Newport, RI, USA – September 25, 2014 – With marginal conditions and diminishing visibility on the ocean course, the Race Committee chose to sail inside north of the Newport Bridge for races 7 and 8 of the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles’ Cougar (USA) sailed […]
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35th Irish National J/24 Championship
Over 60 sailors in a dozen J/24s competed in the 35th Irish National J/24 Championship hosted by Lough Erne YC on a lake in Northern Ireland near the Atlantic coast. Boats from all four coasts of Ireland and one from its centre competed. Read the full story, click here. Full […]
Will Welles Holds Advantage at J/24 World Championship
Honey Badger Wins the Day Newport, RI, USA – September 24, 2014 –After a struggle to set the line square to the shifting wind, the fleet got off two more races at the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles’ Cougar (USA) held the lead with a […]
Will Welles Takes Lead of J/24 World Championship
Team Tarheel Wins the Day Newport, RI, USA – September 23, 2014 –After a morning postponement ashore, the fleet got off two more races at the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles’ Cougar (USA) moved to the lead with a nine, one respectively. Mauricio Santa Cruz’s […]
Breezy Opening Day of J/24 World Championship Leaves Two Teams Tied on Points for Lead
Newport, Rhode Island welcomed 70 teams from around the globe with wind and waves on the first of five days at the 2014 J/24 World Championship. The top of the fleet saw some familiar names but also some fresher faces. Mark Hillman’s Sokokumaru (USA) and Vernon Robert’s Gringa DC (Chile) […]
Who will be the 36th J/24 World Champion?
The legend lives on 37 years after Rod Johnstone built the first J/24. Seventy-one teams from 13 nations are registered to compete in the 2014 J/24 World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island. The J/24 Class continues its legacy of comprehensive International representation at its World Championships, with the following countries […]
Dartmouth Week
Dartmouth Week is coordinated by the three sailing clubs on the River Dart in England: Dartmouth Yacht Club (DYC), Dittisham Sailing Club (DSC) and Royal Dart Yacht Club (RDYC), with all three clubs being represented on The Joint Regatta Sailing Committee (JRSC). Dartmouth Week 2014 began with dinghy racing from […]
South Africa Tops International YC Challenge in NYC
Last weekend, 19 teams of amateur sailors from 14 nations sailed in the Sixth Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge in gorgeous sailing conditions on the Hudson River, right next to the Statue of Liberty. The races took place in Manhattan YC’s bright red J/24s; races were started off their […]
Chester Race Week
Sailors got off to a great start on the last day of competition at Chester Race Week. Conditions were great with a nice, steady southwest seabreeze, and winds of 15-20 knots. Most courses ended up finishing in a short range squall under black skies and rainy, blustery conditions. It passed […]
Ingham Crowned J/24 European Open Winner / Germany’s Schonfeldt Tops Europeans
A fleet of 35 J/24s assembled in the beautiful seaside resort of Angelholm, Sweden to compete for the J/24 European Championship. Conditions ranged widely from gales and thunderstorms to gorgeous sunny days with moderate winds. Topping the standings was the American team of Mike Ingham, comfortably winning the regatta by […]
2014 IJCA World Council Meeting
The 2014 IJCA World Council Meeting takes place on Saturday, October 25 at Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (Schöne Aussicht 37, 22085 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 40 – 55 77 99 5 0, e-mail: mail@nrv.de). The recommended hotel is the NIPPON HOTEL Hamburg (Hofweg 75, 22085 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 40 / […]
New Rules and Rules Conversion
Please click here and review the “ISAF Rules Conversion for the J/24 Class: Explanation” and the “J/24 ISAF Class Rules Conversion: Document.” The Rules now follow the required ISAF template and format. It has taken many months for Tim Winger, ITC Chair, to complete this conversion. Along the way, there has […]
Victorian J/24 Association Newsletter
The latest edition of the Victorian J/24 Association newsletter “Hit the Mark” is now available. J24_Newsletter_2014_08
Taittinger Royal Solent Regatta
Last week saw the opening of the Taittinger Royal Solent Regatta with the champagne reception held at the Royal Solent Yacht Club’s landmark clubhouse in Yarmouth. It was gratifying to see that the Regatta had attracted over 170 entries. Perfect weather conditions enabled over 700 guests to spread out into […]
J/24 Westerns
Light airs and large shifts were the order of the day at the J/24 Western Championship in Iniscealtra Sailing Club. Fourteen teams battled it out over six closely fought races. In the end, it was local boat Scorpio Jnr, skippered by Andrew Deakin who emerged out of a six-boat leading […]