Seven Victorian crews were joined by Australia’s number 1 & 2 ranked teams from NSW to contest the first ever J/70 Victorian State Championships at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron over the Victorian Labour Day long weekend March 12-14, 2022.
Reg Lord’s Juno has prevailed over a small but competitive fleet to capture the 2022 J/70 NSW State Championship title hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from 22-24 January on Sydney Harbour.
Sydney Harbour’s growing J/70 fleet competed in the Lowell North Memorial Regatta held over four evenings at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron last week.
Twilight J/70 racing on Sydney Harbour. Tim Ryan (Vamos) is currently in the lead, followed by Sam Haynes (Celestial) and Steven Proud (Swish). The final week of racing will be Thursday 2 December.
With two strong days of racing down in the 2021 J70 Australian Championship, the weather served up testing conditions for the racing crews and Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron race management team on the third and final day.
Stunning April conditions met the fleet for day two of the 2021 J70 Australian Championships at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on Easter Sunday. Prevailing south-westerly offshore breezes were on the menu day two’s three races, with wind speeds building throughout the afternoon.
Vamos from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia skippered by Tim Ryan, with his team of Rob Greenhalgh, Charlie Gundy and Jess Grimes lead after a perfect scorecard on day one with three bullets.
CYCA's Reg Lord dominated the inaugural Lowell North Memorial J70 Twilight Regatta hosted by the Squadron on Thursday evenings during October and November. Boats from RSYS, MHYC and CYCA contested the eight race series held over four evenings.
