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Tags list:<\/strong> Sailboat, Cruiser, Cruising, Daysailer, Family, J\/45, Offshore, Racing, Sailing<\/p>\n

\"J\/45<\/p>\n

(Newport, RI)- The exceptional\u00a0J\/45<\/a>\u00a0delivers an equally exceptional sailing experience in a luxury crossover racer.<\/p>\n

The Johnstone family and their builders take their time to get it right. It\u2019s what makes J\/Boats synonymous with proper and purposeful sailing boats, which now includes the\u00a0J\/45<\/a>. For the many legacy J Boat owners, this sailboat is for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve come out with a boat this size,\u201d says designer Alan Johnstone. \u201cA lot of different trends have come along, and we\u2019ve been paying attention and applying them in the sportboat range and in some of our smaller racer-cruisers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"J\/45<\/a><\/p>\n

A good current-model comparison, says Jeff Johnstone, would be the company\u2019s\u00a0J\/121<\/a>, which has been very successful on the offshore racing scene. \u201cThe\u00a0J\/45<\/a>\u00a0has over a 40 percent ballast ratio, so that\u2019s pretty substantial,\u201d he says. \u201cThat means we can get away with a pretty sizable rig. Our markets are San Diego, Chicago and New\u00a0England<\/a>, where it doesn\u2019t blow so hard, so we wanted to be able to actually sail in 5 knots of wind. With sails that work across the wind range, we have a more powerful hull that allows you to carry more sail area.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"J\/45<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0J\/45<\/a>\u00a0is a nod to J Boats\u2019 raison d\u2019\u00eatre, Jeff explains. It\u2019s a boat that is offshore-capable, and easy to campaign with friends and family in the club beer-can series and overnight races. \u201cLook at the events that are prospering,\u201d he says, \u201cpursuit races and cruises\u2014events you don\u2019t need to have a pro crew on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boat is intended for shorthanded sailing, so there\u2019s a traditional and simple approach to the deck layout, with everything leading to the pit, through-jammers to Harken cabin-top winches (one electrified), one set of coaming primaries, and a pair of winches for the split mainsheet that runs below deck and exits from a nicely sculpted deck fitting. With twin pedestals, the carbon wheels are high and angled outboard for excellent visibility.<\/p>\n

\"J\/45<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first saw it at the dock, I thought, This is a pretty cool race boat,\u201d Powlison says. \u201cWhen you step back and look at it, it has great-looking lines. When we got on, I\u00a0immediately noted the sightline from the wheel. I could see across the entire boat all the way to the bow. It\u2019s all really clean and has the attributes you\u2019d expect to see on a proper race boat. When we went below, I\u00a0was like, wow, it really is a boat I could live on for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"J\/45<\/a><\/p>\n

The owner of the boat that was test-sailed has a young family of teens and uses the boat extensively for club racing and cruising in New\u00a0England<\/a>. So, the boat was laden with cruising extras, plus a retractable bow thruster, a hydraulic mast jack and an upgraded Hall carbon rig. A custom addition by the owner was the carbon furling boom, which was a project collaboration between North Sails and Hall. The owner is extremely happy with the furler, especially not having to make the family flake and stack 1,152 square feet of race-worthy sails on the family cruise.\u00a0 Read\u00a0the rest of the article here on the J\/45 Best Crossover Boat of the Year<\/a>\u00a0 For\u00a0more J\/45 offshore performance cruising yacht information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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