The USJCA really needs your help, and at the same time, you get a great deal from North Sails. US Sailing and the J/24 Class are hosting the 2013 Mallory Trophy, the US Sailing adult keelboat championship. The event will be held in August 2013 at Rochester Yacht Club in J/24s sailed with main, spinnaker, [...]

One of the highlights of the southern Chesapeake Bay racing season is the Southern Bay Race Week hosted by Hampton Yacht Club. The event actually starts with the annual “feeder race” from Annapolis, the “Down the Bay Race.” After the racers have recuperated from their blast down the Chesapeake, the Hampton YC plays host to [...]

Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Virginia Cruising Cup hosts the renown 120nm “Down the Bay” offshore race that goes from Annapolis, MD to Hampton, VA. The conditions could only be described as epic, with winds howling out of the NNW. This meant the fleet was blessed with broad reaching and downwind running conditions with [...]

At Cal Race Week, the J/24s nearly had a clean sweep by the top boat. Dave Klatt’s team on JADED dominated with a second and four firsts for 6 points. Second was past J/24 North American Champion Pat Toole on 3 BIG DOGS from Santa Barbara YC, taking first and four seconds for 9 points [...]

The results are in after two amazing days of racing in the waters just off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In all, 19 boats competed for the 2013 J/24 District 1 Championship. After eight great races in 10-20 knots, Team AL skippered by Carter White and crewed by Mark Klein, Dave Van Cleef, Shelly [...]