GKSS, the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club, has claimed the 2026 Swedish J/70 Sailing League title. GKSS won the decisive final race to secure the event victory and retain the national title.
Eighteen teams gathered for the finale, hosted by Ekerö Båtklubb, where fifteen races over the weekend whittled the fleet down to a top five. GKSS went in holding a two-point lead over KSSS (Royal Swedish YC), with Halmstads Segelsällskap a further two points back.
It turned into a rout. GKSS won the Ekerö weekend outright and locked up the overall series, finishing with a 6-1-3-1 record across the four events, Kalmar, Långedrag, Örnsköldsvik and Ekerö, for 11 points total. The winning crew was Malcolm Björsson, Amanda Ljunggren, Oscar Andersson, Klara Utterström and Carl-Fredrik Fock.
The real drama unfolded further down the leaderboard.
KSSS entered the finale second overall, two points behind GKSS, but slipped to fourth in the grand final race. That opened the door for Halmstads Segelsällskap, who finished third in the final race and second overall at the event drawing level with KSSS on points, both finishing the series on 16.
It came down to a tiebreak. Halmstad's 7-2-5-2 record beat out KSSS's 5-5-2-4, handing the silver medal to the Halmstad crew of Christoffer Hellekant, Otto Berg, Anders Hellekant, Liv Häggström and Alice Borslöv. KSSS, whose crew was Andreas Emmoth, Filippa Emmoth, Lova Barthelson, Nils Brandén and Mathias Hermansson, had to settle for bronze.
Further back, another tiebreak decided fourth and fifth. Stenungsunds Segelsällskap, skippered by Clara Svensdotter, and Ljungskile Segelsällskap, helmed by Magnus Lundgren, finished level on 22 points apiece. The countback favoured Stenungsund for fourth, with Ljungskile taking fifth.
