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![]() ![]() LOA of the big J/Boat gives room to put in three staterooms with more than adequate privacy. The beauty of stretching out the displacement is that LOA buys you more interior volume for a given displacement. The designer can pack that weight into a 40 footer or stretch it out into a 52.7 footer. Why is this size so popular today? Look at the 26,200 pound displacement of this boat (D/L of 123). All dimensions and proportions are on the svelte side, promising a boat that will sail extremely fast. The cockpit coamings are cut away aft to open up the entire deck area for the helmsman. Side decks are very wide and the cockpit is big. Note the strong sheerline and clipped overhangs coupled with a shapely cabintrunk. I'll warn you ahead of time that this is precisely my type of boat. ![]() The new J/160 addresses a size range that is very popular today. Today most designers will focus the new design on obtaining the best boatspeed for a given volume and layout. When I was a kid almost all the design reviews of cruising boats would say something like, "Speed was not an issue in the design of this serious cruising vessel." Boy, those days are gone. Bob Perry on Design: J/160 Performance Cruiser ![]()
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