The Merits of a J9

[Apheleia]

Compared to the similar sized sailboats of Saffier and Alerion, she is perfect. Doesn't cost arm and a leg - priced to the point, no BS here. Still looks elegant.

I wonder if she can be bought without her fancy head. The head looks too luxurious to me; I'd never get off that. In my perfect world, number one goes into a bucket, and number two is held till getting home. I'd rather throw a porta potti in it for emergency situations.

It could be my perfect sailboat in the future with outboard and porta potti.

Now, I'm in the market for a J/22. By the time I wanna upgrade, I hope J/9 depreciates tremendously. 

 

[Apheleia]

Cockpit reminds me of a Colgate 26 but with cusions.

And Colgate reminds me of Soling but with cabin.

 

[knuckles]

J/Boats finally put the headsail jib tracks in the right place.  

 

[Matagi]

Now, I'm in the market for a J/22. By the time I wanna upgrade, I hope J/9 depreciates tremendously. 

I am absolutely sure the market will find a fair value for it.

[passive-aggressive chuckle]

 

[Apheleia]

I am absolutely sure the market will find a fair value for it.

[passive-aggressive chuckle]

In a decade, they will depreciate significantly. If they won't, then I won't care about them.

<_<

 

[B dock]

Middle Age Guy

Just saw your boat sitting on the trailer outside Svendsens/Bay Marine safe and sound, Can't miss the paint job, looks like it needs a bath though to get it all shiny again.  Have fun

 

[Black Jack]

Middle Age Guy

Just saw your boat sitting on the trailer outside Svendsens/Bay Marine safe and sound, Can't miss the paint job, looks like it needs a bath though to get it all shiny again.  Have fun

Makes me want to quit work early and race over to the yard before they slip it in. Fly my drone all over it. Looks like happy days ahead for you!

 

[Monster Mash]

OT sorry

How ae they going to launch it?

I'm under the impression that the travellift is gone and a google maps search show's no launch facilities?

FWI I kept my boat there for 7 years and at one time was the weekend Harbor Master.

 

[Crash]

Google maps satellite shows a travel lift at Svendsen’s

 

[Monster Mash]

Colors me blind, I don't see it.

Did Svendsens move?

 

[Monster Mash]

My bad, found it.

A little research shows they move to Richmond in 2018.

 

[Bull City]

Pretty much sums up why I chose a J/9 (except the teenage love part... although I do have two teenagers so maybe I need to keep an eye on them around this boat).  Been around the water my whole life but took up sailing only a few years ago.  I wanted a simple boat that I will use regularly with friends and family, or alone; electric drive means no diesel smell or trips to the fuel dock, sails well on main alone when I'm single-handing because said teenagers are not interested in going out with their old man.  No particular interest in the racing scene, though a three-bridge fiasco is definitely in the cards.  I'm apparently not a typical sailing anarchy type by the looks of this thread but everyone's opinion is valid.

@MiddleAgedGuy I think you made a great choice. I'm 73, used to sail a J22 on an inland lake. I now sail a 27' H-Boat (which now has an electric pod drive). I think the J9 is a wonderful concept.

I would agree with the comments that the absence of jib sheet winches close to the helm is a serious shortcoming. This was true of the J22. The maneuver shown in the video is awkward, and I say this from my J22 experience. My H-Boat has them, and it is a dream to single hand. I don't know why J-Boats didn't include them on the J9. At least they could have incorporated pads into the deck mold and made the winches optional.

Happy sailing!

 

[MiddleAgedGuy]

Yes, she made it to the bay safe and sound.  Commissioning is in progress, some additional electronics to be installed, simrad tillerpilot, some software/communications settings with the torqueedo controller to be resolved etc.  Very easy to move around on the boat, as you might expect.  I don't think I will miss banging my shins on a traveller when moving around the cockpit!  The backstay is rigged with lines on either side of cockpit near the helm.  Easy access from the swim platform under the backstay bridle.  Agree that they could/should have made provisions for additional cockpit winches.  I do also like the layout below, which has been a topic of conversation here.  Lots of good storage, a settee that converts easily to a wide berth.  The unenclosed head makes sense in a boat this size; if they had tried to enclose it the forepeak berth would have felt extremely claustrophobic.  Will post some pictures when commissioning is complete.  She will be "praxis", Greek for an activity performed for its own sake (as opposed to activity to produce something).   Sums up how I feel about sailing. 

 

[solosailor]

A little research shows they move to Richmond in 2018.

They didn't move, they "merged" with Bay Marine and closed the Alameda boatyard as that is now becoming a HUGE eyesore multi-story townhomes.   Chandlery and "Bay Ship" in Alameda, boatyard in Richmond.

 

[solosailor]

It will be interesting to see how the Torqeedo pod holds up on a wet sailed boat with lots of current flowing around the marina.   I hope you have several "hanging" zincs on the ready to deploy.   I've been watching sail drives legs get eaten up for years, decades.

 

[Bull City]

Very easy to move around on the boat, as you might expect.  I don't think I will miss banging my shins on a traveller when moving around the cockpit! 

How about the Barney Post?

 

[Crash]

  I don't think I will miss banging my shins on a traveller when moving around the cockpit! 

I’m always confused by this statement.  No criticism implied, but in 43 years of racing sailboats, with half having a traveller that split the cockpit, I’m not sure I’ve ever banged my shins? At least not hard enough to remember…I mean it mounted in the same spot and doesn’t move….so how is it you guys keep running into it and banging your shins???

 

[Bull City]

I’m always confused by this statement.  No criticism implied, but in 43 years of racing sailboats, with half having a traveller that split the cockpit, I’m not sure I’ve ever banged my shins? At least not hard enough to remember…I mean it mounted in the same spot and doesn’t move….so how is it you guys keep running into it and banging your shins???

Crash, I agree, but I don't think it's meant literally. I had a bisecting traveler on a J22 and now on my H-Boat. I don't like it, but it's a compromise. I did bang one of my shins once that I recall. Very painful. 

I guess I could get some of these:

 

[Varan]

I kind of like the traveler on a J24. Defines my space. I can go in front of it, and only I can go aft of it. Works good with my fuzzy bunny slippers. Keeps the crew of my toes.

 

[captnjoe]

I mostly single hand my J/100: main and jib always and occasionally the asymmetrical.

Since COVID, my wife and I doublehand the Wednesday night races. 

I rarely hit the traveler (I was 70 last season)  however the companionway has left some permanent dents in my shins.  We all have our challenges.