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 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.
The Success Story Continues
Introduced in 1992 as the first modern day keelboat with bow sprit and asymmetric spinnaker, J/105 today is the most successful one-design keelboat class over 30' in the USA with over 670 boats sailing worldwide. The class association is an owner managed organization with strict one-design rules, a world class web site, and offers the best and most active one-design racing in the USA today. The class rules include an owner-driver rule, tight restrictions on Category 3 professionals (read none), and annual sail purchase restrictions to keep racing affordable and as Corinthian as modern one-design can be. In Europe, J/105 has proven to be the double handed boat of choice for offshore sailors and recently won the RORC Yacht of the Year and scored notable double-handed wins in the 2007 Rolex Fastnet Race and the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race etc... Owners rave about how well the boat sails in even the most extreme of conditions.
Less Demands + Fun to Own = Best Sailing Value
A fun and forgiving performance boat that is easy to sail, J/105 offers low maintenance with a simple layout, has great performance, a large cockpit, predictable handling characteristics and makes no pretences of being a distance cruiser or live-aboard. There is less to maintain as all the extra cabinetry and weight of things you won't use aren't there. So instead of varnishing toe-rails and troubleshooting systems you'll be enjoying a sail with friends. With less demands placed on you and your crew J105 is more fun to own.
Considering how you will actually use your boat, no other choice of sailboat today makes as much practical sense to own as the J/105. It is simply the best sailing value available and as an added bonus it offers instant access to a whole new network of sailing friends and events throughout the US and Europe.
J-105 Leads the Pack
J/105 is way ahead of the pack when compared with any of the modern 'retro' daysailors in terms of performance, ease of handling, construction, sailing comfort and great looks. Plus it offers offshore capability and weekend accommodations for the occasional overnight. The bowsprit and asymmetric spinnaker system make downwind sailing simple for two people and requires fewer crew for racing. No need to organize (or feed) a football team of crew to get out there and have fun.
New US Builder - Some Great Improvements
In 2008, we were excited to announce that new J/105 production commenced at the US Watercraft facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Randy Borges and his team have extensive experience building weight controlled one-designs and also specialize in racing bottom and foil preparation. US Watercraft is also the official builder for the International J/22 (since 2001) and International J/24 (since 1999) and the company maintains a thorough parts inventory for all three of these popular J/Boat models.
The NEW 2009 J/105 has some great standard features including:
Complete Race Ready US Watercraft Keel & Rudder
New Composite Tiller
Class Approved Mainsheet Upgrade includes split 6:1 & 24:1 systems
Class Approved Sparcraft One-Design Spar Package
L-Shaped Euro Style Galley layout with Improved Storage
Exciting Outlook for 2009
A record 69 boats competed in the 2007 North Americans in Annapolis, MD and 34 made the trip to Key West for the 2008 Midwinters in January. Annual class events include starts at nine venues of the Sailing World NOOD Regatta, a North American Championships, starts at all three west coast J/Fest events as well as the Chicago-Mac Race. 2009 looks like a another exciting year to be a J/105 owner.
Draft: 6 ft. 5 in.
Beam: 11 ft. 0 in.
Displacement: 7750
Standard features:
Hull & Deck
Lloyd's approved, aircraft grade AL600 epoxy coated
CK57 (6 lbs./cu.ft.) Baltek end-grained balsa laminate
construction using biaxial glass fabrics and vacuum bag
molding techniques. An Interplastic vinylester resin
barrier coat allows a ten-year hull warranty against
blisters.
White (other colors optional) gel coat hull with single
(1.50" to 3.00") tapered bootstripe.
Large sit-in cockpit with 6.5' seats with backrests,
suitable for cockpit cushions.
One lazarette storage locker and two cockpit seat
storage lockers w/flush spring loaded latches.
Swimming and boarding platform sculptured into aft
face of full height transom with integral ladder.
Cockpit coamings 2.5" high over sidedecks to channel
water aft.
Molded companionway slide-in seahood w/dodger
boss/instrument pod.
ORC size molded-in foredeck toe-rails.
Stainless steel handrails on cabin trunk.
GRP molded main structural bulkhead, bonded fore &
aft on hull and deck as support for shroud chainplates
with single opening to forepeak.
Fore & aft and transverse keel support beams vacuum
bagged to hull.
Fabricated aluminum mast step with transverse beams
fastened to main bulkhead.
Faired Lead & antimony fixed 6.5' draft, fin keel with
bulb bolted to a deep molded stub. (5.5 shoal draft
option)
Mechanical & Steering
Yanmar 3YM20 20 hp, 3 cylinder, diesel engine with 80
amp alternator and two-blade 15 Martec folding prop
with #2 Martec hub.
Yanmar engine instrument panel in cockpit with acrylic
cover.
Vetus engine throttle control with neutral safety switch.
12-gallon alloy fuel tank with baffles and
inspection/clean out port.
Balanced spade rudder constructed using "E" glass and
large diameter shaft mounted in PYI rudder bearings.
Composite tiller with Spinlock hiking handle.
Deck Hardware
Harken Unit-1 headsail furler.
Two Harken 44.2AST, 2 speed primary winches with
44:1 power ratio.
Two Harken 33.2AST, 2 speed secondary winches on
cabin trunk.
Double sheave deck organizers (P&S) recessed in dodger
spray shield molding.
Two lock-in winch handles (10").
Two PVC winch handle holders
Aluminum mast collar.
4 mast mounted turning blocks
Two Spinlock double rope clutches aft on the cabin top.
Port is main halyard and jib halyard. Starboard is for
cunningham/reef and spinnaker halyard.
Two Harken 1997 jib sheet cars on a 3 foot 32mm clear
anodized "T" track (P&S) with aft end stops.
One Harken camcleat for headsail furler.
One Spinlock side mounted rope clutch for spinnaker
tack line.
Harken mid-sized traveler track recessed in cockpit seat
with Harken 4:1 system using #1625 car with #1515
control blocks and #1631 end controls. Control lines
pass through Harken 222A big bullets and cleat to
Harken 150 cams in line with traveler.
6:1 racing mainsheet system using Harken single and
double blocks on separate boom bales and a fiddle block
on the traveler car with coarse adjustment sheet tail led
to a center-mounted heavy duty swivel base with
camcleat and single ratchet aft of traveler; and a 24:1
fine tune system achieved by adding 4:1 tackle attached
to mainsheet end and cleated to a swivel base with
camcleat on front side of traveler.
Custom double-rail stainless bow pulpit and dual
corner stern rails with transom gate.
Low profile mounted roller furling drum system on
stemhead with control line aft to port side of cabin trunk
where tail can be used on primary winch.
Tapered lifeline stanchions with heavy duty deck plates.
Four 4-bolt mooring cleats.
Single Harken1963 foot blocks to lead spinnaker sheets
to the cockpit or cabin house.
Harken cams for lazy spin sheets, mounted aft of
primary winches.
Two heavy duty "U" bolts aft for two 1959 spinnaker
sheet blocks.
Lewmar 20x20 articulated foredeck hatch.
Lewmar 10x10 vent hatch in head.
Lewmar opening ports in sides of cabin trunk.
Light weight, cored, low-profile companionway sliding
hatch and acrylic offshore dropboard with
inside/outside opening hasp.
Cockpit operated bilge pump.
Three 12"x 20" polypropylene mesh line bags.
Custom SS chainplates, stemhead and backstay tang.
Main Cunningham/Reef 57mm block on reef hook for
single line reefing system.
Electrical
One 90 amp deep-cycle battery.
Guest On/Off battery switch.
Electrical panel w/circuit breakers.
LED Navigation lights.
All chainplates with lightning grounds.
Five swiveling halogen reading lights.
One fluorescent light in head.
Seahood pre-wired for instruments with 6 wire 22
gauge cable to nav station
Automatic bilge pump w/check valve & panel switch for
manual operation
Spars & Rigging
Sparcraft One-Design tapered, aluminum, fractional-rig
mast with double airfoil spreaders, plus boom in
anodized finish (powder coat white optional)
Nitronic 50 rod rigging and Ronstan calibrated
turnbuckles.
Custom 4.25" diameter, clear coated carbon fiber,
retractable J/Sprit with 1:2 under-deck Harken
launching system using pole control line from dead-end
hole in the forward bulkhead outboard of sprit; through
two Harken thru-deck big bullets in the butt of the sprit;
September 1, 2008
to a Harken 2600 secured to an 073 padeye thru-bolted
to forward bulkhead taping inboard of the sprit; led to a
bullseye thru-decks mounted in the main bulkhead and
aft face of cabin trunk, exiting to be cleated on a 150
cam cleat.
Automatic sprit retraction system using 3/8" red shock
cord attached to butt of sprit, then passing through a
2601 block fixed to an 073 padeye on the hanging locker
bulkhead, reversing forward through a bullseye fairlead
on the sprit to an 2600 swivel block fixed to an 073
padeye under the sprit opening on the forward
bulkhead, back through the bullseye to the becket of the
023 block on the hanging locker bulkhead.
Running rigging package w/Aracom T Main & Jib
Halyards, XLS jib, main & spin sheets & spin halyard.
Also includes reef line, cunningham, pole control, tack
line, traveler control lines and main fine tune. Rigging
options include Equip-lite main halyard and outhaul
shackles.
Sailtech -10 integral hydraulic backstay adjuster with
9.5" throw for -6 rod backstay.
Rigid boomvang with integral cleating.
Main boom with #1 reef stopper to port and #2 reef
sheave on starboard side to double as Cunningham.
12:1 internal mainsail outhaul on boom.
Interior
Off-white Formica low-maintenance bulkheads, and
lightweight bin panels with vinyl trim, cold molded teak
cap moldings.
Teak and holly style synthetic high-wear cabin sole with
epoxy sealed end grain.
Storage bins outboard of settee berths.
Nav station with flip-up lid to access charter storage,
and outboard shelf and nav panel to house instruments.
Galley unit with polished stainless galley sink with
fresh water foot pump and 5 gallon portable water tank
with thru-hull drain.
Forward of the main bulkhead is a changing area,
hanging locker and Raritan PH-2 marine head with 12
gal polyethylene holding tank or "Y" valve for direct
offshore discharge.
Holding tank Overboard discharge manual pump.
Forward of the head area is a lightweight bulkhead with
V-berth and below berth storage.
Choice of Sunbrella acrylic fabrics for main cabin settee
cushions. Optional V-berth cushions, as well as cockpit
cushions that double as settee backrests below.
Vinyl liner on cabin overhead and hull ceilings.
12x18 mirror in head.
Rugged 54 qt. top opening, portable cooler under
companionway ladder.
Optional features:
Graphic Options
Two Tone Deck.
1/2" Cove Stripe with "J" Insignia.
Custom Wheel Package:
Edson Racing Series 48" Black Aluminum Wheel with
Natural Leather Grip; Ritchie 5" Binnacle Compass with
Light; Custom GRP Molded Pedestal with SS Guard;
Aluminum Emergency Tiller.
Comfort Group Package:
Dual Purpose Sunbrella 3" Cockpit/Settee-Backrest
Cushions to match below cushion color combination (4)
Custom Acrylic Covered AC Hose Lifeline Covers for
Helmsman to Match Dodger Color; Mainsail Cover to
Match Dodger with J/105 Logo.
Systems Group Package:
Sink in Vanity Counter of Forward Head with Foot
Pump - plumbed and led to the galley sink discharge 1
Thru hull with inline check valve, Fresh Water Tank
Under Starboard Berth with Deck Fill; 2-Burner stove.
Other Single Options
Additional 90 Amp Battery
Shoal Bulb Keel with 5.5' Draft.
V-berth Cushions
Ports on Aft Face of Cabin House (2).
Stainless Grab Rails in Main Cabin
Teak cockpit table with storage bag.
Thurston Dodger with Side Curtains
NOTICE
Specifications are effective on hull #672 and subject to change prior to
delivery due to deletions, additions or revisions in quantities, brand or
design at the sole discretion of J/Boats, Inc. Newport, RI.
