(Chicago, IL)- The 2023 J/70 North American Championship will be hosted at Chicago Yacht Club's Belmont Station from September 18th to 24th. This prestigious event will welcome fifty-four competitors from all corners of the U.S. as well as eight countries from around the world (USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Brazil, Australia, and the United Kingdom). As the final major regatta before the upcoming J/70 World Championship in St. Petersburg, FL, the fleet is loaded with talent with everyone expecting to test their boathandling skills, boatspeed, and tactics against many of the world's best J/70 sailors.

Undoubtedly, the American contingent is the strongest at the regatta, with well-known veterans preparing to do battle for four straight days. Those teams that may factor on the leaderboard include Brian Keane's SAVASANA, Lee Sacket & Dave Kerr's USA 1516, Jack Franco's 3 BALL JT, Cate Muller-Terhune's CASTING COUCH, John Heaton's EMPEIRIA, Japanese sailing star Makoto Uematsu on ESMERALDA, Martin Dent's JELVIS, Bruce Golison's MIDLIFE CRISIS, Haroldo Solberg's OCEAN PACT from Brazil, Rich Witzel's ROWDY, Takashi Okura's SLED from Japan, Bruno Pasquinelli's STAMPEDE, Dick Kalow's SUPERIOR I, Bryce Kalow's SUPERIOR 2, and Ahmet Eker's EKER from Turkey.  For more J/70 North American Championship sailing information