Rivals from Japan Dominate Scoring First and Second in Race One of the Seattle J/24 World Championship

On day one of the Seattle 2024 J/24 World Championship presented by Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, the much-anticipated rivalry from Rochester took a back seat to another rivalry from a more distant land. In the first race of 10 scheduled in the regatta, Nobuyuki Imai and his team on Siesta from Osaka, Japan prevailed over his countryman Kohei Ichikawa on Gekko Diana from Tokyo. “Good crew work and good boat speed were the keys to our winning performance,” said Nobuyuki Imai while also saying...

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