Research J Boats J 42 Cruising Sailboat

~While classic in profile and layout, J/42 steps into the future when considering structural strength performance, ease-of-handling, stability and sailing comfort. This progress is now available to the cruising sailor in a boat that handles like a 35 footer with the solid feel and motion of a 50 footer. When a gust of wind hits the J/42 it's as though someone pushed forward the throttles on a Concorde jet. Slicing though waves, there's little fuss. A slight lift of the bow over a wave is rapidly dampened. There is none of the three-dimensional pitch and roll often accepted as a rigor of cruising.

~The patented SCRIMP process pulls triple the normal vacuum-bagging levels to draw all the air out of cored hull & deck laminates and to draw a slow-curing resin into every void in a single step. It's a better and healthier way to build boats because toxic styrene emissions are eliminated. It offers higher strength (65% vs. typical 40% glass content) and a void-free laminate far superior to hand lay-up or chopper gun construction. The savings in weight is added to the bottom of the keel in the form of a lead bulb, shaped as an inverted wedge with a tapered tail aft. This is why J/42's center of gravity (CG) is so much lower than other cruisers.

~A low VCG means greater stability, which means better sail carrying ability. The greater sail area dampens the motion of hull/deck/rig in waves. Pitch & roll create resistance to water flow around the hull and air flow past the sails. By reducing resistance, the J/42 sails faster and more comfortably. Seakindliness, how a boat handles the sea, also relates to how it handles the crew at sea and how the crew may subsequently enjoy interior amenities when arriving in port.

~Sailing J/42 is easy for one person, thanks to superb wheel response and a common-sense sailplan. J/42-balances well and sails upwind faster under mainsail only (over 6 kts) than some cruisers using both main and large genoa. Since a mainsail is the easiest of any sail to operate: there's less need for expert crews no need to reef when it blows 25 kts; and, visibility is greatly improved. A 100% jib is all one needs for cruising upwind at 7.2 knots. You get an added bonus of better visibility and there's little need for grinding of winches. When you sail a J/42 you soon learn that progress in yacht design and construction makes a big difference in your sailing enjoyment.

~The Ideal Cruising Interior
The J/42 interior is designed to fulfill two goals: Privacy for each of two couples when cruising or ample space and convenience for one couple living aboard for an extended period of time.

~The navigation station features an over-sized table with chart storage, pencil/divider/reading glass rack, overhead panel for flush instrument mounting and a book/binocular/hat/cellular phone storage bin outboard. The aft double stateroom has four opening ports and hatches, a changing seat, hanging locker bureau with cabinet, three storage drawers and a bedding storage shelf. Five deck hatches over interior living spaces are mounted on the cabin trunk to permit use when sailing. Exceptional ventilation throughout is provided by 4 Dorade intakes, 10 opening ports and the dodger-protected companionway.
Draft: 7 ft. 0 in.
Beam: 12 ft. 0 in.
Displacement: 19700
Fuel tank capacity: 31
Water tank capacity: 100
Standard features:
Hull & Deck

Environmentally clean SCRIMP process using resin-infused laminates of Lloyd's approved, Baltek end-grained balsa core with woven biaxial & unidirectional glass fabrics.
Interplastic vinylester resin moisture barrier on the outer hull skin for a 10 year transferrable warranty against hull blistering.
Fore & aft and transverse keel support beams infused during hull lamination to avoid secondary bonds.
Lead and 4 % antimony, fixed 7000 lb., fin keel with inverted-wedge bulb, fastened to reinforced molded stub with 1" keel bolts and epoxy - interchangeable with optional 7500 lb. shoal draft keel.
White gelcoat hull, single tapered boot in color of choice.
White gelcoat on deck with choice of five nonskid colors in shades of grey and beige.
Bonded hull to deck joint with perforated aluminum toe-rail having bow, amidships and stern mooring chocks.
GRP molded main structural bulkhead and all intermediate bulkheads glass taped to hull & deck, fore & aft for additional structural strength.
Fabricated composite mast step with transverse webs through-bolted to floor beams and main bulkhead.
Cockpit seat locker access to large storage compartment.
Lazarette storage locker and access to steering systems.
Watertight afterdeck storage tub (W33"xL19.5"xD15") with overboard drain and removable lid for offshore liferaft, storage for 4 jerry cans, 2nd anchor, kid's pool/cockpit or drink cooler.
5" x 24" instrument pod over companionway.
Two 5" x 12" instrument pods for helmsman.
Deck hardware bedded with Sikaflex.
Molded propane tank locker with overboard drain.
2 Dorade boxes with dual vents, forward and aft of main bulkhead to head, forward cabin and main cabin (2). Removable stainless steel guard rails over 4" high-polish removable cowls.
Foredeck storage locker with slotted lid aft of windlass for anchor rode and spinnaker-in-snuffer storage.
Molded spray shield and dodger boss.
Custom stainless stemhead with anchor roller.


Propulsion & Steering

Yanmar 56 hp (4JH3-BE) 4 cylinder, naturally aspirated diesel engine with fresh water cooling, Dual 160 Type Racor fuel filter system and 80 amp alternator.
Cast bronze custom strut with cutlass bearing.
Yanmar Type C recessed instrument panel with covered gauges for tachometer, water temperature and oil pressure. Fuel gauge.
Edson single-lever control gear shift and throttle on Classic Edson pedestal
31 gallon alloy fuel tank with baffles, inspection/clean-out port and gauge located under aft double quarterberth. Additional 30-gallon bladder tank available as option under life raft storage bin.
2 Blade Max Prop geared feathering prop with 1.25" diameter Aquamet shaft and zinc.
Primex Combo muffler with check valve w/ heavy duty engine exhaust hose.
Ultra Sound Acoustics VO-100 insulation in engine compartment.
Balanced, elliptical, spade rudder constructed with unidirectional glass rovings and 6" diameter shaft with self-aligning bearings.
Edson 40" stainless steel destroyer wheel, mounted on Edson Classic CD-i pedestal, wheel hub brake and binnacle housing a 5" Ritchie #SP5-C compass.
Edson CDI rack & pinion type system with custom quadrant.
Belowdecks bulkhead for quadrant autopilot installation with Edson quadrant arm shipped loose.
Custom aluminum emergency tiller.


Plumbing

Cockpit-operated Henderson manual bilge pump.
Automatic electric bilge pump.
Icebox drain with shut-off valve leading to bilge.
Freshwater foot pump in galley.
100 gallons of water capacity in 2 independently valved water tanks with baffles under settee berths.
Hot & cold pressure water system with 6 gallon hot water tank under galley counter having Jabsco heavy duty water pump and accumulator.
In-line pumps for shower sump drains with switches in heads.
2 Raritan PH-2 heads, each with overboard/ holding tank discharge. Holding tanks with overboard drain/ pump-out discharge.
Marelon flush-mounted seacocks below the waterline for engine, head and galley with double-clamped hoses.


Electrical

Two 105 amp AGM glass-mat batteries.
Deluxe Bass battery bank switch w/DC main breaker.
Bass DC panel w/circuit breakers and battery condition meter.
30 Amp 110V Shorepower System with 50’ Cord
ProMariner Galvanic Isolator with monitoring device
Promar Battery Charger with 3 step charging.
Navigation and steaming light.
All chainplates, & Mast are bonded with 4 Ga. wire to keel for ABYC Lightning Portective Mast.
7 swiveling halogen reading lights.
1 nav station light.
2 dome lights in cockpit lockers.
1 overhead dome light in each the aft and forward cabins.
Main salon & galley halogen lighting package with dimmers
2 fluorescent lights in heads.
Propane electric solenoid safety switch.
All electric wires labeled
ABYC color coded wiring throughout.
15 conductor aluminum shielded wire, pre-wired from seahood to nav station. Two PVC conduits in main cabin with messenger lines to facilitate electronics installation.


Deck Hardware

Lewmar Ocean Series automatic electric anchor windlass with gypsy plus capstan for bosun chair operation assist. Lewmar gypsy unit 003 is designed to operate with 5/8” 3 strand nylon rope spliced to a 3/8” G40 calibrated chain (no BBB). Includes manual override
2 Lewmar 50STC, 2-speed self-tailing primary winches with 2.4:1/7.6:1 gear ratios and 48:1 power ratio.
4 Lewmar 44STC, self-tailing secondary/halyard & mainsheet winches with 2.2:1/6:1 gear ratios and 44.8:1 power ratio.
2 Lewmar 2914 1111 lightweight 10" lock-in handles and 2 Lewmar lightweight 8" lock-in handles.
2 PVC winch handle holders
5 Schaefer 705-05 stainless halyard/reef turning blocks.
2 Schaefer 505-81 stainless triple deck organizers.
2 2910-3012 Lewmar Superlock triple rope clutches leading to cabin top winches.
Mainsheet traveler system with Harken 515 Car, 1511.4 hi beam track, low profile stainless car sheaves and end stops with double control blocks & camcleat.
2 Schaefer 705-11 mainsheet turning blocks P&S.
2 Harken 1540 mainsheet blocks mounted on traveler car and one hi-load mainsheet block on boom bale for fast-action 2:1 system to 40:1 mainsheet winches, giving 80:1 power ratio.
2 Schaefer 10' x 1.25" T- tracks with 2 Lewmar 2700 genoa lead blocks with plunger pin stops.
2 pairs of Heavy duty 4-bolt padeyes with 2 Schaefer 07-99 snatch blocks for flexibility in leading genoa sheets around dodger sidecurtains or to the leeward mainsheet winch for single-handed operation.
Lifeline boarding gates, port & starboard.
Stainless steel grab rails on cabin trunk.
Double-rail bow pulpit and stern rail with gate.
Two-part SS transom swimming ladder with 2” teak treads (natural).
One Harken cam cleat with bull's-eye fairlead and 3 additional bull's-eye fairleads to guide roller-furling control to cockpit.
Welded stainless stemhead with integral anchor roller.
Tapered stainless, double lifeline stanchions.
6 mooring cleats with 4-bolt bases.
6 Lewmar bronze tinted acrylic Ocean hatches: 15x20 foredeck, 20x20 skylight, 8x8 forward head, 10x10 vents over aft head& aft stateroom. Optional screens.
10 Bomar opening ports with screens and 1 fixed port in cabin trunk.
Companionway sliding hatch and lexan offshore dropboard with inside/outside opening, lockable hasp and storage rack.
Custom Thurston acrylic dodger with center vent and removable side curtains. Choice of color.
2 - 12x18 line bags on cabin-top for halyard/reef tails.
2 - 12x24 line bags under-traveler for mainsheet/traveler controls.
5' teak flag staff & 3'x5' US yacht ensign commissioning flag.


Spars & Rigging

Hall Spars 6061-T6 aluminum mast with off-white Awlgrip finish having double airfoil spreaders, steaming light, internal masthead wire conduit, welded gooseneck and vang lugs, folding halyard attachment step, tack reef padeye and fairlead block, lazy jack/checkstay connection tang, and 17" track and car for optional whisker pole.
Hall Spars 6061-T6 aluminum boom with welded end fittings and vang lug, internal outhaul purchase system, mainsail reef sheaves, lazy jack fairleads and stainless mainsheet bail.
Custom stainless mast collar with turning block bales.
Belowdecks mast ventilation holes in head.
Harken Unit 2 Mark III roller furling unit w/ removable drum.
Stainless steel wire rigging with Navtec turnbuckles.
Masthead double spinnaker/gennaker halyard blocks.
Double genoa halyard exit sheave below hounds.
Hall Rigging running rigging package w/ Main, Jib & Spinnaker Halyards, Dacron genoa, spinnaker & main sheets. Also includes two reef lines (one of which doubles as a cunningham), & traveler control lines.
Sailtec -12 integral hydraulic backstay adjuster.
Hall QuikVang.
Custom SS chainplates, stemhead & backstay tang.


Galley

Large "J" shaped galley with 8" deep, highly polished stainless double sink
Excellent ventilation with 2 opening ports with screens.
“Wheat Matrix” Nevamar counter top bordered with high cold-moulded varnished cherry fiddle rail.
Gimballed 3-burner Force 10 propane stove with thermostat, oven/broiler and hinged top grill for toasting/cleaning.
Varnished cherry drawer & cabinet faces with low maintenance, extruded plastic drawers for flatware and large utensils. Belowcounter cabinet for pots & pans.
Large dry goods, plate, bowl, glass & cup storage cabinets with sliding smoke lexan panels.
6.3 cu. ft. hinged, top-opening icebox with sliding tray and storage shelf.
Tall trash can storage area with flip lid access.
Combination cutting board, tray and offshore cook's seat.


Navigation Station

Forward facing 26x30 nav table design with flush, hinged lid to chart and navigation instrument storage plus sextant or spotlight storage compartment under. Surface is horizontal to permit use as sideboard in port.
Pencil, divider, and eyeglass storage rack.
Navigator's seat with cushion.
Full length, fore & aft, instrument panel, outboard with hinge-down dark gray formica mounting face and safety strop.
Book, cap, binocular and gear rack outboard with removable bottom panel for wiring access.
3 drawers for tools and fittings.


Main Cabin

Satin varnished cherry bulkheads and furniture panels with paneled cherry bulkhead doors, cold molded cherry trim, drawer and cabinet faces throughout boat.
Main companionway entrance from cockpit, framed by bulkheads (P&S) having a removable S.S. ladder with teak treads and stainless grab rails, providing secure handholds for all ages as well as good engine access beneath.
Stainless steel overhead grab rails (P&S) and centrally located vertical stainless grab rail in corner of galley island.
Varnished teak & holly veneer floor panels with underside and ends sealed with epoxy and secured with solid teak toe boards having exposed fastenings to permit complete removal.
Cherry trimmed deluxe vinyl, overhead finish.
5 opening ports with screens plus skylight hatch.
Single P&S settee’s Each berth with large storage compartments behind seat backs and water tank storage beneath.
Bolstered deluxe cushions with choice of cushion fabrics.
Twin cherry cabinets outboard of settees with open 2-shelf bookshelves between (P&S). One cabinet designed with bottle rack.
Varnished all-cherry main cabin table with lift up locking sides and internal bottle storage.


Forward Stateroom

Large V-berth with 2 large clothing drawers mounted on aft face, with 2 hinged storage bins below cushions.
Opening port plus overhead exit hatch.
Full length book & bedding storage shelves with high (3.5”) fiddle rails (P&S).
Combination bureau/vanity with 2 bureau drawers and locker below and cabinet with louvered door and shelf above.
Large hanging locker.
Hull sides finished in off-white deluxe vinyl.
Enclosed head with vanity & linen storage outboard, dual purpose shower/sink spigot and towel racks.
Dressing mirror on head door.


Fwd Head

Watertight fiberglass pan design placed over mast step with integral sump covered by maintance free shower grate Mast drains into shower sump.


Aft Stateroom

Large double berth with changing seat & shelf.
Combination bureau & vanity with cabinet having a louvered cabinet and shelf above and bureau drawers with boot/shoe locker.
Hanging locker
Full length shelf with 3.5” fiddle rails outboard on hull with large pillow shelf at foot of berth.
Ventilation includes 3 opening ports with screens and overhead vent hatch with view to starboard through fixed port.
Single Drawer over engine compartment
Mirror on bulkhead.


Aft Guest Head

Vanity, dual purpose shower/sink spigot and towel rack.
Watertight fiberglass pan design with integral shower sump covered by maintance free shower grate.