The U.S. National Championship started Thursday with 32 boats competing for the championship title. After two races completed on Race Day 1, John Mollicone on 11th Hour Racing is in first (3-2).  Pat Toole on 3 Big Dogs is in 2nd (1-5).  Tom Nelson on Fly Mo’J and Frank Keesling on The Dumpster are tied [...]

Overall

Rank Fleet SailNo Boat HelmName R1 01/06/12 R2 02/06/12 R3 R4 R5 R6 03/06/2012 R7 R8 R9 04/06/2012 R10 Total Nett 1st J24 4247 Serco R. Turner / N.Batchelor 4 2 (BFD) 2 2 2 1 4 6 8 60.0 31.0 2nd J24 4245 Madeleine Duncan McCarthy 14 3 (BFD) 1 5 3 2 1 1 2 61.0 32.0 3rd J24 4177 Hedgehog D. Stansbury 5 1 (BFD) 3 3 1 5 3 11 7 68.0 39.0 4th J24 4283 Chaotic Nick Philips 3 4 2 (12) 10 5 9 12 7 4 68.0 56.0 5th J24 4261 Sublime Matt Hardy 2 12 1 14 1 8 (BFD) 9 5 5 86.0 57.0 6th J24 4243 Mar-key Group David Tabb (DNS) 6 6 7 14 20 4 2 19 3 110.0 81.0 7th J24 4242 Hitchhiker Andrew Taylor (BFD) 8 4 17 15 12 8 11 2 6 112.0 83.0 8th J24 4232 Boomerang Jim Anderson 6 15 5 9 7 10 7 17 12 (23) 111.5 88.5 9th J24 4236 Owen’s J Owen Kerr 11 16 7 (18) 8 13 11 15 9 1 109.0 91.0 10th J24 4260 Jeli Stig McDonald 9 14 9 10 (24) 6 12 10 8 13 114.0 91.0 11th J24 IRL 4794 Hard on Port Flor O’Driscoll (DNS) 13 3 5 4 4 DNE 7 17 11 122.0 93.0 12th J24 4254 Julu Rob Clark 1 17 (BFD) 4 11 9 10 14 21 14 130.0 101.0 13th J24 4271 Jawbreaker David Cooper (DNF) 7 BFD 13 6 18 3 6 13 10 134.0 105.0 14th J24 4268 Jiggy 2 Paul Williams (BFD) 5 BFD 15 9 21 6 5 4 18 141.0 112.0 15th J24 4213 Team Quattro Mike Preston 10 20 8 21 (23) 11 13 17 10 12 144.5 122.5 16th J24 4270 Why J Tom Phipps 12 23 14 16 19 14 (DNF) 8 3 16 153.0 124.0 17th J24 4252 Jumanji Brian Downing (DNS) 21 17 20 17 23 15 13 18 9 182.0 153.0 18th J24 4266 Flying Colours Alex Pollock (DNS) 11 11 6 12 28 DNF 19 20 21 186.0 157.0 19th J24 4235 Wijit Andrew Hill 7 19 (BFD) 19 16 22 14 20 22 25 193.0 164.0 20th J24 4263 Jobs4Buoys David Lush (DNS) 10 12 11 28 24 20 DNF 16 15 193.0 164.0 21st J24 4248 Skilled Services Ian Parkinson 8 25 15 22 22 16 17 21 (26) 24 195.0 169.0 22nd J24 4064 Legal Alien Nick McDonald [...]

by David Lush. After a rather poor turnout at the J 24 nationals last year, the International Paints J 24 Nationals had double the entry at nearly thirty boats on 1-4 June. The resurgence of the Class is even more remarkable as the event clashes with the J 24 Europeans; however the entry is not [...]

May 28-June 4, 2012 Cannigione, Sardinia, Italy Stuart Jardine, IJCA-ITC The European Championship crowned two winners – winning the Open Championship Event was Team Bruschetta (BRA 37) with Alex Saldanha on the helm.  Winning the European Champion title was La Superba (ITA 416) driven by Ignazio Bonanno.  La Superba finished 2nd in the Open Event.  Keith Whittemore on Furio [...]

Eric Faust, long time Executive Director of the IJCA, has resigned from the Class effective immediately. He has accepted a position as General Manager with the Laser Class. I have personally worked with Eric since 2001 when he was initially hired by the USJCA and then eventually by the IJCA.  I consider him to be [...]

EUROPEO  CHAMPIONSHIP :: 2012.06.04 :: FINAL RESULTS – June, Sunday 3 POS. SAIL NUMBER NAME POINTS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX 1 BRA 37 BRUSCHETTA -  ALEX  SALDANHA 25 13 (28) 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 ITA 416 LA SUPERBA -  IGNAZIO BONANNO 39 3 2 2 8 3 10 4 7 (dnf) 3 US 5399 FURIO -  KEITH WHITTEMORE 55 19 (ocs) 21 4 1 1 5 2 2 4 GER 5420 ROTOMAN -  KAI MARES 56 9 1 3 3 9 12 13 6 (ocs) 5 US 5488 JULIA – 58 2 (ocs) 13 16 4 3 7 9 4 6 ITA 405 VIGNE SURRAU -  AURELIO BINI 79 7 12 14 14 10 6 11 5 (24) 7 ITA 212 JAMAICA -  PIETRO DIAMANTI 80 11 (32) 11 24 13 5 2 8 6 8 GRE 5239 EVNIKI -  ATHANASIOS PACHOUMAS 82 6 35 6 12 (ocs) 16 3 3 1 9 GER 5316 HUNGRIGER WOLF -  HUHN JOHANN-PETER 90 8 8 9 13 6 24 12 10 (31) 10 ITA 460 BOTTA DRITTA -  PASQUALE MARIO DI FRAIA 101 14 21 5 11 26 4 9 (dnf) 11 11 GER 5381 [...]

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Harken has recently made changes their winch product line. They have discontinued the 32B that has been one of the mainstays of the winches used as primaries, and replaced it in their product line with the Radial 35.2 PTA . Also the model 16 that has been a common secondary winch for the class has been replaced by [...]

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2008 marks the 30th Anniversary celebration of the J/24.  With over 5,400 boats world-wide, the J/24 Class continues to attract the world’s best sailors and the up and comers. Debuting at the 2008 Midwinter Championship will be the 30th Anniversary Edition of the J/24, sailed by Jeff Johnstone and his team from Newport, RI.  This latest [...]

You will know from my comments in the last magazine that to retain our position as the most successful keelboat class with a cabin of all time, we needed to evolve and initiate change where it was clearly needed.  I am very happy to report that this process is well and truly underway and we really [...]

19 September, 2008 The race has just begun in Tópark J24 EC The race started on 19 September 2008. at 2 p.m. and the J24 European Championship has officially begun in Balatonfüred. The weather was friendly, since the sun finally showed up for the afternoon. For today, almost half of the participants appeared in the Balatonfüred Yacht Club [...]

Story Contributors: Kathy Taylor and Joy Okazaki   Brazil’s Mauricio Santa Cruz and his team on Bruschetta are the 2007 J/24 World Champions.  The victorious Bruschetta led the boat parade through Nuevo Vallarta Harbour to cheers and horns on the final day of racing in the Mexican resort. The sky lit up with fireworks as Governor Ney Gonzales declared the [...]