J/24

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Specifications Under Current Rules
Number of crew 3-5 LOA 7.32 m 24 ft LWL 6.10 m 20 ft Beam 2.71 m 8.9 ft Hull weight (with fittings) 1,406 kg 3,100 lb Sail area with 100% foretriangle 261 sq.ft 24.25 m I 8.00 m 26.25 ft J 2.90 m 9.5 ft P 8.53 m 28.00 ft E 2.97 m 9.75 ft

The International J/24 is the world's most popular one-design keelboat [1] [2] [3] [4]. It was designed by Rod Johnstone in 1976 and since then over 5200 hulls have been produced. It was the first J-boat and was based on Rod Johnstone's 1976 garage-built prototype "Ragtime". The first production J/24 was built in 1977, and the J/24s overwhelmed MORC Int'ls in Annapolis that year.

The class is established in nearly 40 countries with well over 100 active fleets. J/24s are usually raced with a crew of five, but class rules require only that there be at least three crew, with a total combined weight under 400kg.

The boat is manufactured in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

• Designer: Rod Johnstone

[edit] See also

• Sailing
• J/22
• sloop

[edit] External links

• International J/24 Class Association