A good sailing buddy John Todhunter and I bought a brand spanking new J-24 in the Spring of 1977, almost immediately after they were announced. We ended up with hull #163 and the San Diego fleet grew to about ten boats after a few months.
We campaigned Woodstock for the first 10 years we owned it, often sailing with just the two of us, although we always aimed for at least three total crew. John tended to do the steering while I tended to do everything else.
We did pretty well, usually finishing second or third, always just behind our nemisis Pocket Rocket, which I recently saw is still actively racing. Blair and his crew were just too good for us to beat without a fluke windshift or gear failure on their boat. "Those ankle biting J-24s", as the local PHRF racers called us, did great against the area fleet, always winning on corrected time, often finishing in front of some of the IOR boats.
The J-24 North Americans were held in San Diego in 1983, and it's sad to say, our local fleet learned we weren't as good as we thought. I think Woodstock took 19th out of 70 or so boats, although I may be suffering from optimistic memory. I do remember those light air starts with all 70 boats converging on the starting line. A little like basketball, you don't appreciate the amount of contact that goes on at times!
I eventually bought John's half, due mostly to yacht club issues, and between motivation, lack of crew, getting married, and moving to Oregon, I did little sailing and less racing, finally donating it to the SDSU sailing program.