The 2018 J/24 World Championship organized through August 31 by Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda in Italy is about to begin. Ninety-eight boats are registered representing 16 countries (Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Holland, Sweden and United States) for the Championship […]

Thanks to AFLOAT.IE in Ireland for the report: The Irish J/24 National Championship concluded at Foynes Yacht Club in a light to moderate westerly breeze. The Foynes YC PRO Derek Bothwell was able to start on schedule for the first time the entire weekend after hours spent waiting around for […]

Experience and consistency were the key to success at the J/24 European Championship that was held in Glücksburg, Germany from 23 to 27 July. In light winds and shifty conditions, Peer Kock and his team from Hamburg had an impressive series which led the way to the overall victory. In […]

The 2018 CORK International Regatta attracted 256 boats that competed in one-design competition on August 14-17 in Kingston, Ontario. This event also served as the J/24 Canadian Championship, won by Michael Howarth from Bronte Harbour Yacht Club. Winds were typically light and shifty for Kingston, with one wind reading coming […]

The Central Republic J/24 fleet in Argentina completed the first of their Winter Series on their Cordovan lake-Lago Salinas Grandes-for a competitive 16-boat fleet. Winning the first regatta was one of the newest boats in the fleet: Pablo Senestrari’s SEAWOLF. After six races, their 3-1-1-3-3-15 tally was good for 11 […]

Twenty-seven J/24s enjoyed 11 races at Kieler Woche in north Germany. American Mike Ingham dominated the fleet and was able take a DNS in the final race to end with 25 net points. With crew Max Holzer, Marianne Schoke, Quinn Schwenker and Justin Justin, the team nailed four bullets and […]

The 38th Italian Open J/24 Championship finished after eight races in the waters of Garda Trentino. For Ignacio Bonanno, skipper of Italian Navy ITA 416 LA SUPERBA, this was their fifth Italian title in the J/24 Class (the previous ones were 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017, in addition to the […]

Thanks to Mick Reynolds for this report: So what a difference 24 hours can make…the regatta was again hosted by the Cronulla Sailing Club, racing in the waters of Bate Bay on Saturday and the Port Hacking Estuary on Sunday. Fourteen J/24s made the commitment with five hulls from the […]

A strong fleet of 21 J/24 teams showed up at the Poole Regatta to sail for their 2018 UK National Championship. The crew at Poole YC ran nine races over the three days in sun and good breeze. The regatta went down to the wire for the duel that started […]

Mike Ingham’s Nautalytics came on strong down the stretch of the J/24 North American Championship to edge out reigning Champion Will Welles’ Bogus and win on a tie-breaker. With crew Marianne Schoke, Max Holzer, Justin Coplan and Quinn Schwenker, Ingham entered Sunday’s racing seven points behind Welles. A Nautalytics bullet […]

The traditional season opener for the Dutch offshore community is the Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta, sailed off Stellendam, The Netherlands. The J/24 was a rule-beater under ORC handicap measurement. Dirk Olyslagers’ J/24 JOOL walked away with class honors in the ORC 3 Division, counting just firsts in five races. […]

18 boats registered for the J/24 South American Championship in Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba—17 from Argentina and one from Chile. Among the Argentinians, there were four coming from Buenos Aires and one from Mendoza. The Championship started off as expected with Indigo (Ezequiel Despontin) and Carrera (Matias Pereyra) battling for […]

It is the fall in South America, and in Argentina, that means there are three highly competitive events taking place over a short period of time. There is the Campeonato del Oeste that takes place in Potrerillos, Mendoza in the far southwestern part of Argentina. Then, the second event is […]

Previous National Champion Steve Girdis and his mixed crew of Victorians and New South Welshmen sailing CONVICTS REVENGE are the new 2018 MONJON J/24 Victorian State Champions. Second was Dave West sailing KAOTIC (NSW) and third was Brendan Lee in BY THE LEE (Vic). Current National Champion Hugo Ottaway is […]

All eight scheduled races were completed in gorgeous Miami, FL conditions at the J/24 Midwinter Championship, but Will Welles’ Bogus only needed seven of them to tie up the victory. Rhode Island-based helmsman Welles led his team of Rich Bowen, Jock Hayes, PJ Schaffer and Nick Turney to a scoreline […]