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North American Championship Launches on Thursday

Nearly 50 J/24 teams from around the globe have descended on Newport, Rhode Island for the 2013 J/24 North American Championship. Hosted by Sail Newport, competitors from Japan, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Canada join the USA, including reigning North American Champion John Mollicone. Racing begins Thursday afternoon and runs through […]

HEALY TAKES TITLE AT BMW J24 WORLDS

In a tense and closely fought final day, Tim Healy and his crew from Newport, Rhode Island, on board ‘Helly Hansen’ were impressive winners of the BMW J24 World Championship at Howth Yacht Club (near Dublin, Ireland), with eight top-five results (including three race wins) in the 10-race series. Healy, […]

AMERICANS DOMINATE ON FOURTH DAY AT BMW J/24 WORLDS

It was very much a case of North American domination on the fourth day of competition at the BMW J/24 Worlds at Howth Yacht Club (near Dublin, Ireland), with Tim Healy of Newport winning the first and third races of the day while compatriot Travis Odenbach’s win in the second […]

Tight at the top at BMW J/24 Worlds after five races

In stark contrast to the previous day, ideal sailing conditions prevailed at Howth Yacht Club (near Dublin, Ireland) on the third day of the BMW J/24 World Championship to allow three races to be completed, resulting in just seven points separating the top five boats after one discard is taken […]

WINDLESS CONDITIONS PREVENT RACING AT BMW J24 WORLDS

Lack of wind and strong tides played havoc on day two of the BMW J/24 World Championship at Howth Yacht Club (near Dublin, Ireland), leaving Principal Race Officer David Lovegrove with no alternative but to abandon racing. A 6-knot northwesterly breeze allowed the third race of the series to be […]

American crews dominate day one at BMW J/24 Worlds

American crews led the way in both races on the first day of the BMW J/24 World Championship at Howth Yacht Club today (Monday 26th). After a two-hour delay for wind, the 40-boat fleet finally got away for the first race in a light but testing easterly breeze. First blood […]

Official Newsletter of the Victorian J/24 Association

J Lovers Here is your next edition of J K Macgregor’s continuing saga of intrigue, excitement and a certain amount of truth all rolled up  together in the form of the Vic Association’s newsletter Well done Doug – you are the master and thanks too, to all the contributors in this edition […]

BMW J24 World Championship officially opened

The BMW J24 World Championship was officially opened by the Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Kieran Dennison at a ceremony on Saturday evening attended by 200 sailors representing 10 countries who were led by a piper on to the club forecourt in front of the podium. Organising Committee Chairman Derek Bothwell […]

Irish Nationals

Howth Yacht Club hosted the recent J/24 Irish Championship, an event which was both a warm-up for Irish competitors and a fine tune for the race management team, in advance of the BMW J/24 World Championship. With the top three determined by just one point, it’s indicative of how close […]

Chester Race Week

The J/24 one-design class had a good turn-out at Chester Race Week hosted by the Chester Yacht Club in Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada from August 14-17, with eight boats sailing in a very competitive series. Ultimately, Peter Wickwire onboard Sunnyvale took the J/24 crown, but it was not an easy […]

BANKS ESPERANZA Captures J/24 Barbados Regatta

Skippered by Ian Mayers, the BANKS ESPERANZA J/24 team continued an impressive run of form to completely eclipse the J/24 division of the Harris Paints two-day regatta. It was another show of late-season magic from the Esperanza crew, who also dominated and won the First Citizens Regatta earlier in the […]

QUARTIERE LAVINIO MARE Wins J/24 Palio di Anzio Regatta

The second edition of the Palio di Anzio J/24 Regatta was won by Quartiere Lavinio Mare. The crew, skippered by Gianni Riccobono, wins for the second consecutive year. In second place from Anzio was Marco d’Aloisio sailing DON J, and third was Massimo Noons at the helm of JULIO CAESAR […]

IL RICCIO J/24 UK Champs

Twenty-five teams from the United Kingdom, Ireland and USA headed to Plymouth to contest the UK Nationals at the start of July. With 10 races scheduled over four days, the race committee wasted no time getting going with three rapid fire courses set on the first day to ensure the […]

MENDIETA Wins J/24 Copa Olivos

As part of their 150th anniversary celebrating the founding of the city of Olivos in Argentina, the YC Olivos held the Copa Olivos Regatta in their fleet of J/24s. The J/24 sailors were blessed with absolutely gorgeous sailing conditions on the Rio de lat Plata off Buenos Aires. The races […]