The J/Fest Southwest Regatta celebrated its 13th anniversary this year with over 70 competitors from around the country. Lakewood Yacht Club hosted from October 22-23 and provided up to seven races for the one-design fleets. Here is the regatta report from Scott Spurlin: The weather was mid 70s and the […]

The 44th annual Changing of the Colors Regatta was hosted by the Lake George Club with an impressive fleet of 23 J/24s. They had to endure the remnants of Hurricane Ian’s near-gale force winds Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday. Three teams ended up tied for the overall win after […]

“No Snow but Some Sporty Conditions” Thanks to Josh Kerst for this report: The Port Clinton Yacht Club once again did an amazing job hosting the J/24 District 12 Championships October 1-2, and the event was held in conjunction with the 76th annual running of the Snow Flurries Regatta. The […]

Thanks to Park McRitchie for this report: The 2022 Great Lakes Championship, September 17-18, was successfully hosted by the renowned Sandusky Sailing Club located near Sandusky Bay, which is just inside the boundaries of Lake Erie. SSC has hosted this event prior to this time, as well as many National […]

“It looks like a perfect day,” stated Moose McClintock’s weather briefing to skippers ahead of the 95th Annual Conanicut Yacht Club Around the Island Race. “At this time of year, as the water warms, there’s less of a tendency of a strong thermal flow but with highs near 80 there […]

The annual end-of-summer Labor Day holiday weekend offshore Vineyard Race was hosted by Stamford Yacht Club. The three races started on time Friday evening, September 2. The three races were: • Vineyard Race- 238.0nm- Stamford down Long Island Sound, across Rhode Island to Buzzards Bay Light Tower to starboard, back […]

Thanks to Rick Jarchow for this report: Well in South Florida, we really don’t take the summer for granted at all when it comes to sailing, and the beautiful Chamber of Commerce conditions that J/24 Fleet 10 provided to the travel teams was nothing other than spectacular. Saturday opened with […]

Mike Marshall’s American Garage may have never been in first place overall during races one through nine, but he was after the tenth and final race to claim the title of 2022 J/24 World Champion. With crew Dave Hughes, Allan Terhune, Jeffrey Hayden and Rod Favela, the Newport, Rhode Island-based […]