Last week, J/70 sailors were treated to an amazing regatta on Lake Erie. The first J/70 North Americans to sail on the Great Lakes took place off Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by the Edgewater Yacht Club. The sailing conditions were truly epic, with two days of racing in 6 to 10 foot waves (more like giant chop) and 15 to 25+ kt winds with temperatures in the 70’s F and mostly sunny days. Also enjoying breezy conditions were a number of other regattas around North America. The J/105 Canadian Championships were held on Lake Ontario, hosted by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. South of them on Long Island Sound, the American Yacht Club hosted the first weekend of their famous Fall Series for one-design fleets of J/70s, J/88s, J/105s, J/109s, J/44s and a PHRF fleet with J/111, J/145 and J/112E sailing in them. Still further south on the Chesapeake Bay, the Annapolis Yacht Club hosted the first Offshore Doublehanded Regatta for a one-design fleet of “mixed” J/105s and a PHRF handicap fleet with a J/35 and J/33. Out west, the fun-loving J/Fest San Diego hosted one-design fleets of J/70s, J/105s, J/120s, and a J/PHRF fleet that included a J/30, J/109, and J/145.