J/24 World Championship 2025 in Plymouth, UK

J/24 World Championship 2025 in Plymouth, UK - Day 1

by James Mills 10 Sep 13:34 AEST 6-14 September 2025

J/24 Worlds in Plymouth, UK - Day 1 © Joe Woodyear & Chambers film & media

50 J24's from 12 countries (Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, USA and the UK) descended upon Plymouth, UK for their five day World Championship.

After Monday's champagne sailing conditions for the practice race south of Plymouth breakwater, day 1 of racing proper found a stark difference in weather, forcing the management team to postpone ashore in the hope to find a moderating weather window. The conditions were bleak with 4m waves, gusts in excess of 30 knots, rain and, to complicate the management team further, they had to contend with a number of shipping movements. The wind clocked further East and a weather window opened finally, with a start line set and located at the Western entrance to Plymouth sound in the vicinity of Cawsand Bay and a windward leg South of the breakwater. There was still lots of wind, rain and big waves but Race Officer, Sean Semmens and his team did a great job of setting a course.

Starting a single race on a black flag, the fleet sensibly took a conservative approach to the start to avoid a general recall. First round the windward mark was Bow 40 from Argentina "Tata Patagonia" helmed by Ramir Clemente Diaz closely followed by Michael Goldfarb's "War Canoe" from the USA, who also has reigning J24 world champion Travis Odenback on board. The race went to form with the top 8 finishing boats all pre-event favourites highlighted by the J24 class.

"War Canoe" and "Tata Patagonia" fought hard right across the track but it was "War Canoe" who took the win after a tight downwind battle. Very close behind in 3rd place was local boat "Majic" who are the UK National champions and helmed by James Torr who held off the hard charging Italian boat "La Superba" helmed by Ignazio Bonanno.

The intention from the race management team is to race 3 races on day 2 to catch up on the race schedule.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Bow No	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	R1	Pts
1	45	War Canoe	USA 5399	Michael Goldfarb	1	1
2	40	Tata Patagonia	ARG 5453	Ramir Clemente Diaz	2	2
3	29	Majic	GBR 4248	James Torr	3	3
4	47	La Superba	ITA 416	Ignazio Bonanno	4	4
5	41	Gekko	JPN 5450	Koheil Ichikawa	5	5
6	20	Bangor Packet	USA 58	Tony Parker	6	6
7	11	J‑Bond	HUN 37	Balazs Tomai	7	7
8	10	Headcase	IRL 4247	Cillian Dickson	8	8
9	18	Il Riccio	IRL 5219	JP McCaldin	9	9
10	46	Snoopy's J	IRL 4265	Marin Mahon	10	10
11	43	Mr Mann	GBR 4241	Shane Hewlett	11	11
12	16	The Dutch J	NED 5440	Dirk Olyslagers	12	12
13	48	Rabbit Per Cinque	ITA 438	Francesco Nucara	13	13
14	4	NJO2	GBR 4261	Tim Octon	14	14
15	15	Ffold	GBR 4269	Dave Hale	15	15
16	39	Front Runner	SWE 4896	Per‑Hakan Persson	16	16
17	19	Vitesse	GER 5412	Manfred Konig	17	17
18	9	Viva on aqua	GER 5417	Hauke Kruess	18	18
19	31	Blind Squirrel	IRL 5481	Colm O'Flaherty	19	19
20	37	Derbe Kerle	GER 5266	Lynn Wolgast	20	20
21	26	Jupiter	IRL 5270	Conor Haughton	21	21
22	50	Jeronimo	FRA 5071	Aorelian Garcia	22	22
23	42	Hard on Port	IRL 4794	David Bailey	23	23
24	3	Jive	GBR 4261	David Cooper	24	24
25	32	Jux	GER 4406	Thomas Cramer	25	25
26	14	Ziggy Barolche	ARG 5191	Ignacio Buffa Danesi	26	26
27	33	Tinto	AUS 5358	Steve Wright	27	27
28	17	Hedgehog	IRL 4217	Mark Usher	28	28
29	6	HiJinks	GBR 4213	Mark Lewers	29	29
30	8	Jolly Roger	GBR 4207	Roger Morris	30	30
31	24	Saltine	USA 62	Sam Hopper	31	31
32	12	Innamincka	AUS 4793	John Crawford	32	32
33	28	Jab	AUS 4788	Warren Slater	33	33
34	35	Hustle	USA 49	Michael Quaid	34	34
35	27	Juggernaut	GBR 4026	Neil Trathen	35	35
36	36	Violent J	GBR 4013	Jason Culmer	36	36
37	34	Crazy Horse	IRL 4533	Luke McBride	37	37
38	49	ACE	AUS 4801	David West	38	38
39	38	Jam	GBR 4153	Ben Maddaford	39	39
40	25	Pfau	GER 5269	Lars Hager	40	40
41	2	Hitchiker	GBR 4242	Chris Randall	41	41
42	44	Jiffi	GBR 4035	Phil Bailey	42	42
43	51	Jabberwocky	GBR 4271	Gail Berriman	43	43
44	21	Proud Mary	IRL 4384	Bernard McConville	44	44
45	7	Motley Crew	GBR 4003	Andy Willet	45	45
46	1	Wijit	GBR 4235	Sam Marshall	RET	53
46	5	Mojo	GBR 4239	Chloe Nunn	RET	53
46	23	Nitro	GBR 4034	Mark Prue	RET	53
46	30	JoJo	GBR 4103	Tom Gurney	RET	53