Thank you to the AUS-JCA for this report: ‘The Shire’ as it is known to the sedentary Australian TV watching population and the people who live there is an area around 30km south of the Sydney CBD centred on Cronulla that has been known in the past for a bit […]

Last weekend, the weather across the Italian peninsula was highly variable, with some J/24 fleets enjoying great racing, while others (like in Rome) could not sail due to severe weather. Nevertheless, the winter championship series in several fleets had enthusiastic participation, despite the cool weather. Cervia (Fleet Romagna): After two […]

There has been a lot of J/24 sailing taking place across Italy, as J/24s were sailing their winter series in Sardinia, Rome, Genoa and Portofino. Here are quick summaries of the activity taking place in each region. Porto Rotondo, Sardinia: After the long summer break, the Sardinian J/24 Fleet got […]

The 42nd Winter Championship of Anzio and Nettuno had 21 J/24 crews take to the water. It was a tight battle between LA SUPERBA skippered by Ignazio Bonanno and BLACK LEATHER (Paul Cecamore) skippered by the 2014 Soling World Champion Farkas Litkey. “It’s been a good start for the regatta,” […]

Watch out traditional ladies days, the high heels and questionable dress codes of Ascot, Cheltenham and Goodwood, and all of the Yacht Club coffee and tea sessions called ‘ladies days,’ The Magenta project has rewritten the rules. Annie Lush and her team at the Magenta project are using their experiences […]

The Circolo Nautico Brenzone ran the penultimate event for the season-long Italian J/24 National Championship series—a six-event program that runs from April to November. Winning the latest event was VALHALLA HOTEL VERONA skippered by Fabio De Rossi with crew of Enrico Perbellini, Massimiliano D’Elia, Marco Fiorini and Petra Kurutz. The […]

On the Gublusk Bay in Ireland, the Lough Erne YC hosted the Autumn J/24 Series. Sailing this fall were a record 11 J/24s. Their first weekend saw SSE winds, 13 kts gusting to 25 kts, and plenty of sunshine. The fleet went out to race in a brisk gusty breeze […]

With a month to go, entries have started flowing in for what just could be the largest gathering of J/24s in Australia for some years. The first entry came from the ever keen Ron Thomson from Melbourne—that’s correct, the Victorians have drawn first blood. Simon Grain, another Sandringham Yacht Club […]

Kelly Wayne Holmes-Moon, 53, of Denton, formerly of Greenwood, died Wednesday September 28, 2016 in his home. Funeral services will be held October 1 at the First Baptist Church of Denton, 1100 Malone St, Denton, TX 76201 with burial at the Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood. Kelly was born February 5, […]

Daniel Frost’s German team of Timo Chorrosch, Felix Leupold, Jeronimo Landauer and Daniel Schwarze on JJOne placed 26th in race 7, putting the pressure on themselves going into race 8, the final of the 2016 J/24 World Championship in Wakayama Japan. With their previous 12-point advantage reduced to six, the […]

Daniel Frost’s German team on JJOne placed seventh on Thursday’s only race, but holds a firm advantage heading into the final day of the J/24 World Championship in Wakayama Japan on Friday. Two Japanese teams hold second and third: Keiji Kondo’s Fox and Demichi Kousuke’s Ichimokusan, both with 25 points. […]

Five races are now in the books at the J/24 World Championship in Wakayama Japan, and the German team on JJOne has strengthened their lead over the 41-boat fleet. Daniel Frost’s crew now tallies just 6 net points, able to drop an 11 in race three and keep a skinny […]

A slow-moving tropical storm dampened day two of the J/24 World Championship in Wakayama Japan. The 41 teams representing Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Peru, Singapore and the USA were kept ashore as heavy rains and winds were blanketing the area on Tuesday. Racing is scheduled to resume on Wednesday […]

It was the calm before the storm on day one of the J/24 World Championship in Wakayama Japan. With a tropical storm heading toward the area, 41 teams representing Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Peru, Singapore and the USA kicked off the Championship in winds of 4-6 knots over two […]

Steve Tupper, an IJ from Vancouver who was a tremendous help to the J/24 Class, passed away in August. There will be an internment at sea service at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on October 15 at 1:30 PT. Steve was on the jury for the World Championship held in […]