Sunday dawned with partly cloudy skies and a gentle northerly breeze wafting down Narragansett Bay for the Conanicut Round Island Race. The forecast was for the gradient winds to swing into the east/ southeast by late afternoon and only build into the 5 to 9 knots range. The course selected […]

The Low Country Hook Ocean Race is a distance race from Hilton Head Island, SC to Skidaway Island, GA. The race was presented by Skidaway Island Boating Club and The Yacht Club of Hilton Head. On August 23, the fleet started from Harbour Town to Skidaway Island, making the “hook-shaped” […]

The Verve Cup Inshore Regatta was held August 23-25 in Chicago, and four J/24s competed over two days. It was a two-way battle for the top spot between Mark Soya’s 2XS and Eric Christenson’s Bubbles. Soya edged out the regatta victory by one point (10-11 in the six-race series). For […]

The J/24 US National Championship perpetual trophy will have a familiar name for 2019: Will Welles’ on Buckaroo has achieved the title for the fourth time. Welles, also the reigning J/24 World Champion, was joined by crew Jeff Linton, Chris Morgan, Monica Morgan and Erik Rexford at Rochester Yacht Club […]

Day two of the J/24 US National Championship hosted by Rochester Yacht Club in New York was a challenging one for the 46 J/24 teams. The scorecard lit up with U-Flag and Black-Flag penalties, as three more races went in the books (for a total of six) in winds of […]

Forty-nine J/24 teams are vying for the 2019 J/24 US National Championship hosted by Rochester Yacht Club in New York. Three races were accomplished on the opening day in light and lumpy conditions. Reigning J/24 World Champion Will Welles kept up his hot streak on Buckaroo, totaling 7 points on […]

Maybe not in lights, but on a banner at the 2019 J/24 World Championship. How do I do that, you ask? Become an event Keg Sponsor! By donating $50-$100 toward the opening ceremony keg fund, you will not only have your name (or boat name) appear on the “Keg Sponsorship” […]

The Oswego Yacht Club in upstate New York hosted the 2019 J/24 Great Lakes Championship for a fleet of 15 boats on the eastern reaches of Lake Erie. After a weekend of sailing, it was Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger from Rochester Yacht Club that racked up five bullets in a row […]