As always, we are lucky to have pictures donated by Tim Wilkes: “It’s been an incredible experience. The people I’ve met along the way. The experiences I’ve had from North America to Europe to South Africa, South America, Mexico and on back to the good old USA. Traveling the world […]
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Close Racing at The Great Pumpkin Race
Over the Halloween weekend, the Richmond Yacht Club hosts its annual Great Pumpkin Regatta over two days in the northeastern part of San Francisco Bay. It is a popular event with costume parties. The J/24s had tight racing for the top five with everything depending on the outcome of the […]
Read MoreEast Coast Championship Regatta Recap by J/24 Fleet 8
It was another fantastic fall weekend of racing in Annapolis for the J/24 East Coast Championship. Teams traveled from across the northeast & mid-Atlantic to join in on the fun and for the top competition. 26 J/24 teams raced Friday-Sunday, October 26-28. On Land Festivities: We’ll get to the action […]
Read More2018 World Council Meeting Minutes Posted
The 2018 World Council Meeting took place in Miami, Florida USA on October 20. Minutes of the Meeting can be viewed at http://www.j24class.org/organization/class-documents/wcm-minutes/.
Read MoreBoat Grant Program Applications Being Accepted Until December 1
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019-20 Kelly Holmes-Moon J/24 Boat Grant Program. If you are between the ages of 21 and 30 and live in the USA, you should apply by December 1, 2018. Your team consisting of 4-5 people must each be between the ages of 18 […]
Read MoreJim Freedman Dominates J/24s at J/Fest Southwest
Sixty-two boats total participated in J/Fest Southwest, hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club in Houston, TX from October 12-14. Sailors were treated to awesome sailing conditions both days; in particular, it was windy on Saturday with gusts in the high 20s. The event started out with the newly famous Legends Race […]
Read MoreSauer Tops J/24 Seattle District 19 Championship
This year’s District 19 Championship sailed on Puget Sound and hosted by Corinthian YC Seattle saw a 20-boat J/24 fleet racing as part of the CYC Seattle’s Puget Sound Sailing Championship. Here is the report from Jakob Lichtenberg who was sailing on HAIR OF THE DOG: The regatta, the venue […]
Read MoreUsual Suspects Earn District 15 Championship
Thanks to Cory Huseby for this report: The 2018 U-Gotta Regatta District 15 Championship was another epic battle, hosted by J/24 Fleet #1 in Wayzata MN. Lake Minnetonka in the fall always provides solid sailing conditions and produced seven different winners in eight races. Day 1 provided winds from 10 […]
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