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. 

• Main cabin with full length settee berth and removable backrest to port, double seat to starboard, storage compartments outboard and below the berth/seats.
• Teak and holly style synthetic high-wear cabin sole in main cabin with centerline access to bilge.
• Large cooler.
• Angled companionway steps with nonskid treads.
• Molded V-berth supports
• Head platform with Raritan PH-II WC, TP holder, holding tank and deck pump out fitting.

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

• 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 (in Pelican Grey).
• ISO NPG gelcoat and vinylester resin on the outer hull layer.
• 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

• High aspect, balanced spade rudder mounted in self-aligning, low friction rudder bearings.
• Custom laminated, varnished, curved tiller.
• Adjustable tiller extension with handle.

• 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 cabin.
• Two red/white dome lights.
• Automatic electric bilge pump.

• SS fabricated chainplates for shrouds.
• Foredeck skylight hatch mounted on cabin 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 35:1 self-tailing winches on cabin top.
• Two 10" lock-in winch handles with winch handle pockets.
• Two fixed jib tracks on cabin top with plunger-style jib cars.
• 5:1 Harken mainsheet system 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.
• Halyard lead blocks mounted at mast base, halyard organizers and 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.

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.