Sailboat racing is a game of skill, but also a game of luck. It takes skill to make a boat go fast for an entire race. It takes skill to pick the best side of the racecourse. But sometimes the “best side” fades away, or the boats ahead conspire to […]

In Caddyshack, Judge Smails asks Ty Webb (Chevy Chase’s golf pro character with a zen vibe) “What did you shoot today?” Ty answers, “Oh Judge, I don’t keep score.” And the Judge asks, “Well, how do you measure yourself with other golfers?” Ty said, “By height.” After the way the […]

On day one of the Seattle 2024 J/24 World Championship presented by Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, the much-anticipated rivalry from Rochester took a back seat to another rivalry from a more distant land. In the first race of 10 scheduled in the regatta, Nobuyuki Imai and his team on Siesta from […]

With just two weeks to go until the Beechers Handmade Cheese Seattle 2024 J/24 World Championship, boats and contending teams are starting to arrive in Seattle. Teams from Oregon, California, Montana, British Columbia, Florida and New York arrived in time to compete in the J/24 Western Regionals (September 14-15), which […]

Eighteen teams competed from September 6-8 for the J/24 US National Championship at Wayzata Yacht Club in Wayzata, MN. Eight races were completed on Lake Minnetonka, including one discard. Conditions ranged from patchy wind on the opening day to delightful and steady breeze of 8-14 knots. Keeping up his momentum […]

Eighteen teams competed from September 6-8 for the J/24 US National Championship at Wayzata Yacht Club in Wayzata, MN. Eight races were completed on Lake Minnetonka, including one discard. Conditions ranged from patchy wind on the opening day to delightful and steady breeze of 8-14 knots. Keeping up his momentum […]

Santa Barbara Yacht Club has hosted its Fiesta Cup for decades. In addition, this year they added a J/Fest Regatta for two successive weekends of sailing. In the J/24, it was Susie Taylor’s TAKE FIVE from California YC that won J/Fest in their class with all bullets. Second was determined […]

Thanks for this report by Matt Barron, MYC Rear Commodore, Fleet Captain of J/24 Fleet #185: The Mendota Yacht Club, in collaboration with the Hoofer Sailing Club at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hosted the J/24 District 15 Championship Regatta for the 2nd time on the weekend of August 2-4, 2024 […]