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..clicckando qui un articolone-marketta di SeaHorse che parte dallo spiegare i perchè&percome del mettere i water-ballast e un armo che nell'idea richiama quello dei moderni VOR (frulloni al posti di spi e asimmetrici) e finisce col spiegare bene la filosofia commerciale della J-Boat..

"Scroll forward to current times, when finding crews this large for local racing is no longer easy, nor inexpensive, and racing preferences are evolving away from the intensity of an hour-long battle around buoys in favour of something a little longer but more leisurely in pace – something less specialised and athletic and more fun for a broader group of sailors."

‘We wanted to reach sailors who might have burnt out on windwardleeward course racing, and who would otherwise be keen on competing in more adventurous, bucket-list offshore races with a group of friends on an easier-tomanage platform,’ said Johnstone."

‘We looked at numerous signature offshore events and their prevailing sailing conditions and designed a boat with those in mind. As a result, the J/121 is a straightline speedster, more optimised for reaching than the J/122, with flatter aft sections to promote planing like the J/111. The beam on deck is carried aft, much like the J/125, but the wetted surface is kept relatively low compared with many other offshore 40-footers."

..l'articolo aggiunge molti altri dettagli più e meno tecnici..

..di certo, se non fanno qualche stronzata nel pricing, potrebbero avere imbroccato un best-seller, anche per l'Europa..