Congratulations to all sailors on an outstanding weekend of competitive racing at this year’s Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series – Annapolis May 1-3. Eight J/24s competed, with the top three:\ SISU, Kj Wolaver & Madeline Henry, 1 – 1 – 1 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 1 […]

Ventura Yacht Club held the 2026 edition of the J/Fest West and the J/24 Westerns off Ventura, CA. A competitive fleet of seven J/24s participated in the regatta. Crowned as the J/24 Westerns Champion was Deke Klatt’s JADED from the home club. With three firsts and three seconds in his […]

Charleston Race Week celebrated its 30th anniversary in style by welcoming 153 boats across 14 classes April 16-19. Amy Woodard has raced in the J/24 class at Charleston Race Week a dozen times and finally came away with a win this year. The Charleston resident and her all-female team on […]

Thank to Roger Dougal, J/24 Fleet 67 for this report: Competitors at the three-day nor’Easter Regatta enjoyed boisterous beer slides, hopping happy hours, delicious dinners, and great springtime racing. In this 39th year of racing J/24s, the regatta delivered its usual assortment of racing conditions — tedious on Friday, wild, […]

The 2026 J/24 Midwinter Championship saw three days of competitive racing and memorable shoreside hospitality at Florida Yacht Club from March 13-15. Hosted by the club and Fleet 55, the Championship drew 42 boats from across North America for nine races over three days, delivering tight racing and a dramatic […]

The Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series St. Petersburg delivered a three-day showcase on Tampa Bay, with conditions that tested versatility and patience. With racing February 13–15, competitors faced two days of light, tactical racing before a breezy finale. In the J/24 fleet (6 boats), Jasper Van Vliet dominated aboard […]

The updated 2026 J/24 Class Rules have been approved by World Sailing and are available at https://www.sailing.org/classes/j24/#Documents.

Forty J/24 teams from across the continent gathered November 21-23 for the 2025 J/24 US National Championship, an event defined by patience, persistence and tactical mastery in unusually light and challenging conditions. Racing was scheduled to begin Friday, but a complete absence of wind kept the fleet ashore. Saturday delivered […]