VIVA LA VIDA — SUI 1736
Model: J/70
Updated
VIVA LA VIDA (SUI 1736) is a J/70 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J BOATS. She has been racing since 2026. She sails close to a typical J/70 at every angle.
Racing record
57
Race Edge
J/70: 56
597.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
6.94 m
22′ 9″
Beam
2.26 m
Draft
1.45 m
Displacement
0.8 t
Sail area
26 m²
On the podium
Where VIVA LA VIDA finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with VIVA LA VIDA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
SCE Ansegeln2026555
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Report a regattaHow VIVA LA VIDA compares with a typical J/70
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/70s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/70; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical J/70 across the course.
Speed at every angle
VIVA LA VIDA in blue, a typical J/70 dashed.
VIVA LA VIDA in blue, a typical J/70 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/70s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/70
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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