The J/109 Class Association Forum

Purchased this boat in Feb of 2013 and previously we raced a Frers 33. Boat took some getting used to with the asym but we have finally figured out a few things. First in reaching pretty high with the spinnaker trying to bring it into the forward hatch, fully loaded, is out of the question. We ...

I'm having a problem with the outlet circuit breaker. It trips pretty eash and at way less than it's rated amount of 10 amps. Has anyone replaced any of their circuit breakers?

The J 109 I purchased in the spring of 2013 (RESOLUTE) already had a Ray marine hydraulic autopilot installed below decks. It hooks directly to the rudder post so in the event of a failure of the wheel and chain I can still steer the boat with the auto pilot. Steering with the emergency tiller is a ...

I've installed my first one on the port side. I made some wood sleeves for the pipes to slide in to and through bolted them at the sink and near the cupboard in the galley. Also through bolted them in the forward port hanging locker an in the V-birth area. I made the wood sleeves out of two by fours ...