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Gorgeous Opening to J/24 North American Championship

The 2023 J/24 North American Championship launched Thursday at Sandusky Sailing Club in Sandusky, Ohio in stellar Lake Erie conditions. Twenty-eight teams delighted in winds of 12-14 knots, sunny skies, warm temperatures and flat water, completing four races. Mike Stasko’s Redline proved the most consistent with scores of 2,4,1,4 for […]

Kiel Week

Germany’s giant Kieler Woche 2023 was blessed with sparkling conditions for its concluding races on an outer fjord which shimmered in the strong summer sunshine more reminiscent of the Mediterranean than the Baltic. It was entirely fitting that the best racing of the nine days of competition were Wednesday’s Olympic […]

LA SUPERBA Crowned Italian J/24 National Champion

In what has become nearly a tradition in the Italian J/24 National Championship, it was yet another triumphant race around the track for the familiar team on LA SUPERBA, led by skipper Ignazio Bonanno from the Italian Navy Sailing Club and his talented crew of Alfredo Branciforte, Francesco Picaro, Simone […]

Class Rules Approved

World Sailing has approved the J/24 Class Rule, which are published on the World Sailing website and now effective. You can view the Class Rules & Class Rules Changes directly on the World Sailing website at https://www.sailing.org/classes/j24/#Documents.

Team EVNIKI-SIXT Crowned Greek J/24 National Champions

  The Faliro Sailing Club hosted the Greek J/24 National Championship for a fleet of 13 boats. Proving they will be one of the leading contenders from Greece in both the 2023 European and World Championships was team EVINKI-SIXT with Mr. Altsiadis at the helm. Starting the first day of […]

LA SUPERBA Dominates Italian J/24 Circuit Act III

Thanks to four victories in seven races, the LA SUPERBA team from the Centro Vela Altura Napoli sailing club managed to walk away with yet another significant win in the Italian J/24 National circuit over 17 competitors in the beautiful waters off Carrara. Hosting the event was Club Nautico Marina […]

Italian Class Update

JOANNA Wins Cervia Winter J/24 Championship: With the last three races held last Saturday and nothing happening on Sunday due to adverse weather conditions, the curtain fell on the XVI Winter Championship – XVII Stefano Pirini Memoria hosted by the Circolo Nautico Cervia from October 23, 2022 to March 12, […]

Australian J/24 Nationals

Thanks for this contribution from “casual, unbiased observer” Megan Aulich from the recent Australian J/24 Nationals, hosted by the Cronulla Sailing Club, just south of Sydney Harbour, for a fleet of 18 teams: The last time we towed our boats up the Hume for a National Championship in Cronulla was […]

J/24 North American Champion: Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger

Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger, with team Jay Miles, Chris Morgan, Monica Morgan and Terry Shannon, are the 2022 J/24 North American Champions. Seven races were completed in the series, although none on Sunday due to lack of breeze, at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. Odenbach tallied 18 points, one better […]

One Point Separates Leaders at J/24 North American Championship

A gorgeous day on the Chesapeake Bay allowed four more races at the J/24 North American Championship, bringing the total to seven. Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger and Mike Marshall’s American Garage are duking it out for the title at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. The discard race came into effect, […]

Breezy Opening to J/24 North American Championship

The 2022 J/24 North American Championship launched Friday at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. On the heels of a cold front, winds started in the mid-teens and slowly backed off throughout the three races. Evan Petley-Jones’ Lifted proved the most consistent with scores of 6,3,1 for 10 points. Travis […]

DEMENTE AL VENTO Wins Chilean J/24 Nationals

Sailors have been attracted to Valparaiso because it often gets both weather system winds and localized seabreezes from the mountains surrounding the natural valley. Following their successful J/24 South American Championship in 2019, the Club de yates Higuerillas hosted the Chilean J/24 National Championship for 2022. The first day saw […]

GRAN CARAJO Wins Argentinean J/24 Championship

The 2022 Argentinean J/24 National Championship took place in Cordoba in the foothills of the eastern Andes Mountain range. Sailed on the mountain lake of Lago Salinas Grandes, the Club Nautico Cordoba hosted the fleet of 20 teams. The teams enjoyed amazing sailing over the four-day event/10-race series. In the […]