Thanks to Marcus Rogers for this report: Every year, Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH does an excellent job running their races and entertaining its guests. This year was even better because Mother Nature helped by providing lots of wind for both days (June 17-18). The J/24s had nine boats […]
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Southern Bay Race Week
This year’s Southern Bay Race Week, hosted at Hampton Yacht Club in Virginia, ranks as one of the largest regattas on the Chesapeake with 100+ entries. The J/24s were determined by a tie-break, won by Mike Veraldi’s QUICKY over Alan Bomar’s ROUNDABOUT. Third, just one point back, was Sam McGuire’s […]
Read MoreJ/24 Northeast Championship at Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point, NY announces new dates of July 15-16
Due to conflicts in scheduling with other local events, the Sayville Yacht Club, Fleet 182 and the J/24 Class have set a new date for the 2017 Northeast Championship. The new dates are July 15-16. You can find the revised NOR and registration on Regattatech.com. You can also get up-to-the-minute […]
Read MoreWill Welles Three-Peats as J/24 North American Champion
For the third consecutive year, Will Welles holds the title of J/24 North American Champion. With crew Jeff Linton, Chris Morgan, Monica Morgan and Erik Rexford, team Bogus bested 28 other J/24s at the Championship hosted by Houston Yacht Club in Texas. Mike Ingham’s Nautalytics entered Sunday with a shot […]
Read MoreWill Welles Perfect on Day 2 of J/24 North American Championship
Will Welles’ Bogus went four for four on Saturday at the J/24 North American Championship hosted by Houston Yacht Club. The Newport, RI-based skipper made a strong case in defending his title by winning all four meetings in winds at 12-18 knots. Welles is now able to discard an OCS […]
Read MoreDay One Goes to Travis Odenbach at J/24 North American Championship
Twenty-nine J/24s took to the waters of Galveston Bay on Friday, where 12-18 knots of breeze allowed four races at the J/24 North American Championship at Houston Yacht Club. Travis Odenbach’s Honeybadger has collected the early advantage with scores of 4,3,3,2 for 12 points. The Japanese team Siesta, led by […]
Read MoreJ/24 40th Anniversary Race Friday, August 11, 2017
There’s no more iconic a race course in J/24 Class history than the 18-mile track around Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay that helped decide the outcome of the first J/24 North Americans in 1978, and then the first J/24 World Championship in 1979. It would be impossible to count how […]
Read MoreJ/24 North American Championship Kicks Off Friday, May 26 from Houston, Texas
Thirty-one J/24 teams are gathering for racing at the J/24 North American Championship in Houston, Texas. The competition begins Friday, May 26 and continues through Sunday, May 28. Look for photos on the J/24 Class Facebook page, and keep up with all the action from Houston Yacht Club at the […]
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