Twenty-seven J/24s reveled in flawless conditions as the J/24 North American Championship kicked off at Club Nautico Valle de Bravo in Mexico. Winds started at 10-12 knots and increased to 12-16, with occasional higher gusts. Current J/24 World Champion Will Welles, racing Bruschetta, of the USA has taken the early […]

The Fleet 182 and the Sayville Yacht Club are proud to announce a partnership with Good Samaritan Hospital of West Islip, NY to become the title sponsor of the 2020 J/24 North American Championship. Good Samaritan Hospital is part of the Catholic Health Services family of hospitals in New York. […]

The Big Daddy Regatta marks the 34th year of mark racing on Saturday and a Pursuit race on Sunday hosted by Richmond Yacht Club. All mono-hulled keelboats with a Northern California PHRF rating of 280 and below were invited. Fleets over 5 boats may be given one-design starts on Saturday. […]

2017 J/24 World Champion Rossi Milev, on Clear Air, hoisted another Class perpetual trophy Sunday, taking the 2019 J/24 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL. With crew Dan Borrer, Gayle Gray, Vince Somoza (boat owner) and Mark Goodyear, the Ontario Canada-based helmsman led the team to […]

After six races at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL, four teams are within four points to determine the J/24 Midwinter Championship. Rossi Milev’s Clear Air moved up to the front of the 29-boat pack with 18 points, after dropping a 14 from Friday and keeping scores of 2,1,3,7,5. […]

Twenty-nine teams waited at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL for the seabreeze to start the J/24 Midwinter Championship. Just after lunch, the winds roused to around 6 knots and then built to 10, allowing three races under blue skies and temperatures near 80. Robby Brown’s Angel of Harlem […]

It was another beautiful day for the final races of the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta St. Petersburg. Once the sea breeze filled in, racing got underway and most Classes completed two races for a regatta total of eight to nine races. In the eight-boat J/24 fleet, […]

Thanks to Victor Felice for this report: Some still think Phoenix is in a desert – a Sahara type desert. Quite the contrary. We do have nearly 365 days of sunshine, very little rain (ergo the desert), and the city is the fifth largest and Maricopa County is the fastest […]