Easy to Own, Trailerable and Great Fun to Sail

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J/22 News and Links:
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J-22 North American Championships

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People say the J/22 is the best sailing boat they've ever been on. It's responsive, stable with its fixed lead keel and safe, as much fun to single-hand with main only as it is to plane under spinnaker in 18 knots of wind. Here in the Southwest the J22 Class is large and active with 8 fleets contained in the Southwest District: Dallas(3 area fleets), Galveston, Austin, San Antonio-Canyon Lake, Oklahoma City, and Corpus Christi. There are J22 fleets in Any one of the fleet captains would be happy to help you with an introduction to the J22 and take you for a sail.

J/22 at 1800 lbs. can be towed behind an SUV and launched on the local yacht club hoist. With its easy-to-rig, deck-stepped mast, you can be from trailer to sailing in 30 minutes. Hulls and decks are built with Baltek cored laminates to withstand years of hard use. 12-15 year old boats routinely win major J/22 championships. You'll find the newest J/22s are even easier to maintain with stainless handrails and white composite toe-rails.

Since its introduction in 1983, the J/22 has blossomed into an International class now with 1,550+ boats sailing in 65 fleets in 18 countries. Over 130 boats sailed in the 2004 World Championship. On the merits of its sailing characteristics, widespread popularity and small crew number (3-4), J/22 continues to be the boat of choice and was again used for the 2007 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship at Houston Yacht Club in Shoreacres, TX. The J22 is a fast and fun platform that is easy to use for day sailing with the family, traveling, competing in local regatta's or at the international level.