Annually attracting a fleet of 100+ boats over the Labor Day weekend, the Conanicut Yacht Club’s “Round Island Race” ranks right up there with many of the classic around island events. With the standard course for most boats presenting a nearly 20nm challenge, usually clockwise, around Conanicut Island, the fleet […]

Marion, MA—August 24, 2014—Will Welles, of Portsmouth, RI, led his Cougar team to the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Beverly Yacht Club in Massachusetts. With Alex Bishop, Luke Lawrence, Eric Lawrence and Nick Turney on board, Welles managed six first-place tallies in the 10 races for just 27 net […]

Seven races are now in the books, and Will Welles launched into first place at the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Beverly Yacht Club in Massachusetts. In pristine conditions, Welles and his Cougar crew began Saturday with a sixth-place finish, and then won the next three races. Tossing an […]

A familiar name is at the top of the leaderboard at the J/24 US National Championship, hosted by Beverly Yacht Club in Massachusetts. John Mollicone’s Helly Hansen team holds a four-point lead over Will Welles’ Cougar. Another four points back in third is Sumio Shimoyama of Japan with Mark Hillman […]

Last weekend, 19 teams of amateur sailors from 14 nations sailed in the Sixth Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge in gorgeous sailing conditions on the Hudson River, right next to the Statue of Liberty. The races took place in Manhattan YC’s bright red J/24s; races were started off their […]

A fleet of 35 J/24s assembled in the beautiful seaside resort of Angelholm, Sweden to compete for the J/24 European Championship. Conditions ranged widely from gales and thunderstorms to gorgeous sunny days with moderate winds. Topping the standings was the American team of Mike Ingham, comfortably winning the regatta by […]

Nearly 50 teams are gathering in Marion, Massachusetts for the 2014 J/24 US National Championship. Entrants from various areas of the United States are competing at Beverly Yacht Club, along with several Canadian crews and even ones from Japan and Australia. Competition gets underway on Friday, August 22 and continues […]

Report by Harry Dursch: Got in a total of eight races all on an Easterly that came and went throughout the weekend. This was their thermal that dominated the more prevalent and expected SWesterly that never showed. Stuart Archer and his son brought over Challenger for the event. We sailed […]