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2008 DISTRICT 10 CHAMPS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 SAIL NEWPORT 1,2,6,7,8,9* MEXICAN NATIONALS 1 NOOD ANNAPOLIS 1,2,3 FLEET 50 - Week 1 1,2,3 AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS 1 CHARLESTON RACE WEEK 1,3,5 NOOD St Pete 1,2,3,4,5,6 2007 WORLDS 1,2,4,7,8,10 EUROPEANS 1 NORTH AMERICANS 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 PAN AM GAMES Gold, Silver, Bronze* MIDWINTERS 1,3 ITALIAN NATIONALS 1 MEXICAN NATIONALS 1,3,5,6,7,9 DOWNEAST REGATTA 1,2*,3* J FEST SAN DIEGO 1,3 FLEET 50 SEASON 1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 WESTERN REGIONALS 1,2,3 NOOD Marblehead 1,2,3 PAN AM US TRIALS 1,2 TRANSPLANT CUP 1,3,4 ANNAPOLIS RACE WEEK 1,2 NOOD - Annapolis 1,2 SEVERN SA SUMMER SERIES 1,2*,3* NEWPORT SPRING SERIES Fleet 50 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 COLUMBIA GORGE OD REGATTA 1 RARITAN YC MEMORIAL DAY 1,2 ELITE KEELBOAT REGATTA 1 CHARLESTON RACE WEEK 1 EASTER REGATTA, Columbia SC 1,4 ANNAPOLIS SUMMER OD 2,3 ST FRANCIS KEELBOAT SPRING 1,2,3 NOOD - ST PETE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 MIDWINTER WARM UP 1,3 2006 WORLDS 1 NATIONALS 1,2 MIAMI ACURA RACE WEEK 1,2,3 MIDWINTERS 1 SCYA MIDWINTERS 1 PRE PAN AM GAMES 1 CANADIAN NATIONALS 1,2 ST PETE YC GREEN BENCH REGATTA 1,2,3 FLEET 55 REGATTA#4 1 KING'S DAY REGATTA 1,3 DISTRICT 19 CHAMPS 1 ANNAPOLIS RACE WEEK 1 FLEET 50 SUMMER SEASON 1,2,3,4,6,8,10 FLEET 50 SPRING SERIES 1,3,4,5 ST FRANCIS YC ELITE KEEL 1 ENCINAL YC J-FEST 1 ST FRANCIS YC SPRING KEEL 1,3 TRANSPLANT CUP 1,2 J-DAZE REGATTA 1,3,4,5 EASTER REGATTA 1,3 NOOD - Annapolis 1,3 NOOD - St. Pete. 1,3,4,5 AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS 1,2 COMMODORE'S CUP 1,2 2005 WORLDS 1,2,5,6,7 NORTH AMERICANS 1,4,5 NATIONALS 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 SOUTH AMERICANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 EAST COAST CHAMPS 1,5 KING'S DAY REGATTA 1,2,4 FLEET 50 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 SAN DIEGO J FEST 1,2,4,5 U-GOTTA REGATTA 1,2,3 FLEET 28 CHAMPS (MARBLEHEAD) 1,2 DISTRICT 19 CHAMPS 1,2,3 DISTRICT 10 CHAMPS 1 DISTRICT 7 CHAMPS 1 SOUTH EAST CHAMPS 1 SOUTH WEST REGIONALS 1 SURFIN SAFARI REGATTA 1 GREAT LAKES CHAMPS 1 BUZZARD'S BAY REGATTA 1 NEWPORT VOLKSWAGEN REGATTA 1 NOOD - Marblehead 1 NOOD - Annapolis 1,2 LEVEL REGATTA 1 FLEET 50 NEWPORT SPRING 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 WESTERN REGIONALS 1 SCYA MIDWINTERS 1 J FEST REGATTA 1 SOCKS REGATTA 1 CINCO DE MAYO REGATTA 1,2,3,4,5 EASTER REGATTA, Columbia SC 1,2,4,5 ST PETE NOOD 1,2,3 St. FYC SPRING KEELBOAT 1 EAST COAST MIDWINTERS 2,3,6,7,8,10 BEASLEY CUP 2 AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS 2,3 2004 WORLDS 1,2,4,5,7,10 US NATIONALS 1, 2*, 3, 4*, 6,8,10 SOUTH AMERICANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 NORTH AMERICANS 2,3,4,5,8,9 ITALIAN NATIONALS 1,2,3 JAPANESE NATIONALS 1 EAST COAST MIDWINTERS 1,2,3 SCYA MIDWINTERS 1,2,3 FLEET 50 - Newport, RI 1,3,4,5 PCYC OPEN 1 NOOD - Chicago 1,2,3 NEWPORT MEMORIAL DAY 1,2,3 EASTER REGATTA, Lake Murray 1,2,3.4 2003 WORLDS 1 EUROPEANS 1,2,3,5,7,8,9 US NATIONALS 1,2*,3 NORTH AMERICANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 MIDWINTERS 1,3 PANAM GAMES 1,2*,3,4 EAST COAST CHAMPS 1,2 CANADIAN NATIONALS 1,3 ITALIAN NATIONALS 1,2,4,5,7 25th ANNIVERSARY REGATTA 1 MID SOUND REGATTA 1,2 NOOD- Chicago 1,2,3 NOOD - San Diego 1,2,3 NOOD - St. Pete 1,2,3 WESTERN REGIONALS 1,2,3,4 NEWPORT MEMORIAL DAY 1,2,3,4,5 SOUTHWEST REGIONALS 1,2,3 ST FRANCIS KEELBOAT REGATTA 1 DISTRICT 8 1,2,3 DISTRICT 21 1 US PANAM GAMES TRIALS 1,4 2002 WORLDS 1,2,3 NORTH AMERICANS 1,2 SOUTH AMERICANS 1,2 MIDWINTERS 1,3,4,6 CANADIAN NATIONALS 1,2* ITALIAN NATIONALS 1 DISTRICT 8 1 SANTA BARBARA HOLIDAY 1 LAKE LANIER OPEN 1 BAREFOOT OPEN 1 MISS PIGGY KIDNAPPED REGATTA 1 DOWNEAST REGATTA 1 NEWPORT REGATTA 1,2 ALBERT T. SIMPSON, SF 1 NEWPORT MEMORIAL DAY 1,2,3,4,5 SCYA MIDWINTERS 1,2 NATIONALS 4 LAKE GENEVA REGATTA 1 WEST COAST WORLDS QUALIFIER 2 J FEST - San Francisco 1,2,3 EASTER REGATTA - Columbia 1,5,6 St. FRANCIS SPRING KEELBOAT 1,2,5 NOOD - San Diego 1,2,3* NOOD - Marblehead 1 NOOD - St. Pete 1,2		Interview Team Bash's Ron Medlin #1 Charleston Race Week   #1 2007 NAs Read regatta report>> 1,2,3* at the PanAm Games #1 2007 Worlds Congratulations Mauricio Santa Cruz and Team Bruschetta Read more >> Interview with 2007 World Champion Mauricio Santa Cruz 2007 European Champions 2006 National Champions Mauricio Santa Cruz and Team Bruschetta 2006 & 2007 World Champions Tips on how to run a successful J/24 program By World Champion Brian Bissell Read interview >> Kotoun and Team on their way to winning the 2005 J/24 Worlds!   Introducing North's exclusive 3DL Kevlar Patches for J/24 Genoas <Learn more> J/24 COOL TRICKS OF TRADE By Chuck Allen. Download tuning article >> 2005 World Champion 2005 North American Champions 2005 Nationals Champions NORTH COVERS J/24 Skirted Deck Cover Convertible for mast up and mast down. Learn more about our J/24 covers. WE RECOMMEND HARKEN Competitive J/24 Boathandling Video CD-Rom

North Sails has a very long history of involvement with the J/24 class. In fact we have been making fast sails for the boat ever since the first boat was built back in 1977. 22 years later we are still intimately involved with the class. In fact year in and year out North Sails makes more sails for the J/24 than any other class. With over 5300 boats built and sailing around the world the J/24 is truly an international class. To reflect this North One Design has two lofts in the US that specifically service the class and North lofts in Japan, Italy, Argentina and Australia that sell and service our designs. No matter where in the world you sail your J/24 there is a knowledgeable and responsive service team ready to help you get the most from your boat and sails. The North J/24 sail development program is centered in the United States at our North One Design lofts in San Diego, California and Newport, Rhode Island. North One Design is headed up by two-time J/24 World Champion, Vince Brun. Vince, who sailed in the first-ever J/24 Midwinters in Key West in 1978. Vince oversees the sale and development of the two sets of sails we currently offer for the J/24.

 

A lot of things change over the course of 20 years (take the J/24 rulebook for example)! One major change that occurred in our business was in 1995 when one of North's long time competitor's Ken Read and his powerful loft joined the North group. For years Kenny and North had been fighting it out the top of the J/24 class. At that time we faced a decision, what should we do with the two models of sails that we would now have to offer the J/24 client?

After looking carefully at both sets of sails we determined that there were significant differences between the two sets of sails and that to eliminate one set of designs would be doing a disservice to our customers especially the ones who had gotten used to the designs we might eliminate. We also figured that over time we would be able to determine which sails worked best in certain conditions and sailing styles of our clients. Another important reason was that we did not want to stifle the creativity of the awesome sail design team we had managed to assemble. The drive to develop and tinker with sail designs is deep inside the world's best sailmakers and our goal is to continually strive to make our sails better. Having two strong teams (in San Diego and Newport) developing sails for us further insures that your North Sails will be the fastest they can be.

Check out our models:

• San Diego
• Newport

With wins in 13 of the 21 World Championships the class has held plus countless National and Continental Championships there is no surer way of getting the best speed from your J/24 than choosing North Sails. As the class enters the 21st century our team is ready to put your team on top.

J/24 Worlds in the 21st Century
	2007	Mauricio Santa Cruz	Brazil
	2006	Mauricio Santa Cruz	Brazil
	2005	Anthony Kotoun	US Virgin Islands
	2004	Jens Hookanson	United States
	2003	Lorenzo Bressani	Italy
	2002	Brad Read	United States
	2001	Kazuyuki Hyodo	Japan
	2000	Brad Read	United States

When performance counts, the choice is clear.

"Hi Chris, We are back in Argentina after sailing the J 24 Worlds in Osaka.Talking about the regatta, we established an early lead but a typhoon near Japan brought calm and very shifty conditions for the last 3 days of racing. On the last race we were tied with Kazuyki Hyodo from Japan, but we did not define it well, so we finish second overall. The sails arrived perfectly. They look perfect as usual, and we always have a speed edge especially when the wind increased. The good news for you is that North Sails made 1, 2 and 3. Thanks again for everything." Domingo Contessi, 2nd place crew 2001 J/24 Worlds

"I bought a set of North Newport J/24 sails from you last December. I'm happy to say I've won several regattas with them this year, 2002, on my boat "Moofasta" J/24 3970. We won the Barefoot Sailing Club Barefoot Open J/24 class at Lake Lanier, the Lake Lanier Sailing Club One Design Open and the District 8. I also crewed with Mike Foster J/24 2420, "Turn and Burn" to win the Miss Piggy "Kidnapped" regatta in Augusta, GA last weekend. He also bought a set of sails from you last Nov/Dec on the fleet discount. Just thought I'd let you know I was VERY pleased with the sails and will probably run these another year, but I'll be back to North again in the Fall of 2003 for another set! John McCullough J/24 3970

For more information on J/24 sails, contact the North J/24 experts.