2022 J Boats J/9

Responding to a growing need amongst sailors for a more comfortable, simpler and easy-to-own daysailer, J/Boats is excited to announce a sleek 28 footer (the “J/9”) with perhaps the most comfortable cockpit and easiest-to-manage sailplan in this size range. The J/9 cockpit has four great corner seats to nestle into and enjoy the day. With friends and family aboard, everyone can find the perfect place to relax. And access aboard has never been easier. A swim platform behind the cockpit allows walk-through boarding, and on those downwind sails home, you can cool off by dragging your feet in the water. Sailing the J/9 is as easy as hoisting the mainsail and trimming the sheet. Why make it any more complicated? Look around on the water and you’ll notice 80% of the sailboats are sailing with only one sail. The answer is keep it simple! One tiller, one sheet. The big difference with the J/9 is you will be sailing with one sail more comfortably and quicker than most others with two sails or under motor. Ready for the afterburners? Simply unroll the jib and enjoy effortless, stable & smooth sailing from the comforts of the best J/Boats cockpit ever.

The J/9 daysailer has a deep, secure cockpit (8.4’ long) with four great corner seats to nestle into and enjoy the day. With friends and family aboard, everyone can find the perfect place to relax. Access aboard for all ages has never been easier. A swim platform behind the cockpit allows walk-through boarding, and on those downwind sails home, you can cool off by dragging your feet in the water. This is the most comfortable J/Boats cockpit ever! One person can sail the J/9 in just minutes. Simply hoist the main and trim the sheet. Thanks to the built-in stability, the sleek hull shape, and the large mainsail, the J/9 is designed to perform better under one sail than other daysailers with two. And when you want an extra burst of speed, just unroll the jib or a Code 0 attached to the fixed, carbon bowsprit. There is no traveler bar to step over, so to access the cabin top controls and halyards, simply slide forward on the seat with the tiller extension. With such a well-balanced helm, one can rig a simple purchase with bungee auto-pilot for short breaks from the helm, or use the tiller pilot that discretely mounts aft of the driver between the cockpit cushions and backrest. Steering the J/9 is pure joy. With both feet braced against the opposite cockpit seat, you can relax and enjoy the fingertip feel and control that only a tiller can provide, as the J/9 responds instantly to your slightest touch. Steer comfortably from the windward or leeward side, and once back at the dock or mooring, lift the tiller up out of the way to expand your social area The J/9 has several other features that add to one’s sailing enjoyment, comfort and sense of security aboard: • Optional 3.9' draft lead keel (with low center of gravity) • 20” lifelines and rails (including bow and stern rails) with two boarding gates, starboard and at the transom, for secure boarding from a dock or a launch. • Keel-stepped, tapered aluminum mast with 1/19 wire rigging, rigid boom vang, and adjustable backstay for optimal sail control. • Jib roller furling system with the self-tacking jib option. • Inboard electric engine for quiet maneuvering under power. • An interior that offers protection from the elements - including a large settee berth to port, a double seat to starboard, ventilation through two opening portlights and overhead hatch, and plenty of storage throughout. A proper marine head is installed forward of an open-style main bulkhead (with curtain) and a V-berth package is available as an option.

Exterior Options:

• Comfort Group (Main Cover, Tiller Cover, Cockpit Cushions all Cadet Grey)
• Flexiteek Synthetic Teak cockpit floor/swim platform
• Folding /retractable swim ladder
• Shoal Draft Keel in lieu of standard
• Two tone deck, cream/white

Outfitting /Commissioning Options

• J9 Sail-Away Package (North Main & Jib, B&G Triton Speed/Depth, Petit Sprayed anti-foul bottom (blue)

Spar and Rigging Options:

• Code Zero/A-Sail Deck Package
• Self Tacking Jib System

Construction

• Hull and deck molded with biaxial and unidirectional E-glass fabrics and Corecell foam for optimal strength to weight ratio. High density core inserts used in way of highly loaded hardware.

• White gelcoat hull with single boot stripe.

• 10 year transferable warranty against osmotic hull blistering,

5 year structural warranty.

• White gelcoat deck with molded non-skid on horizontal deck surfaces.

• High strength, inward turning and overlapping hull to deck joint.

• Molded ISO/ORC height foredeck toe-rails on foredeck.

• Large self-draining cockpit with wrap-around seating and angled backrests.

• Two large cockpit seat storage lockers.

• Swim platform with transom boarding access and optional fold-up swim ladder.

• Molded, structural transverse keel support beams.

• 4.9’ draft low VCG lead keel bonded and bolted to keel sump. Option for 3.9’ draft keel. Steering System

• High aspect, balanced spade rudder mounted in self-aligning, low friction rudder bearings.

• Custom laminated, varnished, curved tiller.

• Spinlock adjustable tiller extension with handle.

Electrical

• One AGM Group 27 battery.

• 12V DC On/Off battery switch.

• 12V DC electrical distribution panel w/ 4 circuit breakers.

• LED navigation lights.

• UL approved stranded, tinned copper ABYC color-coded wiring.

• Bonding system to meet ABYC regulations.

• Two swiveling LED reading lights in main cabin.

• Two red/white dome lights.

• Automatic electric bilge pump and panel switch for manual operation.

Deck Hardware

• SS fabricated chainplates for shrouds.

• Foredeck skylight hatch mounted on cabin house forward of mast.

• Two opening portlights on cabin house sides.

• Companionway opening with molded seahood and slider.

• Acrylic offshore removable dropboard with inside/outside lockable hasp.

• Two 2-Speed Harken 35:1 self-tailing winches on cabin top. Option for electric main halyard winch.

• Two 10" lock-in winch handles with winch handle pockets.

• Two fixed jib tracks on cabin top with plunger-style jib cars. Option for self-tacking jib system.

• 5:1 Harken mainsheetsystem leading to boom-mounted ratchet block/cam near the tiller. • Adjustable backstay system with control lines led to the cockpit.

• Harken jib furling system with control line led to cockpit. J/9 Specifications 09/01/22

• Halyard lead blocks mounted at mast base, halyard organizers and Spinlock double rope clutches one per side.

• Stainless bow rail, stanchions and stern rails with single 20” height lifeline, starboard boarding gate and transom gate.

• Foredeck and transom mooring cleats (4).

• Cockpit operated manual bilge pump operable from the helm. Spars & Rigging

• Tapered, fractional, keel-stepped Sparcraft aluminum mast with single sweptback spreaders attached with stainless thru-bar. Mast includes halyard sheaves, fittings for boom and boom vang attachments, masthead crane, shroud termination points, lazy jack attachment points, and a steaming light. Spars are anodized and powder-coated white.

• Aluminum boom with 8:1 outhaul, mainsheet attachment points, sheaves for the outhaul and reef line, and lazy jack eye straps (shipped loose).

• Standing rigging: 1x19 wire forestay & side rigging with adjustable open-body turnbuckles. Soft Dyneema backstay.

• Running rigging package including main halyard, jib halyard, main sheet, two jib sheets, reef line, furler line, lazy jacks. Interior

• Main cabin with full length settee berth and removable backrest to port, double seat to starboard, storage compartments outboard and below the berth/seats.

• Choice of Sunbrella fabrics for 3" standard main salon cushions.

• Teak and holly synthetic high-wear cabin sole in main cabin with centerline access to bilge.

• 36 Quart Igloo cooler. • Angled companionway steps with nonskid treads.

• Molded V-berth supports (option for V-berth platform & cushions).

• Head platform with Raritan PH-II WC, TP holder, holding tank and deck pump out fitting.

• Centerline storage aft of companionway (or engine compartment and systems w/inboard engine option).

• Air-dry gelcoat finish on interior hull & deck surfaces. 

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.