J/24 World Championship Explained

See main article: J/24.

The J/24 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for J/24 keelboats, organized by the host club on behalf of the J/24 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Events

Ed.	Year	Host			Participant				Ref
		Host club	Location	Nat.	Boats	Sailors	Nations	Cont.	Ref
1									^[1]
2									^[2]
3									^[3]
4									^[4] ^[5]
5									^[6]
6									^[7] ^[8]
7									^[9]
8									^[10]
9									^[11]
10									^[12]
11									^[13]
12									^[14]
13									^[15] ^[16]
14									^[17]
15									^[18]
16									^[19]
17									^[20] ^[21]
18									^[22] ^[23]
19									^[24] ^[25]
20									^[26] ^[27]
21									^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
22									^[31]
23
24									^[32]
25									^[33]
26									^[34]
27									^[35]
28									^[36] ^[37]
29									^[38] ^[39]
30
31									^[40] ^[41] ^[42]
32
33									^[43] ^[44]
34		Sail Newport /							^[45] ^[46]
35									^[47] ^[48] ^[49]
36									^[50]
37					63				^[51] ^[52] ^[53] ^[54]
38									^[55]
39					79	10+	4+		^[56] ^[57] ^[58]
N/A	2020-09-24 to 10-02				Colspan=4	CANCELLED COVID-19	^[59] ^[60]
N/A	2021				Colspan=4	CANCELLED COVID-19	^[61]
N/A	2021-03-11 to 03-19				Colspan=4	CANCELLED COVID-19
N/A	2021-07-17 to 07-23				Colspan=4	CANCELLED COVID-19	^[62] ^[63]
	2022-07-14 to 07-22								^[64] ^[65]
	2023-09-09 to 09-16				38				^[66] ^[67] ^[68]
	2024								^[69]
	2025-09								^[70]

Multiple World Champions

Based Medallist data below this includes the 2023 Worlds.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	width:60px; text-align:center;"	No. Entries	Ref.
1		6	1	2	9	10

|-| 2 || || 4 || 3 || 0 || 7 || 12 || |-| 3 || || 3 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 6 || |-| 4 || || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || |-| 4 || || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || |-| 6 || || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 9 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 11 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 5 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 4 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 4 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 4 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 3 || |-| 7 || || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 5 || |-| 15 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 10 || |-| 16 || || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || |-|}

International Championships

In 1979 and 1980 the class held International Championship

World Championships

Ref.
1981 Sydney	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	^[71]
1982 San Francisco		UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	^[72]
1983 Malmö	Laissez Faire - US 2920	Rabbit - US 3700	Akela - US 1673 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1984 Poole	US-2579 - H.J.	US-4141 - Just Enuff	US-96 - Maggie
1985 Atsumi
1986 Newport		Chris Hufstader
1987 Capri
1988 Sydney	US 4141 Pee Wee	US 3379 American Garage	US 4351 Rebel Yell
1989 Kinston	Fly Mo J - US 4171	American Garage - US 3379	Surfer Girl - US 3694
1990 Dublin 62 boats	US 4718 - Just More Fun	US 4600 - Fuzzy Duck UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	KA 142 - Fruitcakes
1991 Piraeus 40 Boats	US 4600 - Maxx Karl Anderson UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	US 4718 - Just More Fun Glenn Darden UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	I 241 - Johnny UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1992 Annapolis (USA) 81 Boats	US 2934 - Mookie	US 4467 - Love Shack UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	US 4922 - Benbow UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1993 Abersoch	US 2934 - Mookie	Northern Exposure	Grouse
1994 Melbourne	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1995 Rochester 73 Boats	US 2181 - Average White Boat	US 5079	US 556
1996 Porto Cervo
1997 Buenos Aires	Vince Brun UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
1998 San Francisco
1999 Genova	ITA-456 - ORNELLA ALL'ATTACCO II UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	ITA-428 - ASTER	USA-5208 - THE SON OF RABBIT 2
2000 Newport (USA) 75 Boats		Bagua UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	Southern California UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2001 Osaka		UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2002 Kingston		UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2003 Medemblik (NED) 66 Boats	ITA 432 - Kaster UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	USA 5078 - ING Direct UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	ITA 471 - Sailing Planet UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2004 Norton (USA) 74 Boats	USA - Salsa			^[73]
2005 Weymouth 54 Boats	ISV 2329 - Jigalo UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	BRA 37 - Bruschetta	ITA 434 - Fiamma Gialla
2006 Melbourne Boats	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2007 Nuevo Vallarta	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2008 Cannigione	ITA 434 - Fiamma Gialla	(GBR 4247) / CAN 4247 - Team Serco	GBR 4177
2009 Annapolis Boats	37/ BRA 37 - Bruschetta	91/ USA 5362 - National Sailing Hall of Fame	21/ ARG 5194 - Carrera
2010 Malmö Boats	USA 5235 - 46	GBR 5219 - 18	ITA 461 - 37
2011 Buenos Aires Boats	ARG 5447 - LUCA VIVE	PER 4618 - GUERRERO	USA 5448 - NONE
2012 Rochester 96 Boats	BRA 37 (85) - Bruschetta (Pro)	USA 5235 (22) - 11th Hour Racing (Pro)	USA 58 (92) - Bangor Packet (Am)
2013 Howth 40 Boats	USA 5235 - Helly Hansen (28)	BRA 37 - Bruschetta (1) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN	USA 5432 - Honey Badger (36) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
2014 Newport 69 Boats	USA 5362 - Cougar	BRA 37 - Bruschetta Guilherme Hamelmann Alfredo Rovere Alexandre Saldanha Daniel Santiago	USA 5235 - Helly Hansen
2015 Boltenhagen 51 Boats	GBR 5219 - Il Riccio	USA 5443 - Nautalytics	USA 5432
2016 Wakayama Boats	GER 5475 - JJOne	JPN 5271 - Ichimokusan	JPN 4085 - FOX
2017 (CAN) 63 Boats	Clear Air	Bangor Packet	Lull
2018 (ITA) Boats	USA 5208 - KASTER	HUN 37 - J.BOND 037	JPN 5185 - Siesta
2019 Miami 79 Boats	USA 5325 - Furio	CAN 5362 - Clear Air	USA 5476 - Velocidad
2020 Poole	COLSPAN=3	CANCELED COVID-19
2021 Poole	COLSPAN=3	CANCELED COVID-19
2021 Corpus Cristi, TX	COLSPAN=3	CANCELED COVID-19
2022 Corpus Cristi, TX	USA 3379 - American Garage	USA 1954 - Grand Slam 2	JPN 5185 - Siesta
2023	USA 5399 - Furio	ITA416 - La superba Ignazio Bonanno	USA58 - Bangor PacketTony Parker

Notes and References

1. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 8 - April 1982 . J World . 2023-10-29.
2. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 10 - April 1983 . J World . 2023-10-29.
3. Int. Class Magazine Vol.11 - Oct 1983 . J World . 2023-10-29.
4. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 14 - April 1985 . J World . 2023-10-29.
5. Web site: Yachting . February 1986.
6. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 16 . J World . 2023-10-29.
7. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 17 . J World . 2023-10-29.
8. Web site: Yachting . November 1986.
9. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 19 . J World . 2023-10-29.
10. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 20 . J World . 2023-10-29.
11. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 23 . J World . 2023-10-29.
12. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 25 . J World . 2023-10-29.
13. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 27 . J World . 2023-10-29.
14. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 30 . J World . 2023-10-29.
15. Web site: Yachtin Magazine - Oct. 1993 . October 1993.
16. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 31 . J World . 2023-10-29.
17. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 32 . J World . 2023-10-29.
18. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 35 . J World . 2023-10-29.
19. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 37 . J World . 2023-10-29.
20. Web site: 1997 J/24 World Official Event Website.
21. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 39 . J World . 2023-10-29.
22. Web site: 1998 J/24 World Official Event Website.
23. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 40 . J World . 2023-10-29.
24. Web site: 1999 J/24 World Official Event Website.
25. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 42 - 2000 . J World . 2023-10-29.
26. Web site: 2000 J/24 World Official Event Website.
27. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 43 - 2001 . J World . 2023-10-29.
28. Web site: 2001 J/24 World Official Event Website.
29. Web site: 2001 J/24 World.
30. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 44 -2002 . J World . 2023-10-29.
31. Int. Class Magazine Vol. 45 . J World . 2023-10-29.
32. Web site: 2004 J/24 World Official Event Website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040324224145/http://www.j24worlds.com/ . 2004-03-24 . 2023-10-29.
33. Web site: 2005 J/24 World Official Event Website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040325060413/http://j24-weymouth.com/ . 2004-03-25 . 2023-10-29.
34. Web site: 2006 J/24 World Official Event Website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504065014/http://www.j24australia.com/main.asp?content=main . 2006-05-04 . 2023-10-29.
35. Web site: 2007 J/24 World Official Event Website.
36. Web site: 2008 J/24 World Official Event Website.
37. Web site: 2008 Y&Y press story.
38. Web site: 2009 Y&Y Race Report.
39. Web site: 2009 Event Website Results.
40. Web site: 2011 J/24 World Official Event Website.
41. Web site: 2011 J24 World Championship - Overall. https://web.archive.org/web/20131208072208/http://www.j24worlds2011.org.ar/Popup.aspx?Id=1290. 2013-12-08.
42. Web site: 2011 Facebook Page. .
43. Web site: 2013 J/24 World Official Event Website.
44. Web site: 2013 World Results.
45. Web site: 2014 J/24 World Official Event Website.
46. Web site: 2014 World Results.
47. Web site: 2015 J/24 World Official Event Website.
48. Web site: 2015 World Results.
49. Web site: J24 World Championship. .
50. Web site: 2016 J/24 World Official Event Website. 24 September 2016 .
51. Web site: 2017 J/24 World Official Event Website.
52. Web site: 2017 J/24 World Official Results Website.
53. Web site: 2014 Worlds Facebook. Facebook.
54. Web site: Scuttlebutt 2017 World Winner. 24 September 2017.
55. Web site: 2018 J/24 World Official Event Website.
56. Web site: 2019 J/24 World Official Event Website.
57. Web site: 2019 J/24 World Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033025/http://j24usa.com/event/2019-j24-world-championship/. 26 January 2021. dead.
58. Web site: 2019 J 24 World Championship Preliminary Cumulative Results.
59. Web site: 2020 J/24 World Official Event Website.
60. Web site: 2020 World Delayed to 2021.
61. Web site: 2021 World Cancelled . 24 March 2021 . 2023-10-29.
62. Web site: 2021 J/24 World Official Event Website.
63. Web site: 2022 J/24 Worlds coming to USA. 3 April 2021 .
64. Web site: 2022 J/24 World Official Event Website.
65. Web site: 2022 Results Link.
66. Web site: 2023 J/24 World Official Event Website.
67. Web site: 2023 Results Link . 2023-10-29.
68. Web site: 2023 Crew Lists.
69. https://www.j24worldsseattle.org/
70. https://j24worlds2025.com/
71. Web site: Int Class Association World Championship Summary. 2023-04-16.
72. Web site: Yachting . January 1983.
73. Web site: J24worlds. https://web.archive.org/web/20041206081503/http://www.j24worlds.com/news.html . 2004-12-06 .