J/70

J/70 is a trailerable, 6.93-metre (22.7 ft) American sailboat class designed by Alan Johnstone and first built in 2012.^[2]

J/70

Development
Designer	Alan Johnstone
Location	United States
Year	2012
No. built	more than 1324 (2018)[1]
Builder(s)	J Boats
Name	J/70
Boat
Displacement	1,790 lb (810 kg)
Draft	4.92 ft (1.50 m)
Hull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	22.74 ft (6.93 m)
LWL	20.47 ft (6.24 m)
Beam	7.38 ft (2.25 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	628 lb (285 kg)
Rudder(s)	transom-hung
Rig
Rig type	Fractional rigged sloop
I foretriangle height	26.77 ft (8.16 m)
J foretriangle base	7.68 ft (2.34 m)
P mainsail luff	26.16 ft (7.97 m)
E mainsail foot	9.44 ft (2.88 m)
Sails
Mainsail area	123.48 sq ft (11.472 m2)
Jib/genoa area	102.80 sq ft (9.550 m2)
Spinnaker area	491 sq ft (45.6 m2)
Total sail area	226.27 sq ft (21.021 m2)

Production

The boat is built for J Boats by three builders, CCF Composites in the United States, J/Composites in Europe and J/Boats Argentina in South America.^[3] At least 1451 had been constructed by 2019.^[4]

Design

The J/70 is a small racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder, a retractable bowsprit and a lifting keel. It displaces 1,790 lb (812 kg) and carries 628 lb (285 kg) of lead ballast. The boat features a very large asymmetrical spinnaker with an area of 491 sq ft (45.6 m²), flown from the carbon fiber bowsprit.^[2]

Events

World Championship

Main article: J/70 World Championship

European Championship

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Kiel[5]	Italy Claudia Rossi Matteo Mason Simone Spangaro Michele Paoletti	Monaco Stefano Roberti Enrico Fonda Ludovic Broquaire Filippo Lamantia	Spain Gonzalo Araújo Guilherme Almeida Diego Fructuoso Nacho Giamonna
2018 Vigo[6]	Italy Alberto Rossi	Spain Luis Bugallo	Italy Umberto de Luca
2021 Charlottenlund[7]	Spain José María Torcida Francisco Palacio Rayco Tabares Pablo Santurde Luis Martín Cabiedes	Great Britain Paul Ward	United States Michael Goldfarb
2022 Hyères[8]	Great Britain Jonathan Calascione James Peters Morgan Peach Dave Kohler	United States Richard Witzel Carlos Robles Tomas Dietrich Bernardo Freitas	Turkey Ahmet Eker Burak Zengin Yaşar Arıbaş Cem Gözen
2023 Weymouth[9]	United States Douglas Rastello Steve Hunt John Wallace Morgan Trubovich	Portugal Vasco Serpa Paulo Manso Diogo Pinto Hugo Rocha	Turkey Gülboy Güryel Ali Tezdiker Massimo Bortoletto Victor Diaz de Leon
2025 Sandhamn[10]	Portugal Vasco Serpa Bernardo Plantier Afonso Domingos Hugo Rocha	Spain Luis Albert Gerardo Prego Alejandro Muscat Manu Weiller	Spain Luís Martín Cabiedes Luis Bugallo Alberto Padrón Jon Larrazábal

See also

• List of sailing boat types