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When your home is near the water, J/105 may be your ideal
sailboat. Count up the number of nights spent sleeping
aboard and compare that to the number of picnic sails when
you would have liked a larger, more comfortable cockpit.
J/105 is the answer. Her large cockpit combined with
simple 4-5 berth week-ending layout results in two
significant owner benefits: (1) A savings of $50,000 in
little-used furniture, systems and cabinetry needed for
extended cruising, and (2) A boat that's easier to handle,
more comfortable in waves and more fun to sail for its
size. J/105 has the stability, rig and sail controls to
handle 15-20 knot winds without the need of reefing. It
has the strength and seaworthiness for ocean going
passages.
Sailing World Magazine's
panel of experts selected J/105 as Boat-of-the-Year among
racer-cruisers in 1992. Since then over 630 have been
launched worldwide, fulfilling a variety of needs.
Enthusiasm for this great boat continues to blossom with
an active owner's association and owner maintained web
site to help you get the most from your boat. J/105 is the
most successful modern one-design keelboat class over 30'
in the World. There are one-design starts in virtually
every major sailing center across the US and several class
starts across Europe. Single handed sailors have raced and
cruised to Bermuda; an older couple is enjoys cruising in
Maine and winning the Monhegan Race after giving up their
Alden 54; and America's Cup helmsman race for prize money
around the country in a professional match racing circuit.
"A gust of wind, blowing
about 25 mph, accelerated the J/105 up to a sustained
speed of over 14 knots."
J/105 makes sailing easier
and smoother. No pitching, no rolling about and no panic
drills. You may never have to leave her comfortable
cockpit. Gone are feverish routines of course and sail
changes. Enjoy the luxury of a dodger while napping on
full-length cockpit cushions. Only one jib to tend. Roll
it in or out. The spinnaker is contained in a snuffer.
Jibing is a one person operation. Simply let go the old
sheet, then trim in the new one.
Good-bye big racing crews
and foredeck work. Hello fun and relaxation. Whether
blowing 5 mph or 20 mph, you will want to set J/105's
asymmetric spinnaker - even with just two people aboard!
It adds a new dimension to sailing enjoyment: It's (1)
safer with total snuffing or partial quick-reefing from
the cockpit, (2) easier with one person controlling all
sails, (3) smoother with a better-balanced sailplan which
helps you steer out of trouble, (4) stiffer due to a low
VCG and the spinnaker's lower center of area and flat,
open leech, and (5) faster over waves thanks to the power
and lift of this unique spinnaker design. |
