Win the Worlds, cruise home - The family-friendly J/112E sport cruiser
by J/Boats 26 Aug 2018 12:41 PDT
The family-friendly J/112E sport cruiser © J/Boats
It would be hard to imagine a more successful sailing season than the summer the J/112E sport-cruiser has enjoyed in Europe, and there's still plenty of summer and fall sailing left to enjoy!
Our congratulations to Didier LeMoal, Fred Bouvier and the J/Composites team for organizing a great campaign with J/LANCE 12, capturing both the IRC European Championship and the IRC/ORC World Championship (with Netherlands J/Dealer Gideon Messink skippering).
Check out this partial list of J/112E results from some of the top events in Europe:
First place - SPI OUEST France – IRC 2
First place - 2018 J/CUP– IRC Overall
First place - IRC Europeans– Overall and IRC 3
First place - Around the Island Race (Isle of Wight) – IRC 1
First place - Offshore Sailing World Championship– Class C
First and second place - Lendy Cowes Week – IRC 4
Even more impressive, the J/112E has been one of the few boats in each event carrying a full-on cruising interior.
As Paul Heys of J-UK reported, midway through the IRC European Championship in Cowes, England, after seeing how fast the J/112E passed their boat on the race course, one competitor hopped aboard J/LANCE 12 to see what was below. To his great surprise he discovered a V-berth cabin, main cabin table, sit-down nav station, marine head with holding tank, and a galley with stove, everything his current, purpose-built race boat was lacking (a JPK 1080). The next day he put a deposit on J/LANCE 12 and, after watching her win the Offshore Sailing World Championship, recently celebrated by winning the IRC 4 Class at Cowes Week!
Designing and building high quality sailboats that compete at the highest levels AND pass the family sailing test is no small task, which explains why so few companies do it. From the ramp launch-able J/70 to the open-course J/121, every J/ can be pushed or dialed back to the style and pace of sailing that best suits the owner. Sure, every design strikes a compromise between performance and accommodation to reach a specific design objective, but with a J/Boat there's a big difference – we never compromise when it comes to the pure joy of sailing.
Look for the amazing J/112E at these 2018 Fall Sailboat shows, Newport, Southampton (England), and La Rochelle (France).
Learn more about the J/112E sport cruiser here.