The Irish J/24 National Championship took place at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary. 18 boats took part in the event drawn from all over the country. Thursday evening was very busy with boats being launched and some final adjustments being made. Registration and weigh-in also took place that […]

Mike Marshall’s American Garage may have never been in first place overall during races one through nine, but he was after the tenth and final race to claim the title of 2022 J/24 World Champion. With crew Dave Hughes, Allan Terhune, Jeffrey Hayden and Rod Favela, the Newport, Rhode Island-based […]

Four points separate the top four boats heading into the final day of the J/24 World Championship hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Texas USA. Paul Foerster’s Grand Slam 2 remains atop the leaderboard with 21 points, after posting a 4,7 on Thursday. Mike Marshall’s American Garage and Nobuyuki […]

After the first race on Wednesday (Race 5) at the J/24 World Championship hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Texas USA, Paul Foerster’s Grand Slam 2 and Mike Marshall’s American Garage were tied for the top position. But in Race 6, Foerster nailed a bullet, giving him 10 net […]

The standings tightened up on day two of the 2022 J/24 World Championship hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Texas USA. Paul Foerster’s Grand Slam 2 added a third consecutive bullet in Race three, but with a seventh in Tuesday’s next scheduled race, finished with 10 points overall. John […]

The J/24 Class began in 1978, and in 2022 still attracts nine nations to its World Championship. This year’s edition is hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Texas USA with 38 boats representing Argentina, Chile, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Trinidad and the United States. In the two […]

The Surfin’ Safari Regatta hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club was held June 25-26. Seventeen boats competed in this “pre-worlds” event, and included many of the top contenders for the World Championship in July. John Mollicone and team took the win, with Keith Whittemore in second. “We trained in the […]

After 10 hard-fought races, the XLI J/24 Italian Championship ended off Porto Ercole Cala Galera, Italy for the fleet of 20 J/24s. The setting for the race course was spectacular, bordered by the Tombolo della Feniglia peninsual (6 km long) on one side, the cliffs of Forte Filippo, Forte Stella […]

The LNI Livorno hosted one of the J/24 spring series in Livorno, Italy for a fleet of 16 boats as part of the International Sailing Week of the Naval Academy City of Livorno. With six victories, Ignazio Bonanno’s LA SUPERBA from the Centro Vela Altura Napoli of the Navy (crewed […]

The Club Nautico Córdoba successfully completed the 10th edition of the Central Republic Championship with the participation of 21 crews and boats from Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Embalse, Mendoza, Neuquén and Salta. After eight gorgeous races over the two-day regatta, the crew of GRAN CARAJO (Javier Moyano, Adrian Berelejis, Hugo […]

Story by Adam Keys-Tilley: It was with great expectation that a dozen boats hit the blue waters of Port Phillip Bay, hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club, in what turned out to be “glam” sailing conditions. A barmy 24-28 degrees, the water was flat and the wind was 6-10 from the […]

This edition of the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week saw four straight days of magnificent weather–10-20 knots tradewinds from the easterly quadrants, warm temperatures and sunny skies. The regatta consisted of a race out to Carriacou Island, two days of festivals and local day sailing, then a race back […]

This past weekend saw the start of the 47th Winter Anzio & Nettuno Championship and the Lozzi Trophy. The fleet of J/24s was treated to sunshine and ideal sailing conditions on both days. On Saturday, the Race Committee Chair Livia Serafini was able to make the most of the sunny […]

Thanks for the contribution from Simon Grain and Adam: The J/24 Class is alive and well in Australia. Under threat of another COVID shutdown that has claimed other Championship regattas at Sandringham Yacht Club, the J/24 Class got away with a successful 12-race National Championship over four predominantly light and […]

Eleven boats pulled together crews to go sailing in the New South Wales State Championship, with sailing taking place on Sydney Harbour and hosted by the Royal Australian Navy Sailing Association. After a six-race series, the entire podium ended up tied on 8 points each. On the rather complex countback […]