The J/109 Class Association Forum

I have a customer, (Daniel Corcoran, boat name Strider) who I sailed with last night. We had two issues with the sailtec backstay adjuster. The first was the backstay was way too long, with the backstay becoming snug when the adjuster was ¾ of its length closed. The second being that the adjuster ...

Dear J-109 sailors,

There was a lot of people asking about the hardware and rigging needed for inhaulers on the J-109. Attached is a drawing of what I have in mind. The drawing has only one side of the boat drawn in, understand you will need duplicate hardware for both sides of the boat. The Small ...

Dear J/109 sailors, I think a bob stay is a good idea, especially if you race distance races with a code 0. However there is one consideration that you need to be careful about. If you look hard at the pictures you will realize that there is a ground wire which runs down the stem. This wire is ...

the Quantum Class Jib has been refined over the years, the shape has been perfected. Each year we have made slight improvements in the sails that have yielded big differences in speed. For the 2012 season we redesigned our class Jib to be able to inhaul. One of the keys to inhauling is the clew ...