J/Fest Southwest Committee Chairman Al Goethe and the team at Lakewood Yacht Club (LYC) welcomed teams to the 5th Annual J/Fest Southwest Regatta, sailed November 1-2 on Galveston Bay. Over the weekend, most fleets were treated to 6+ races in classic Galveston Bay sailing conditions—breeze, chop and plenty of wind […]

Congratulations to Tony Parker for winning the 2014 Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championship aboard BANGOR PACKET. Sailing with Tony were Rossi Milev, Martha Parker and Ross Dierdorff. Hosted by Severn Sailing Association, Saturday dawned with a lot of promise for clouds, drizzle and wind. Such was the blow-out […]

It’s not too early to work on your holiday shopping list! The 2015 J/24 Wall Calendars are now for sale, featuring photographs donated by Tim Wilkes as well as the winners of the Facebook Photo Contest: Ann-e Blanchard, Priscilla Parker, Thomas Keturakis, Lori Percivalle and Jen Forsyth. Buy single calendars […]

A 16-year-old upstart and a former champion each entered Sunday’s racing with a chance to win the Jack Brown Trophy at the Championship of Champions, hosted by the Edgewater Yacht Club. Recognized as US Sailing’s most unique National Championship, the 2014 edition was nothing short of this description. Sunday’s showdown […]

Thank you to Fleet 24 for the following report: Thanks to all of the boats and crew that showed up to what turned out to be one of the top ten weekends in the Lake George area this year. We actually broke a record on Saturday with a high of 81 […]

Newport, RI, USA – September 26, 2014 – With just a few points between Will Welles Cougar (USA) and Mauricio Santa Cruz Bruschetta (BRA) there was no room for error in the final two races of the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Welles had used his throw-out […]

Newport, RI, USA – September 25, 2014 – With marginal conditions and diminishing visibility on the ocean course, the Race Committee chose to sail inside north of the Newport Bridge for races 7 and 8 of the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles’ Cougar (USA) sailed […]

Honey Badger Wins the Day Newport, RI, USA – September 24, 2014 –After a struggle to set the line square to the shifting wind, the fleet got off two more races at the 2014 J/24 World Championship hosted by Sail Newport. Will Welles’ Cougar (USA) held the lead with a […]