Kieler Woche, held in the height of summer, concluded on June 28 with the final sailing races in the international classes. Despite challenging conditions with light winds and lulls, a total of around 200 races were completed. Nearly 250 yachts had kicked off Kieler Woche nine days earlier with the […]

The first event of the 2026 J/24 Class National Circuit— the Nino Menchelli Trophy National Regatta— concluded with a victory for Ignazio Bonanno’s Italian Navy team aboard LA SUPERBA. The event was excellently organized, under the delegation of the FIV (Italian Sailing Federation) and the Club Nautico Marina di Carrara. […]

The 2026 J/24 Midwinter Championship saw three days of competitive racing and memorable shoreside hospitality at Florida Yacht Club from March 13-15. Hosted by the club and Fleet 55, the Championship drew 42 boats from across North America for nine races over three days, delivering tight racing and a dramatic […]

The updated 2026 J/24 Class Rules have been approved by World Sailing and are available at https://www.sailing.org/classes/j24/#Documents.

The ninth and final stage of the 2025 Italian J/24 National Circuit took place off Olbia, Sardinia. The previous eight stages took place from April to November. Here were the winners of each stage: Marina di Carrara (JAMAICA), Livorno (LA SUPERBA), Lerici (LA SUPERBA), Caldonazzo (BRUSCHETTA), Agropoli (JEBEDEE), Anzio (RABBIT […]

After several years without a J/24 South American Championship on the continent, the 2025 edition—hosted in Recreo, Viña del Mar, by the Yacht Club de Chile—marked a highly anticipated return for the Class in the region. Twenty-four teams from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay gathered for four spectacular days of competition, […]

Forty J/24 teams from across the continent gathered November 21-23 for the 2025 J/24 US National Championship, an event defined by patience, persistence and tactical mastery in unusually light and challenging conditions. Racing was scheduled to begin Friday, but a complete absence of wind kept the fleet ashore. Saturday delivered […]

In the five races sailed, Francesco Nucara’s RABBIT and crew of Fabio Ascoli, Paolo Boero, Simone Fojanini and Nicolò Gaddi won the sixth stage of the Italian J/24 National Circuit in the waters of Anzio. On the podium in second place was the winner of the penultimate race, Massimo Mariotti’s […]

18-20 knots of breeze and a 3-4m swell greeted the fleet for the final day of racing at the 2025 J/24 World Championship. Competitors looked excited with the possibility that they may get to use their genoas for once. The course was set south of Plymouth Sound breakwater and with […]

After a three-hour delay to allow the various warships and ferries to come and go, Plymouth Sound emptied and 20 knots of breeze welcomed the J/24 fleet for day 4 of the Worlds. This heavy wind regatta is starting to take the toll on both the boats and the sailors, […]

The wind pressure remained in Plymouth on Thursday. The race management team had the opportunity to run two races within the relative protection of Plymouth Sound inside the breakwater. Plymouth Sound was still experiencing 25 knots gusting 30+ on occasion from a Westerly direction. After Wednesday’s flurry of black flag […]

More challenging conditions with a 20-knot breeze, low visibility and damp conditions made for uncomfortable but exciting race conditions Wednesday for sailors and the race management team. That won’t matter to the Irish team Headcase Bow 10. Cillian Dickson and his team won both races and are now level points […]

Nearly 50 J/24s from 12 countries (Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, USA and the UK) descended upon Plymouth, UK for their five-day World Championship. After yesterday’s champagne sailing conditions for the practice race south of Plymouth breakwater, day 1 of racing proper found a stark […]

The final day of racing for the 2025 J/24 Corinthian US National Championship started at the scheduled noon time September 7 with winds blowing 12-14 at 255 degrees and a distance to the weather mark of 1.2 miles for a 4.7 miles course. Race 8 had a clean start with […]

Thank to Tom Werff for the report: The Irish team Headcase has triumphed at the 2025 J/24 European Championship, held in Wemeldinge, the Netherlands—securing their third consecutive European title. Dutch team Jack Around, led by Rutger Krijger, earned the silver medal, while German team Schwere Jungs, helmed by Stefan Karsunke, […]