Nearly 100 teams for J/70 World title

The 2024 J/70 World Championship has attracted 96 entrants from 25 nations for the 10-race series on September 17-21 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

The favorites in the competition include the defenders of the title, Charles Thompson’s BRUTUS II (GBR), and the North American team Richard Witzel’s ROWDY (USA), past J/70 World Champion Joel Ronning’s CATAPULT (USA), Douglas Rastello’s GOOD TO GO (USA), and Brian Keane’s SAVASANA (USA).

From South America, the main favorites are Guillermo Parada’s NILDO (ARG) and the Brazilian teams Selmo Nissenbaum’s HIGHLANDERS and Ralph Vasconcellos’s MINDSET, Haroldo Holberg’s OCEANPACT, and Renato Faria’s TO NESSQ.

The host country Spain is fielding a remarkably strong contingent of teams with World and European Champion credentials. Those teams include Luis Albert’s PATAKIN, Luis Martinez Doreste’s MONJO, Luis Bugallo Arriola’s MARNATURA, Luis Martin Cabiedes’s NOTICIA, and the Canal family (Jorge Perez’s ABRIL ROJO & Luis Perez’s ABRIL VERDE).

The top titles on offer are the J/70 Class World Championship and J/70 Corinthian Class World Championship with trophies also for the top One-Pro, Mixed, and Youth teams depending on the number of entries.

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