J24 Honour Roll

This is a list of the Australian National Champions – note that it reads like a who’s who of Australian yachting.

YEAR LOCATION BOAT HELMSMAN CREW
1979 Yahtzee A Hunn A Buckland
D Buckley
I Murray
1980 Kurindi J Cassidy S Lissiman
B Style
C Thompson
1981 Won One G Gietz R Brewer
A Sutherland
C Sutherland
1982 Bandit M Bethwaite J Diacopoulos
I McDiarmid
G Read
B Snyder
1983 Haywire R Hagan K Barry-Cotter
P Cook
R Hall
1984 Showdown I Gibson J F Cassidy
M Cassidy
D Gibson
H Smith
1985 Short Circuit A Short G Vaughn
I Short
P Short
P Wade
1986 Short Circuit A Short G Vaughn
I Short
P Short
P Wade
1987 Panache M Willson G Gietz
L Jamieson
P Small
R Willson
1988 Panache M Willson R Carroll
D Gibson
M Hayes
R Willson
1989 Chardonay M Walters A Brown
G Ponson
H Walters
C Wood
1990 Stockcar R Brewer A Coughlan
J Coughlan
M Hurley
R Pearson
1991 Madder ‘N’ Badder C Links A Coughlan
L Condell
G Gudmunson
A Wiseman
1992 Pinot R Waterhouse J Neergaard
C Pocklington
G Taylor
T Wood
1993 Divine Madness I Walker M Colbourne
G Durran
S Jackson
S Peel
1994 Convicts on Tour Ian Bashford Bradley Anson
Bruce Anson
Glen Coulton
Phil Smidmore
1995 Haywire Robert Hagan Robert Fairhall
Richard Fellew
Julian Plante
Christopher Wood
1996 Wildfire Glenn Coulton Nikki Claringbold
Gai Clough
Dale Sharp
Rob Sinclair
1997  Duesburys Nick Chapman Sean Healy
Martin O’Donhue
Adrian Seymour
Glen Ferguson
1998 Wildfire Julian Plante Lee Backway
Greg Barber
Nikki Claringbold
Gai Clough
Sarah Clough
1999 Innamincka Gary Gietz Juliet Badderly
John Crawford
Stuart Dart
Max Pourfect
2000 Lake Macquarie Convicts Revenge Stephen Girdis Andrea Gambacaorti
Chris Goggin
Angus McKechnie
Ray Pearson
2001 Melbourne Convicts Revenge Stephen Girdis Andrea Gambacaorti
Chris Goggin
Angus McKechnie
Ray Pearson
2002 Sydney Vertigo Hugo Ottaway Doug Lithgow
Paul Newcoman
Jan Talacko
Katana Vick
2003 Perth Code Violation Doug McGain L Edmunds
S Kernaghan
M Pedlow
A Verdon
2004 Lake Macquarie Yokozuna Sean Kirkjian Gary Holland
Ian MacDiarmid
Jeremy Pearce
Duncan Rutherford
2005 Adelaide Death Star Sean Kirkjian Fiona Gardner
Gary Holland
Ian MacDiarmid
Duncan Rutherford
2006 Melbourne Fly Emirates Sean Wallis Simon Cunningham
Billy Leonard
Kate Smith
David Somerville
2007 Sydney Death Star Sean Kirkjian Angus Grinham
Ian MacDiarmid
Duncan Rutherford
Andrew Verdon
2008 Perth Code Violation Doug McGain Tony Reynolds
Adam Ross
Tim Smith
Wulf Wilkins
2009 Adelaide Wetty Gripper Sean Wallis Simon Cunningham
Todd Harnett
David Somerville
Kirk Zulsdorf
2010 Melbourne Wetty Gripper Sean Wallis Simon Cunningham
Todd Harnett
David Somerville
Billy Leonard
2011 Sydney Death Star Sean Kirkjian Shane Guanaria
Tim Bilham
David Keyte
Duncan Rutherford
2012 Adelaide Pacemaker David Suda Herschel Landes
Luke Mathews
Sam Clayton
Rachel Suda
2013 Melbourne Kaotic Ben Lamb Arthur Crothers Ricky McGarvie
Simon Williams
Wulf Wilkins
2014 Sydney Convicts Revenge Steven Girdis Chris Goggin
Angus McKechnie
Ray Pearson
N Wild
2015 Adelaide Pacemaker David Suda Herschel Landes
Luke Mathews
Sam Clayton
Rachel Suda
2016 Melbourne Pacemaker David Suda Herschel Landes
Luke Mathews
Sam Clayton
Rachel Suda
2017 Cronulla Sailpac
Sean Kirkjian Tony Reynolds
Andrew Halliday
Richard Thompson
Mathew Mitchell
2018 Melbourne Bruschetta VI Hugo Ottaway
2019 Adelaide By the Lee  Brendan Lee
Rory Groves
Dan Cave
Peter Lee
Keren Reynolds
2020 Sydney Checkmate Brendan Lee
Dan Cave
Daniel Abbas
Keren Reynolds
Will Sheers
2021 Not held
2022 Melbourne Tinto Steve Wright Karyn Grover
Cath Thornton-Rofe
Alex Cawsey
Ian Goodbury
2023 Cronulla Sailpac Sean Kirkjian Shane Guanaria
Tony Reynolds
Carol Writer
Annemarie Parkes
2024 Sydney Innamincka John Crawford Dale Sharp
Natalie Butterworth
Eva Stadler
Violette Russell
2025 Melbourne Vice Versa Sean Kirkjian Shane Guanaria
Margot van der Poel
Oliver Guanaria
Tony Reynolds
2026 Melbourne

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