(Kaliningrad, Russia)-
The first training and boat demonstration session for the J/70 MOJO
took place over the June 7th to 9th weekend off Kaliningrad. The wind
was somewhat light, just 4-7 kts with gusts up to 12 kts. The
conditions were gorgeous with plenty of sun and warm weather. Taking
the boat for test rides included Irina Gorbatyuk and Dmitry Zaritskiy
from Kaliningrad. Their comments were that "the J/70 is very well
behaved, to windward it has very good speed. Downwind with gennaker we
were planing in the puffs, very nice! All who have tried it give the
J/70 very high praise, noting that the boat is light and nimble,
well-balanced, and very comfortable to drive." J/Russia are planning on
getting a complete sailing program running in Kaliningrad with a fleet
of J/70s!
