The Sandringham Yacht Club hosted their annual Victoria States J/24 Championship. The fleet was blessed with sunny weather, winds ranging from 4 to 18 kts and breeze starting northwest and shifting to the southwest on both days. Choppy seas made for difficult steering conditions upwind, with teams making the hard […]

As part of their traditional summer series, the Argentina J/24 Class takes their boats to the base of the Andes Mountain range to a lake in the foothills known as Lago San Roque. This year, the occasion was the ninth anniversary of the Campeonato Central hosted by the Club Nautico […]

The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA) will hold its 2022 World Championship at Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Corpus Christi, Texas USA on July 14-22, 2022. The scheduled host in Mendoza Argentina will move to a later year, due to pandemic-related concerns. Brad Stokes, Regatta Chair, said, “Corpus Christi Yacht […]

The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA) and the Parkstone Yacht Club in Poole United Kingdom today announced that the 2021 J/24 World Championship scheduled for September 26-October 1, 2021 has been cancelled. The Organizing Committee (OC) had hoped that it would be possible to hold the much-anticipated regatta this autumn. […]

  The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA), in cooperation with the Italian Federation of Sailing (F.I.V.) who delegates Yacht Club Adriaco, Triestina della Vela and Yacht Club Porto San Rocco have agreed to cancel the 2021 J/24 European Championship. The Italian J/24 Class will now host the J/24 European Championship […]

Thanks for this contribution from Stephen Wright: The Australian J/24 NSW Championships was hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Pittwater from October 31 to November 1 on the gorgeous Sydney Harbour. Ten entries participated, but Paul Donnelly’s CALYPSO suffered a trailer-related incident and did not compete (it’s a long […]

Thanks for this contribution from Italian J/24 Class secretary Paola Zanoni: With a trio of victories and a second place for the series, the Italian Navy’s Ignazio Bonnano sailed their ITA 416 LA SUPERBA to victory in the Coppa Italia J/24 off Nettuno, south of Rome along the Mediterranean coastline. […]

Thank you to all National Class Associations that participated in the two-part virtual World Council Meetings in October. The minutes are posted at http://www.j24class.org/organization/class-documents/wcm-minutes/.

In its 139th year, Kiel Week focused on its roots again. From 5 to 13 September, the sport of sailing moved into the center of attention. It was an extraordinary atmosphere at one of the largest sailing events in the world—and in 2020, almost the only one. Teams enjoyed sailing […]

The IJCA Executive Committee (EC) has put together the following guidance to NJCAs in regard to World qualifying berths for the 2021 J/24 World Championship. In general, the EC believes we should recognize all those drivers who qualified for 2020 Worlds in 2019 and provide them the opportunity to enter […]

The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA) and the Parkstone Yacht Club in Poole United Kingdom today announced that the 2020 J/24 World Championship scheduled for September 12-18, 2020 will be postponed until September 24-October 2, 2021. “With the current COVID-19 situation, it is looking very likely that the lockdown in […]

The organizing committee, the J/24 Class, the Sayville Yacht Club and all of the sponsors of the Good Samaritan Hospital 2020 J/24 North American Championship have decided in the best interest of public health and in accordance with the Federal, New York state and local government guidelines to reschedule the […]

All legs of all eight races were needed to determine the winner of the 2020 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Eau Gallie Yacht Club in Indian Harbour Beach, FL. A victory by Tony Parker’s Bangor Packet in the final contest, coupled with a U-Flag penalty for leader Mike Ingham’s Nautalytics, gave […]

During two spectacular days of sailing, 20 J/24 teams from across Argentina sailed nine races for the Campeonato del Oeste (the Western Championship). After warming-up on the first day with all top five finishes, Miguel Pereira’s team on CARRERA (Delgado, Gerra & Scarpatti) managed to close the last four races […]

The final day of Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week was Mount Gay Rum Race Day. Racing took place on the South Coast of Grenada with the trade winds pumping up to 20 knots in the gusts with a modest swell punctuated by bigger sets of rollers emanating from the […]