Racing was held August 28-30 for the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis. The final of three days of racing treated sailors across 78 teams to cooler temperatures, sun and moderate (but signature Annapolis shifty) winds for the final two to three races among the two divisions and 10 fleets. Six […]

The 2020 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta was hosted by Chicago Yacht Club Belmont Station from August 22-23. Nine J/24s were registered, and six races went in the books. Ryan Lashaway’s Rumming on Empty controlled the fleet, winning five races and adding a second for just 7 points. Andy Camarda’s Full […]

“Build it and they will come,” reported Will Keyworth from Annapolis. “Annapolis Yacht Club built on a race format used successfully in San Francisco Bay called the Three Bridge Fiasco but named theirs’s the Two Bridge Fiasco. Over 100 single and doublehanded teams hit the starting line for this new […]

Thanks to Rick Jarchow for this Fleet 10 Report: With sailing having been put on hold for the spring in Miami, a COVID-19 hot spot, things have gotten rolling again. Thanks to SORC Sailing, we got four J/24s to enter the Social Distance Race. Sailing under the Miami-Dade County restrictions, […]

J/24 Fleet 43 Making Racing Happen During Covid Thanks to Molly White for this report: All over the country and the world, areas are in a variety of phases with varied restrictions that are making it challenging for our sport and Maine is no different. However, rather than wait for […]

The United States J/24 Class Association (USJCA) and Malletts Bay Boat Club in Vermont have determined, because of the varying levels of infection and disruption across the world, that the 2020 J/24 US National Championship scheduled for September 24-27 will be sailed in September 2021. The US Executive Committee has […]

World Qualifying Berths for the 2021 J/24 World Championship The IJCA Executive Committee (EC) has put together the following guidance to NJCAs in regard to World qualifying berths for the 2021 J/24 World Championship. In general, the EC believes we should recognize all those drivers who qualified for 2020 Worlds […]

Thanks to Brad Hamby for this report: Fleet 174 had our first race on 31 May. It was fantastic to get back out on the water and mix it up a little! We are a small fleet of nine located on the beautiful Lake Pend Oreille at Windbag Marina in […]