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Introduction
The ideal mid-40s length racer/cruiser…and winner of The Sailing
World Magazine Overall Boat of the Year, J/133 is a yacht with the stability for short-handed cruising, race winning speed
under IRC & PHRF, durability
for rough offshore passages. Add in the retractable carbon bowsprit
and flying and
handling the asymmetrical spinnaker becomes a breeze.
J/133 combines cruising comfort with more powerful performance ratios.
The easy to manage sailplan allows fewer and less experienced crew,
and the extra rig power afforded by a low VCG keel and standard Hall carbon
mast will maximize performance across a wide spectrum of conditions.
Since her introduction, J/133 has established a
winning record in some of the highest profile PHRF & IRC events around the world
including class wins at Key West Race Week, Spi-Ouest Week in France,
Storm Trysail's BI Race Week, and most recently the 2005 Hamble Winter
Series (2nd year in a row). But let's face it, racing is just part of
the ownership equation for most of us.
J/133 also has full interior accommodations with a 3-cabin
single head or dual cabin-dual head layout. There is plenty of
space for getting comfortable inshore or offshore with proper offshore
galley, nav station and companionway designs, lots of grab rails, large sea-berths,
comfortable well ventilated cabins and a warm varnished wood finish.
With over 2,200 J/Sprit boats launched in the past
decade, sailing with asymmetric spinnakers is now firmly entrenched and
J/Boats is leading the charge. In famous sailing venues like Annapolis,
Newport, San Francisco Bay and the Solent, it’s now commonplace to see
more asymmetric spinnakers than conventional; and for good reason. A-sails
are easier! With J/133, the ease of going fast with less crew is combined
with a classic, sea-going J cruising interior, to produce a boat as
comfortable to sleep aboard as she is to sail.
If you ask an owner what they like best about their J,
chances are they will say, “how well she sails.” Like her stablemates,
J/133 is designed for blazing speed with fingertip control, whether
carving through waves upwind in 12 knots or surfing with double-reefed
main in a squall. Long waterline length combined with narrow waterline
beam results in a hull that tracks well through the waves with only
minimal input from the wheel.
If you own a boat that is fast in light wind, is stable
in a breeze, and can be sailed single-handed, chances are you’ll spend a
lot more time sailing. And if one’s happiness is directly proportional to
one’s sailing time, then we think J/133 will be the source of many smiles.
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