July 28, 2002
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Brad Read (USA) Wins
Breeze on for the final day of racing at the 2002 J/24 World Championships. Winds from the south at 18-22 knots greeted the sailors in the morning and the committee again chose to keep the fleet close to home on the Alpha course.
Breeze on for the final day of racing at the 2002 J/24 World Championships. Winds from the south at 18-22 knots greeted the sailors in the morning and the committee again chose to keep the fleet close to home on the Alpha course.
Keeping the boat powered and driving through the short 2-3 foot chop was tricky as the fleet chose to use their small jibs.
As was the theme of the week, the left side seemed to pay again with most of the leaders finding some nice lanes up the shore side of the course. Chris Snow of San Diego, CA found the groove upwind and kept his boat in control on the planing downwind legs to take the win followed by Waldek Zaleski of Norwalk, CT.
Searching for extra power through the chop, about half the fleet switched to their 150 jibs for the second race. Winds again were in the 20 knot range and flat boats and controlled jibes were at a premium. Brad Read of Newport, RI took his first bullet of the series to close out a convincing victory for the regatta and join his brother as a repeat J/24 world champion.
Results
| Position | Nation | Skipper + Crew | Total Points | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 |
| 1 | USA | READ, BRAD Randy Borges,David McClintock,Paul Grenaver,Will Jeffers | 38 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | USA | HEALY, TIMOTHY David Crocker,David Moffet,Gordon Borges,Mick Judson | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | USA | MOORE, GEOFFREY John Mollicone,John McCabe,Rob MacMillan,Sam Howell | 58 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | USA | HORTON, ANDY Mike Dressell,Michael Finch,Sean Carroll,Chris Morgan | 61 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | USA | HUGHES, BRITT Tom Treat,Paul Foley,Jim Donegan,Joby Breck | 76 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | USA | INGHAM, MIKE Curt Barnes,Bobby Bryant,Lynda Bryant,Quinn Schwenker | 78 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | AUS | SNOW, CHRIS Andrew Kerr,Nick Von Derwense,Ryan Cox,Dave Kurt | 93 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | USA | KIRJIAN, SEAN Kevin Bloor,Anthony Walsh,Duncan Rutherford,Ian MacDiarmid | 104 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 23 |
| 9 | USA | ZALESKI, WALDEK Kris Zaleski,Randal Perkins,Jachu Glinski,Piotr Sernicki | 107 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | USA | CHALLONER, STUART Ted Wiedeke,Bill Bogardus,Steve Lopus,Pat Larkin | 116 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 13 |