(Santiago, Chile)- J/70s continue to pop-up in some of the most amazing places to sail in the world
and are also doing some amazing things in even the most common places
to sail in the world. On the highest order of magnitude of “coolness”
has to be the two J/70s that are sailing on Vichuquen lake, 350 kms south from Santiago, Chile
way, way, way up in the spectacular, breath-taking Andes Mountains.
Here we find J/70 #76 sitting safely high and dry on her “dry-sail”
cradle on a dock- “sweet” to have this baby sitting behind your “crib” a
mile high on this gorgeous lake!
Sailing
on the ever-popular Galveston Bay is a rapidly growing fleet of J/70s.
While not sailing one-design events, some have been sailing the
Galveston Bay Icicle Series in the PHRF handicap fleet- a series of
“pursuit-style” races over several weeks. Recently, Michael Byrne posted a YouTube sailing video of their J/70 flying a Code Zero in this PHRF handicap pursuit race! Apparently, the J/70 was simply flying! According to Mike:“We were in the PHRF staggered start race, we used a Code 0 built from the Galveston Bay UK loft. The race started off pretty tight with an apparent about 50 degrees, but ended up around 60-65 degrees. The pole was out just about 2.5 feet. Wind was around 6-10 kts true. Boat speed averaged about 7.5 knots C.O.G in flat water with no current. A J/109 with a Code 0 took forever to overhaul us, they ever so slowly rolled us to leeward with an extra 0.5 knots of boat speed, but chalk that up to the extra 13 feet of waterline!”
It sure looked like it was a fun day on the water. Last week the J/70 was the first boat across the line. Enjoy their YouTube J/70 sailing video here.
