shark24.org

Shark24.org is the official website of the Shark24 Class Organisation, the class association for the Shark 24, a 24-foot keelboat. It serves Shark 24 owners, crews, and regatta followers by publishing class news, championship reports, and community announcements. It is an information and community hub, not an online store: the site's content is news, event coverage, and fleet notices, with no pricing or transaction features indicated.

Who the Site Is For

The site is aimed at people already inside or curious about the Shark 24 fleet:

• Owners and crews who want class news, results, and event dates.
• Regatta followers who want reports from world and continental championships.
• Prospective members who want to understand the class and its community before getting involved.

If you are shopping for a boat, comparing keelboat designs, or looking for parts and services, this site is not built for that purpose based on the material available.

What You Will Find on the Site

The homepage presents a dated feed of posts, each tagged by type. The visible categories are:

Recent entries show the range of coverage:

• A report on the 2026 Shark 24 European Championship in Röbel, held on Lake Müritz over three days with crews from across Europe and South Africa.
• A preview of the 2026 Shark 24 World Championship in Belleville, Ontario, described as a spectacular venue with a historic anniversary.
• A report on the 2025 Shark24 Worlds at Segelclub Altmünster on Lake Traunsee, where Christian Binder was crowned triple world champion.
• A report on the 2023 Shark24 World Championship in Niagara-on-the-Lake, noted as the 56th Shark World Championship, with sailors from Austria and elsewhere.
• A report on the 2022 Shark24 World Cup, won by the crew of Hailheels (AUT1449).
• News items such as "Eight Bells" memorial posts for class members Cameron Smith, John Clark, and Bodo Günther.

The feed is paginated, so older posts are reachable through the pagination links at the bottom of the list.

What the Class Organisation Does

The organisation functions as the class body that ties the international fleet together. From the site's content, its visible activities include:

• Sanctioning and promoting championships — world and European championship events appear as the core of the news feed.
• Recording class history — reports reference the class's long running history, including the 56th world championship held in 2023 and a "Well Sailed Since 1959" framing.
• Maintaining community memory — memorial notices for prominent class members show the organisation also serves a social and commemorative role.

How to Use the Site

1. Open shark24.org to see the latest posts in reverse chronological order.
2. Scan the post type label (Reports, Events, News) to find what you need — event announcements for planning, reports for results and context.
3. Use the pagination at the bottom of the feed to reach older entries.
4. For anything beyond reading — membership, measurement rules, or contact — the homepage excerpt does not show those sections, so check the site's navigation directly rather than assuming a specific page exists.

What It Is Not

Based on the available material, Shark24.org does not present itself as a marketplace, a results database with structured search, or a membership portal with visible login. Treat it as a news and community front page for the class. If you need official class rules, measurement certificates, or membership sign-up, verify whether those resources are linked from the site's menus before relying on the homepage feed alone.

Shark 24 class racing is international, with participation centered on Canada and Europe and extending to South Africa. The class website's race reports name crews from Austria, Germany, Canada, and South Africa, and championship venues alternate between Canadian and European waters. For a specific year's entry list, check that event's report rather than assuming a fixed roster.

The two main racing regions

Canada

Canada is the class's home base. The 2026 World Championship is scheduled for Belleville, Ontario, and the 2023 World Championship was held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Canadian clubs therefore host world-level events, not just regional ones.

Europe

European racing is concentrated in Austria and Germany. Recent world championships were sailed on Lake Traunsee in Austria (2025) and Lake Müritz at Röbel in Germany (2026 European Championship). Austrian crews appear repeatedly in the results, including Christian Binder's triple world championship title in 2025.

Participation beyond the two core regions

The site's report on the 2026 European Championship at Röbel describes crews from across Europe and South Africa. That makes South Africa the clearest example of participation outside the North American–European axis. The 2023 World Championship report also notes sailors from Austria among the international fleet at Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The pattern is a transatlantic class: Canadian and European boats meet at rotating world championships, with occasional crews from further afield.

What the site does and does not tell you

The homepage is a news feed of reports, events, and notices, so country coverage has to be pieced together from individual articles. A country not named in a report is not evidence of absence.

How to confirm participation for a given event

1. Open the report for the championship you care about (for example, the 2026 European Championship in Röbel or the 2026 World Championship in Belleville).
2. Look for the fleet description and the results listing, which usually name crews and their national identifiers.
3. Cross-check the event page under the Events category for venue and dates.

If you are deciding whether to travel to an event, use the most recent report from that venue to judge fleet size and the mix of countries, since participation varies by year and location.

Shark24.org publishes World Championship information in two places: Events posts, which announce upcoming championships, and Reports posts, which recap past ones with venue, results, and crew details. Both appear in the site's chronological news feed on the home page, so the practical way to find a specific championship is to scan that feed by date or use the post categories rather than expecting a dedicated championship archive page.

What the site actually publishes

The home page feed mixes four kinds of posts, each labeled with a category:

Each entry carries a publish date and, in several cases, a second date that appears to be an update timestamp — for example, a 2026-02-12 Events post showing 2026-08-27 alongside it. Read the first date as when the item was posted.

Championship details visible in the feed

The feed gives enough to identify recent and upcoming Worlds without leaving the home page:

• 2026 World Championship, Belleville, Ontario — listed as an Events post dated 2026-02-12, described as combining "a spectacular venue, a historic anniversary, and thrilling duels on the water."
• 2026 European Championship, Röbel — a Reports post dated 2026-09-22 covering three days of racing on Lake Müritz with crews from across Europe and South Africa.
• 2025 Worlds, Segelclub Altmünster, Lake Traunsee — a Reports post dated 2025-05-24, noting Christian Binder as triple world champion and a farewell to sailing legend Felsecker.
• 2023 World Championship, Niagara-on-the-Lake — an Events post dated 2022-11-18 announcing the August 18–? regatta hosted by the Niagara on the Lake Sailing Club, plus a Reports post dated 2023-09-19 titled "Well Sailed Since 1959," covering the 56th edition.
• 2022 World Cup — a Reports post dated 2022-11-18 congratulating the crew of Hailheels (AUT1449): Christian Binder, Thomas Czajka, and Stefan Watamaniuk.

How to search it in practice

1. Open the home page and read the feed top to bottom; newest items sit first.
2. Match the category label to your need — Events for a championship you might attend, Reports for results.
3. Use the pagination links at the bottom ("1 2 >") to reach older seasons; the visible feed only covers back to mid-2022.
4. If you know the year, scan for the post date rather than the event date — announcements are often published months before the regatta.

Common snags

• Announcements and results share one feed. A championship can appear twice, once as an Events announcement and later as a Reports recap, with different dates. Don't assume the first hit is the result.
• Venue names vary in form. The same club appears as "Niagara on the Lake Sailing Club" in an Events post and "Niagara-on-the-Lake" in a Reports headline, so search on the town name, not the full club name.
• Older championships may not be listed. The pagination suggests a second page of older posts, but the feed excerpt only confirms coverage back to 2022; for earlier Worlds, expect to look beyond the home page.

If your goal is to enter or attend a future championship, start with the most recent Events post and confirm dates and host club there; if your goal is results or fleet history, the Reports posts give the champion crews and venues directly.

Shark24.org publishes four main types of posts: championship race reports, event announcements, class community news (including memorials), and archived historical articles that can be browsed by date and pagination. The site is the home of the Shark24 Class Organisation, so the content is written for class members and followers of the Shark 24 one-design fleet rather than for general sailing news readers.

Championship Race Reports

The largest share of posts are regatta reports covering world, European, and World Cup-level competition. They typically combine results with a short narrative of conditions and venue.

Reports name the winning crews and boats, which makes them useful if you want to track results by sailor or hull rather than just read a summary.

Event Announcements

Separate "Events" entries give advance notice of championships, including dates and host clubs. Examples include the 2026 Shark24 World Championship and the 2023 Shark24 World Championship at Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club, listed as running from August 18th. These posts are shorter than reports and serve as scheduling notices for crews planning to attend or follow.

Class Community News

The site also publishes member news, most notably memorial posts under the "Eight Bells" heading. These include:

• Cameron Smith — described as a passionate champion of sailing throughout his life and a true inspiration to the fleet.
• John Clark — who passed away in January 2024 at his home in Kingston.
• Bodo "Mister Shark" Günther — remembered in a message to "Shark friends."

These posts reflect the class's community character and are worth reading if you want context on the people behind the fleet.

Archive and Browsing

Posts are dated and paginated, with a "Posts pagination 1 2 >" control at the bottom of the listing. Entries carry both a publication date and a modified date, and older items go back at least to 2022 in the visible listing. To find a specific year's worlds or a past crew result, work backward through the pagination rather than expecting a searchable results database.

If your goal is current results, start with the most recent championship report; if you are planning to compete, check the Events entries for dates and host clubs first.

Shark24.org is the official website of the Shark 24 Class Organisation, the body that connects owners and crews of the Shark 24, a one-design keelboat class with a racing history dating back to 1959. The site is the place to go for class news, championship reports, and event announcements; it is a class association hub rather than a boatbuilder or retailer site. If you sail a Shark 24, are considering one, or follow one-design keelboat racing, the site and the organisation behind it are the starting point.

What the Shark 24 class is

The Shark 24 is a small keelboat raced as a one-design class, meaning boats are built and maintained to a common standard so results depend mainly on crew skill rather than design differences. The class has an international footprint: the site's reports cover World Championships in Belleville, Ontario and on Lake Traunsee in Austria, a European Championship in Röbel on Lake Müritz in Germany, and crews from across Europe and South Africa. That spread is the clearest evidence that this is an established international class, not a local fleet.

The class's competitive record on the site goes back decades. A 2023 report describes the 56th Shark World Championship, held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, which places the first world championship in the late 1950s and matches the class history the site references as starting in 1959.

What the Class Organisation does

Based on the site's content, the organisation's visible work falls into three areas:

• Championship administration and promotion. The site publishes event notices and results for World and European Championships, including the 2026 World Championship in Belleville and the 2026 European Championship in Röbel.
• Community and fleet news. It carries member news, including memorial notices for figures in the class such as Cameron Smith, John Clark, and Bodo Günther, nicknamed "Mister Shark."
• A shared record of the class. Race reports, event archives, and historical notes give owners and prospective owners a single reference for how the class has evolved and where it races.

What you will find on the site

The homepage is organised as a news feed with dated posts, paginated across multiple pages. The main content types are:

The site also carries a welcome message for new visitors and a prompt inviting readers to "begin your journey," which suggests it is intended to serve newcomers as well as existing class members.

How to use it

If you want to understand the class or get involved, the practical path is:

1. Read the recent reports to see where the class races and how competitive fleets are organised. The 2025 Worlds report, for instance, notes Christian Binder being crowned triple world champion, which gives a sense of the class's top-level competition.
2. Check the events posts for championship dates and host clubs; the 2026 World Championship entry is the current forward-looking item.
3. Use the archive (the pagination links) to trace the class's history and past venues if you are researching the boat or a specific regatta.

The site does not publish boat specifications, pricing, or purchase information in the material available, so treat it as a class and community resource rather than a buyer's guide. For technical class rules or measurement questions, the organisation itself would be the appropriate contact.

Who it is for

The site serves three overlapping audiences: current Shark 24 owners and crews who follow results and fleet news, sailors evaluating the class who want to see its competitive health and geographic reach, and anyone interested in one-design keelboat racing history. If your question is "is this an active, internationally raced class?", the championship record and the spread of fleets across Europe, North America, and South Africa answer it directly.