Friday the 13th brought good fortune to Will Welles on the inaugural day of the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Saville Yacht Club in Blue Point, NY. Enduring light breeze (4-8 knots) and overcast/wet conditions, Welles recorded two bullets and a second for just 4 points in the three […]

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club hosted the weekend Race to the Straits Regatta in Seattle, WA. On Saturday, the fleet heads north; Sunday, the fleet returns down south. Saturday’s racing was cancelled due to no wind, so the fleet powered north to the party. Sunday saw just enough breeze, requiring […]

This event is hosted by the Vallejo Yacht Club. The race most often starts near the Berkeley Circle on Saturday morning, rounds a single weather mark near Alcatraz, and then heads to Vallejo, usually under spinnaker for the remainder of the race. The challenge is to maintain speed through the […]

The Santa Barbara Sailing Club hosted the weekend’s Cinco de Mayo sailing festivities and managed to conduct a nine-race series for the J/24s. Winning class was Deke Klatt’s JADED with 9 points net. Behind him it was a battle for the balance of the top five. Ultimately sailing better than […]

Twenty-three J/24 sailing teams participated in the J/24 J-DAZE Regatta in Canandaigua, NY, an annual rite of passage. Travis Odenbach took home the honors this year with all bullets to win by a landslide on HONEYBADGER. Flip Wehrheim occupied second place due to his 8 points tally. Tom Doran’s OZ […]

More than 40 J/24 teams are gathering for racing at the J/24 US National Championship in Blue Point, New York. The competition begins Friday, May 13 and continues through Sunday, May 15 for the entrants representing Argentina, Canada, Chile, Mexico and the USA. Keep up with all the action from […]

Despite steady showers, strong winds made for favorable sailing conditions Sunday as the 2016 Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta, the largest national sailboat racing circuit in the United States, came to a close after three days of competition. During the three-day event, nearly 200 boats and 1,000 […]

Eighteen classes with 243 boats competed amid breezy conditions at Charleston Race Week 2016, held April 15-17 in Charleston, SC, including 17 J/24s. After nine races, the top two boats finished tied on points at 18, each dropping a five. Scott McCormick’s Giggity netted 1,1,2,3,2,1,4,4 for the victory. The net […]