After the first four events of the Italian J/24 National Championship series (consisting of Trofeo Nettuno, Pasquavela Santo Stefano, Trofeo Academia Navale Livorno and Cala Galera), the best Helmsman-Owner of the first half of the season (the Francesco Ciccolo Perpetual Challenge Trophy) is again ITA 212 JAMAICA owned and skippered […]

Last year was windy; this year was light, sunny and warm – great sailing! The Macquart Marine Cronulla J/24 Short Course Regatta was conducted in the clean clear waters of Bate Bay, Cronulla over the Queens Birthday long weekend of June 6-7, and was a huge success again. It was […]

At the 35th edition of Cleveland Race Week hosted by Edgewater Yacht Club, nine J/24s competed for the Great Lakes Championship from June 13-14. Six light air races were completed, five of which were won by Kevin O’Brien on Fugue State. Adding in a third, he totaled just 8 points […]

There was no wind on the final day of the J/24 European Open Championship, and the result was that all 32 crews (representing France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Great Britain, Brazil and United States) returned to shore to haul their boats and prepare for the awards ceremony earlier than many expected. […]

32 J/24 teams are racing for the European Championship through June 12 in Le Crouesty, France. Keep up with all the action at the regatta website:http://www.ycca.fr/#!european-championship-j24/c1svd.

After the first two days of competition in which more than 30 crews completed six races in the waters off Cala Galera/Porto Ercole, LA SUPERBA is now leading the XXXV edition of the J/24 Championship organized by Club Nautico and Argentario Sailing. Ignazio Bonanno’s crew on LA SUPERBA are leading […]

The J/24 Spring Cup, hosted by Parkstone Yacht Club (Poole, England), was the first regatta of the season and a great opportunity to catch up with other J/24 sailors, both on and off the water, since the last regatta in October. With two major European regattas over the coming year, […]

After a slow start on the first day, six races were completed in the final two days to make for another great event on the third act of the J/24 National Circuit: the 32nd Trofeo Accademia Navale & City of Livorno (Italy). Posting their fourth consecutive win in the TAN […]

Thank you to Simon Grain for the following story: Without taking anything away from the excellent Nationals in Adelaide earlier in the year, the Vic States have been warming up to be the real contest of the year. And so it was. The Black Prince of Sandringham took it from […]

The phenomenal hosts and race management of the YC Santo Stefano again hosted this year’s XXVIII Pasquavela Regatta (Porto Santo Stefano, Italy). The regatta combines two classes of offshore boats with a J/24 one-design start. It has been a popular regatta for years due to the combination of great regatta […]

The Argentinean J/24 fleet just concluded its regatta series called the Campeonato Centro de la Republica. The series starts February in gorgeous Mendoza and ended this past weekend in a red-hot regatta with a huge fleet on the beautiful Andean mountain lake: Lago San Roque and its village called Villa […]

With a stunning performance, the Naples Navy crew on LA SUPERBA, skippered by Ignazio Bonnano and crew of Simone Recivo, Alfredo Branciforte, Picaro Francesco and Luigi Ravioli, won all six races to win the first of seven stages of the Italian J/24 Championship. The event was perfectly organized by Neptune […]

What a day the first day of Banderas Bay Regatta XXIII was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Winds began okay, then they got light, and for those who stuck it out, it got windy again at the end. The second day of BBR brought more wind, and the PRO decided almost […]

The premier lady skippers race on Port Phillip Bay Melbourne Victoria is the Jennifer Goldsmith Memorial Trophy regatta – this year swept by J/24 teams! In memory of Jennifer, a keen sailor, all the entry fees were donated to Melanoma skin cancer research. In its 24th year, the JGMT attracts […]

Grenada Sailing Week lasts for seven days. With teams from the USA, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Barbados, Antigua, St Lucia, Trinidad and Grenada, the sailors had more than their fair share of fun. In addition to the CSA handicap keelboats, seven J/24 one-designs sailed their own course literally right off […]