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2020 J/24 North Americans Update

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. […]

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2019 Worlds Petitions + Women and Youth Applications

For the 2019 J/24 World Championship in Miami, Florida this October, there may be limited berths available from qualified individuals who are unable to participate. Also, the IJCA Regatta Regulations allow the following opportunities for Women and Youth in the J/24:One all female crew per country, to be selected by […]

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District One 2018 Update

By Finn Hadlock (District One contains Fleet 23 in Malletts Bay/Lake Champlain, Vermont, Fleet 28 in Marblehead/Beverly/Salem, Massachusetts, Fleet 43 in Falmouth, Maine, and Fleet 139 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.) 2018 was another great year for District One, and it was certainly fun to see 48 boats at Portland Yacht […]

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2018 Texas Circuit Report

By Tonja (Sanchez) Holmes-Moon I was recently reading the original archived newsletters to get some history on the J/24s in Texas. As I was reading from the 1978 and 1979 issues, I found that the Texas Championship, held in Corpus Christi in September 1978, was the first District Championship event […]

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Light Air at Kings Day

Thirteen J/24s competed in this year’s Kings Day Regatta in Jacksonville, FL, which proved to be a challenging two days of navigating the light air coupled with the current on the St. John’s River. Both days, Race Committee had to abandon racing after the wind shut off. However, they were […]

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Southeast Regional Championship Goes to Mark Liebel

Over the November 3-4 weekend, J/24 Fleet 169 and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club hosted the Southeast Regionals. Fourteen boats were in attendance from Vermont, Atlanta, Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa and St. Pete. Sailors were treated to some tricky conditions in Tampa as a weak cold front passed through on […]

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2019 USJCA Wall Calendars for Sale

As always, we are lucky to have pictures donated by Tim Wilkes: “It’s been an incredible experience. The people I’ve met along the way. The experiences I’ve had from North America to Europe to South Africa, South America, Mexico and on back to the good old USA. Traveling the world […]

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Close Racing at The Great Pumpkin Race

Over the Halloween weekend, the Richmond Yacht Club hosts its annual Great Pumpkin Regatta over two days in the northeastern part of San Francisco Bay. It is a popular event with costume parties. The J/24s had tight racing for the top five with everything depending on the outcome of the […]

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