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MADELEINE J/24 Fowey Trophy Champion

The J/24 Class in the United Kingdom and Ireland is preparing for the upcoming J/24 Worlds. This past weekend, Duncan McCarthy and the team of MADELEINE (GBR 4265) got their season off to a great start by claiming the 2013 Fowey Trophy by 3 points from the HITCHHIKER team (GBR […]

Big Lift Takes J/22s at Van uden Reco Regatta

With more than 120 boats on the start line, the Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta promised to have lots of action and fun for the offshore sailing season opener in the Netherlands. The predictions regarding the weather promised a weekend full of sun and plenty of breeze. Whether there would […]

Pendola Leads Argentina’s J/24 Autumn Cup

While winter seemingly still has not left the northern hemisphere, the J/24 gang down in Buenos Aires are enjoying nearly equally crazy conditions in their J/24 Autumn Cup, hosted by Yacht Club Argentino. After a hard day of racing Saturday, the fleet was able to complete three good races. Southwest […]

HELLENIC POLICE Winning J/24 Pan-Hellenic Championships

This year’s first phase of the Pan-hellenic J/24 Championship hosted by the Yacht Club of Paleo Falero was full of twists and turns for the 13 teams that participated from Athens, Crete and Thessaloniki. After eight exciting races, the HELLENIC POLICE, with skipper Alexander Tagaropoulo took an important step forward […]

INDIGO J/24 “Sailor’s Cup” Champion

The past weekend was the second and final round of the fall J/24 championship on Lago San Roque called the “Sailor’s Cup,” sailed off the picturesque Andean Mountains’ town of Cordoba. An excellent fleet turnout of 17 boats produced close competition with the top five all riding “roller coaster” finishes […]

LA SUPERBA Wins Close J/24 Pasquavela

Eighteen J/24s representing Hungary, Germany and Italy made the migration down to sail the gorgeous and enchanting stretch of sea between Porto Santo Stefano and the offshore islands of Giglio, Talamone and Giannella. If the weather and sailing are good or bad often doesn’t matter much to the J/24 sailors […]

Durant Takes J/24 Nation’s Cup Barbados Qualifier

Commenting on hosting the Nation’s Cup Qualifier, President of the J/24 Club of Barbados, Greg Webster said, “such organized events will help to further develop the sport of sailing on the island. Support-funding and events of this nature also allows the J/24 Club to promote Barbados as a sailing destination […]

Hit The Mark

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE VICTORIAN J24 ASSOCIATION  – Edition 13, April 2013 J24_Summer Newsletter_201213_04 (PDF)

EL FIDELDO Smokes J/24 South Australians

The CN Management South Australian State titles were held at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia over the weekend of March 9-10 off North Haven, just north of Adelaide sailing in the challenging waters of Gulf St Vincent. A predominantly light wind event saw the local fleet joined by […]

LA SUPERBA Wins J/24 Anzio-Nettuno Winter Champs

This past weekend was the final racing for the Winter J/24 Championship for Anzio-Nettuno for some of the top Italian J/24 teams, including the current J/24 2012 European Champions. After another crazy day of winter sailing when the postponement flag was announced for the imminent arrival of a huge storm, […]

CARRER Takes J/24 Cordoba Championship

As they have for years, the “400 Club” as it’s known amongst the J/24 sailors that go sailing in Argentina’s Andes Mountain range hosted yet another fantastic regatta. Located not far from its famous vineyards for making the delicious red Malbec’s and for snow-skiing in yet another direction (like at […]

CARRER Takes Campeonato Centro de la Republica

With 21 J/24s on the water of Lago San Roque from the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza and Neuquen it was sure to be tough competition. With somewhat extreme conditions, the regatta’s PRO managed to run three races overall for the four day event scheduled to sail from February […]

News Update from Mexico J/24 Class

The Mexico J/24 Class Association had a few changes in 2012, starting with a new governing body led by Mr. Elias Fares and his able team. It was also decided to change our format from four quarterly championships to two semester championships. Not all of the regattas in the calendar […]