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 […]

The final day of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta at Marblehead Race Week saw lighter winds and a strong cross-course current. In the six-boat J/24 fleet, Erica Beck Spencer’s Sea Bags Women’s Sailing Team tallied four bullets in eight races, netting 13 boats for the win. Martin Gallagher’s Shifty was […]

Thanks to Joe Buonasera for this report: Fleet 182 and the Sayville Yacht Club hosted another successful District 3 Championship. Although there were only 10 boats in competition for the new perpetual D3 trophy, the racing was very spirited. A total of nine races were held between the two days […]

Thanks to Peter Fischel for this report: I’d like to report a very fun and successful Southeast Regional Championship and Florida State Championship in Melbourne July 20-21. Though turnout was limited, everyone had a good time, especially the traveling boats. There were 10 boats, including two junior teams, and the […]

Twenty-eight J/24s competed at Kieler Woche in Kiel Germany during the last week of June. Keith Whittemore of the USA crushed the fleet, and was able to sit out the final (11th) race as his discard. Whittemore racked up seven bullets and ended with just 17 net points. Duncan McCarthy […]

72 teams competed on Lake Erie from June 14-16 in Cleveland Race Week’s One Design Weekend, part of the largest sailing regatta on Lake Erie and one of the largest on the Great Lakes. Racing began on Friday for several classes, with the remainder beginning on Saturday. 10 fleets competed […]