The leaderboard tightened up Tuesday at the J/24 World Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy. Lake Garda again produced fantastic conditions as the 89 teams recorded two more races, bringing the total to five, including now one discard. American Will Welles’ Kaster maintained the top spot with 18 net points, […]

Lake Garda lived up to its “bucket list” reputation on the opening day of the J/24 World Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy. Eighty-nine teams from 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden and United States) descended on the picturesque lake […]

The Verve Cup Inshore Regatta was held August 24-26 for 53 teams in Chicago, IL. Open to one-design fleets for boats 30 feet 6 inches long or shorter, the event attracted nine J/24s who got in five races. By way of keeping all their scores in the top three, Joshua […]

The 2018 J/24 World Championship organized through August 31 by Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda in Italy is about to begin. Ninety-eight boats are registered representing 16 countries (Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Holland, Sweden and United States) for the Championship […]

Thanks to Marcus Rogers for this report: The 2018 J/24 District 12 Championship was held at Port Clinton Yacht Club. Thank you to PCYC for hosting and Doug Blackburn for organizing such a great event. We were also lucky to have the services of our PRO Jay Austin. This was […]

Dillon Yacht Club’s annual Dillon Open is sailed on the Dillon Reservoir high up in the Rocky Mountains. Greg Schertz, PRO for Dillon Yacht Club running the races said, “Yes, we have challenging sailing sometimes at the nation’s highest sailing club.” Sailing with past J/24 World Champion Vince Brun on […]

Though early morning winds appeared promising, the breeze disappeared and never returned for the final day of the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta at Marblehead Race Week July 26-29. In the nine-boat J/24 fleet, Fred Deom’s Hijack edged out the victory on a tie-breaker at 13 net […]

After two regattas and a couple weeks of weeknight racing with Fleet 50, the 2018 Boat Grant Team has learned a few lessons on boat speed and tactics. The team started their season at the 30th anniversary of the J/Daze regatta, hosted by Canandaigua Yacht Club. This season-opening event has […]