J/70
# 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.

## 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. At least 1451 had been constructed by 2019.

## 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 $m^2),$ flown from the carbon fiber bowsprit.

## Events

### European Championship

| Yearvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2016 Kiel | 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 | Italy Alberto Rossi | Spain Luis Bugallo | Italy Umberto de Luca |
| 2021 Charlottenlund | Spain José María Torcida Francisco Palacio Rayco Tabares Pablo Santurde Luis Martín Cabiedes | Great Britain Paul Ward | United States Michael Goldfarb |
| 2022 Hyères | 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 |
