From October 21-22, the eighth annual J/Fest Southwest Regatta took place on Clear Lake and Galveston Bay, hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club. The event featured the “Legends Regatta” on Friday afternoon. Thereafter, it was an attempt to get in as many races as possible despite the somewhat unusual weather pattern […]

By: Marcus Rogers The Highlander class many years ago had a Hoosier Challenge cup. It was created by Tim Hollingsworth at Eagle Creek Sailing Club and Tom Kling at Indianapolis Sailing Club(ISC).  It was a cup that named an overall club as winner, and a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for […]

Thanks to Sean Hendrickson for this report: The U GOTTA Regatta/Great Lakes Championship took place October 6-8 at Wayzata Yacht Club in Minnesota. Saturday morning started out as most fall days in Minnesota—grey, overcast and drizzly with light winds from the east around 6-7, but enough to race. Eventually the […]

Thanks to Rick Jarchow for this report: Great weekend of sailing in Melbourne, FL on September 30-October 1. Friday, the drive from south Florida was inundated with rain as four boats slowly crawled out of the Hurricane Irma zone to get back on the water in the beautiful Indian River […]

Thanks to Dave Noble… Attention! Do you know these characters? Hint: they sail J/24s together. The one with the beard is US Class President Chip Till (you probably recognize him from Facebook), and the other is Dan Borrer. Dan has won the Peter Bream Winter Series Championship since the inception […]

Hungarian victory crowned the J/24 European Championship which was held in Balatonfüred between September 24 and October 1. The title was decided during the very last race of the 10-race competition. The continental trophy was won by young Robert Bakoczy and his dynamic team after four days of consistent sailing. […]

For those who place in the bottom third in the first race of a World Championship, look to Rossi Milev’s Clear Air for inspiration. The local team overcame double-digit finishes in the first three of eight races to become the 2017 victors at the driveHG.ca J/24 World Championship in Mississauga, […]

Light winds continued at the driveHG.ca J/24 World Championship in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, as just one race was accomplished on day four. Tony Parker’s Bangor Packet returned to the top of the leaderboard, placing eighth today, leaving him with 40 net points heading into the final day of competition on […]