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The J/24 was designed in 1977 and was soon established as the world's most popular keel boat, which it has remained ever since. The class is established in nearly 40 countries with well over 100 active fleets. This 24' keelboat is normally sailed with 5 but can be sailed with 4 or 6 as long as the total crew weight is under the class 400kg limit.
The weather was kinder to the J/24 fleet on this, the third of their World Championship Qualifying weekends - though not kind enough to avoid losing today’s racing... this time through lack of wind, rather than the excess that blew out last weekend.
Blue skies and strong breezes greeted us the day after the end of these Championships, the final irony of a difficult week at the United States Capital of Sailing.
The J/24 worlds website seems to be having huge problems. We have the results now after 7 races - I’m not sure if these are the final results.
With continued light air, this time from the southeast, the sailors competing in the 2009 J/24 World Championship saw only one race completed.
Light air out of the north and a wicked tidal current conspired today to prevent racing in the 2009 J/24 World Championship, being sailed by a fleet of 79 teams out of Annapolis Yacht Club on the Chesapeake Bay.
Brazilian Mauricio Santa Cruz, who earned the J/24 World Championship title in 2006 and 2007 only to be unseated last year by Italian Andrea Casale, has made it clear that he wants to get back to the top.
A weekend of frustrating conditions ended with a first win in a World Qualifier for Duncan McCarthy and the crew of Madeleine at the Fowey Trophy J/24 Open Meeting this weekend.
Later this month, for the very first time, Barbados will be represented at the J24 Worlds, a world class sailing event in the USA.
Annapolis, Maryland will host one of the toughest fleets of J/24 racers ever assembled in the boat’s 30 year history. The 2009 World Championship, hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club, April 30th – May 8th, already has 78 entries from eighteen countries.
After many years of limitations on sail cloth, the Class has approved the use of woven and/or laminated ply material of either polyester, HMPE or aramid fibers in the construction of Class genoas.
Geoff Evelyn 1944 - 2009
It is with deep regret we announce the passing of Geoff Evelyn on Saturday June 27th. Geoff was Chairman and Councillor of Honour of the International J/24 Class and will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with Wendy and Jennifer at this time. You can send your condolences here.
The Revised Class Rules have now been approved by ISAF and are published in full on the International website (click Organisation at the top, then rules and call up the PDF file).
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Administration:- 2009 UK J/24 Class Membership Application
- 2008 Rankings
Below is the draft 2008 AGM agenda to be held by E-Mail over November. This agenda will be published with amendments or additions by the 1st November and then the Minutes will be put together during November and published in December 2008.
Action is required by all Class Officials and certainly Fleet Captains - Comments, thoughts and ideas are very welcome from all class members and crews.
- 2008 AGM Agenda
- 2007 AGM Minutes
- 2007 Rankings (after the Nationals)
- 2006 Rankings (after the Europeans)
- 2007 AGM Minutes
- 2007 AGM Agenda
- 2006 AGM Minutes
- 2005 AGM Minutes
- 2004 rankings
- 2000-2003 rankings
- Bow numbers list
- Bow numbers positioning diagram