Congrats to the 2015 Ontario Champions: Ontario Series: 1. Rossi Milev 2. Ted Bartlewski 3. Katie Nicoll World Qualifiers: 1. Thomas Taylor 2. Edmond Rees 3. Tim Connolly Full results can be found here: 2015 J24 WQ & OS Results
2014 Fall Series Standings (to date), PCYC
2014 J24 District Fall Series Results
Quick Nick lives up to her name at PCYC Open
This year the Port Credit open saw the largest J24 fleet on the Canadian side of the lake this year so far. After a seven race series, Katie Nicoll and crew – which includes her 2 kids Carter and Clarity walked away as the overall winner. After the event I asked Katie and Carter to …
2014 J/24 Canadian’s
Chester Race Week – August 13-16th Information about J/24 Canadian’s / Chester Race Week is now online please see the Notice of Race for further details. Chester Race Week is North America’s 2nd largest keelboat regatta this year running from August 13 to 16 in the picturesque town of Chester, NS. Named one of Sailing World magazine’s 14 greatest sailing events in …
2015 Pan Am Games Qualifier
The Toronto Pan Am Games will take place July 10-26, 2015, and as the host nation, Canada has qualified one spot for the J/24 (4 person open) event. Sail Canada has confirmed that they intend to run a selection event in Toronto in late May 2015, under the Pan Am games sail plan and crew …
Newport Worlds Qualified Drivers
Although the drivers who are qualified for Newport have known for a while, I thought people would be interested to know who the 16 drivers are the Canadian fleet will be sending to Newport in September, and how they qualified. See below. Also, heads up to the qualified drivers that you will be required to confirm your …
AGM Debrief
Thanks to all those who attended this years AGM conference call. It was an effective meeting with good discussion across a number of important issues for our class, including representation from each of our districts. Apologize for being late in getting this posted, but for those who weren’t able to attend, a couple of key …
Someone new joining the team this season?
You may want to ask them to kill some time at work watching these vids. From our friends at North Sails and Harken, they have been out on Youtube for a few years now and not taken down, so thinking they are OK with them being up and think of them as advertisement now. Anyway, …
Updated Class Rules Approved by ISAF
Effective April 1, 2013, we will be racing under an updated set of class rules. Nothing that will change how we sail the boats and generally housekeeping to align with common practices, clean-up potential for misinterpretations, or simplify things. Of note, there are no longer any line diameter limitations. The updated rulebook can be downloaded from …
How are Canadian World Qualifying Spots awarded?
With a number of new boat owners in our class, and with the recent confirmation by the IJCA that the Newport 2014 Worlds will not be an open regatta, thought I would provide a little refresher on how a helmsperson qualifies for a closed worlds. With 25 boats having attended Rochester and at best only …