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Amazing how the anonymity of the internet can bring out the worst in some people... 

Nice!  Looks great in the pics!  I like the "big" J-27 analogy.  

Not sure that's the question.  How many boats get successfully re-launched 15 years after they debut?  If there really is a market for that sized day sailor, why not design a brand new boat (the J/10?) to satisfy the demand, and have the ability to update/evolve those features that are now out...

Think you’ve misquoted me...Squalamax made that statement 

To pig pile on with Cap't Jack,  when the J/109 came out, a frequently heard criticism was that it was no faster than the 20 year older J-35.  Yet it managed to sell 350 boats, so plenty of people, myself included, thought it was a good performing boat, and I took great pride in owning one. ...

All boats are a compromise.  To make it a daysailor, its only got a small, easily tacked jib, didn't originally come with the sprit and has not much more sail area than the J/29.  While there are certainly J-29s that don't perform well, we all know the boats potential, and easily write off poor...

I think that's part of the niche the new J/9 is supposed to fill...Why build a 15 year old design?