed the J/22 as its second boat, and roughly 1,600 have been built. With racing across North America, Europe, and South Africa, J/22s have weekly local club racing, intercontinental championships, and an annual World Championship rotating between Europe, the USA, and South Africa. Yacht clubs maintain fleets of J/22s for members, and family teams remain a familiar sight throughout the class. READ MORE HERE.
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