by admin » Sat May 15, 2010 1:07 pm
Our principle competition for 3-4 years on Wednesday nights was a J35. We had a hard time with them. Out of 10 races, they'd usually beat us 6 or 7. In the light stuff we'd be OK, but they would just waterline us in any sort of chop, which was usually pretty prevalent in the SE sea-breeze we get...there's a lot of fetch in that direction, too. But it was rare they'd do a horizon job, we were usually in the hunt. I miss those days.
After I sold the boat I raced on that J35 for a couple of season, doing bow. For a 25+ year old design, they are terrific boats. Not cheap to keep a competitive sail inventory though!