The concluding races of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Coastal Series took place Monday. Although the conditions were unusually light and fluky, the racing was intense in all classes with most fighting it out for overall honors right to the bitter end. The only exception was the J/24 class, which saw Robert Povey and [...]

‘When you have got it, flaunt it’ and that’s just what ‘The Black Prince of Sandringham’ in Pacemaker did in the last race of the J/24 Australian Nationals. With the series win in the bag after two wins on the final morning, they were spectators at the last start, watching the fleet sail off while [...]

The proposed 2015 J/24 Class Rules are currently being reviewed by ISAF. Pending their approval, the updated Rules’ effective date is to be determined, but will be no earlier than April 1, 2015. You can review the International J/24 Class Rules ISAF Submission Version at http://www.j24class.org/rules-regulations/class-rules/.

The J/24 Class, and all who knew him, lost a great friend. Lambert Lai passed away on December 30, 2014. Lambert began his love for sailing and the sea in his native Hawaii as a young man. He arrived in upstate New York after his service to our country as an Army Medic in Vietnam. [...]

Over the past few weeks, the Argentina J/24 Class was hosting two major regattas on the Rio del Plata, hosted by Club Nautico Olivos. The first regatta was the J/24 Argentine Nationals, and the second was the Pan Am Qualifiers in J/24s for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Nationals took [...]