The 2019 edition of the Three Bridge Fiasco in San Francisco, CA will go down in the history books as one of the nicest in recent memory—sunny skies, gentle northeast winds of 4 to 12 knots and warm 72 F temperatures. The Singlehanded Sailing Society welcomed a fleet of 334 […]

The US J/24 Class Association has awarded the third annual Kelly Holmes-Moon J/24 Boat Grant to Matt Miranda from Ronkonkoma, New York. The Program is named in honor of Kelly Holmes-Moon, a long-time supporter of the J/24 Class Association who served as US Class President and as the Copyright Holder’s […]

The Fleet 182 and the Sayville Yacht Club are proud to announce a partnership with Good Samaritan Hospital of West Islip, NY to become the title sponsor of the 2020 J/24 North American Championship. Good Samaritan Hospital is part of the Catholic Health Services family of hospitals in New York. […]

For the 2019 J/24 World Championship in Miami, Florida this October, there may be limited berths available from qualified individuals who are unable to participate. Also, the IJCA Regatta Regulations allow the following opportunities for Women and Youth in the J/24:One all female crew per country, to be selected by […]

By Finn Hadlock (District One contains Fleet 23 in Malletts Bay/Lake Champlain, Vermont, Fleet 28 in Marblehead/Beverly/Salem, Massachusetts, Fleet 43 in Falmouth, Maine, and Fleet 139 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.) 2018 was another great year for District One, and it was certainly fun to see 48 boats at Portland Yacht […]

By Tonja (Sanchez) Holmes-Moon I was recently reading the original archived newsletters to get some history on the J/24s in Texas. As I was reading from the 1978 and 1979 issues, I found that the Texas Championship, held in Corpus Christi in September 1978, was the first District Championship event […]

Thirteen J/24s competed in this year’s Kings Day Regatta in Jacksonville, FL, which proved to be a challenging two days of navigating the light air coupled with the current on the St. John’s River. Both days, Race Committee had to abandon racing after the wind shut off. However, they were […]

Over the November 3-4 weekend, J/24 Fleet 169 and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club hosted the Southeast Regionals. Fourteen boats were in attendance from Vermont, Atlanta, Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa and St. Pete. Sailors were treated to some tricky conditions in Tampa as a weak cold front passed through on […]