J/111

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|name = J/111

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111

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|designer = Alan Johnstone

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|location = United States

|year = 2010

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|builder = J/Boats

|role = One-design Racer-Cruiser

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|draft = {{convert|7.18|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|9370|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|36.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|32.71|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|10.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Volvo D1-20 {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel with weighted bulb

|ballast = {{convert|3516|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|47.74|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|13.85|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|45.24|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|14.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|327.99|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|330.60|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea gen = {{convert|1399|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The J/111 is an American sailboat that was designed by Alan Johnstone as a one-design racer-cruiser and first built in 2010. The boat is named for its length overall in decimeters.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/j111|title= J/111 sailboat |access-date= 24 April 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424212609/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/j111|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/j/j111|title= J/111|access-date= 24 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424222635/https://sailboat.guide/j/j111|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/johnstone-alan|title= Alan Johnstone|access-date = 24 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200709173013/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/johnstone-alan|archive-date= 9 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/alan-johnstone|title= Alan Johnstone|access-date= 24 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424222637/https://sailboat.guide/alan-johnstone|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/j-boats/j-111|title = J/111|access-date = 24 April 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424230054/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/j-boats/j-111|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jboats.com/j111|title= J/111|access-date= 24 April 2022|author= J/Boats|author-link= J/Boats|work= jboats.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424224144/https://www.jboats.com/j111|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The design is a World Sailing international class keelboat.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailing.org/classes/j111/|title= Boat Class J/111|access-date= 24 April 2022|author= World Sailing|author-link= World Sailing|work= sailing.org|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424210939/https://www.sailing.org/classes/j111|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design has been built by J/Boats in the United States, since 2010 and remains in production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/j-boats|title = J Boats|access-date = 24 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200719211259/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/j-boats|archive-date= 19 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/j|title= J Boats|access-date= 24 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220318222335/https://sailboat.guide/j|archive-date= 18 March 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

The J/111 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. Construction is glass reinforced polyester and a balsa fiberglass vinylester sandwich via vacuum bag molding. It has a fractional sloop rig with a keel-stepped carbon fiber mast with two sets of swept spreaders, an aluminum boom and steel rod rigging. It has a retractable bowsprit, a plumb stem, an open and sightly reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed cast iron, fin keel with a weighted lead bulb. It displaces {{convert|9370|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3516|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|7.18|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo D1-20 diesel engine of {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|13|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|26.4|u.s.gal}}. The holding tank is {{convert|11.9|u.s.gal}}

The design has sleeping accommodation for six to eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths in the main cabin around a folding table, two aft quarter berths, plus two optional fold-up sea-berths. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin head room is {{convert|70|in|cm|abbr=on}}.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1399|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, flown from the retractable bowsprit.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.66|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the J/111 Class Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/j111-class-association|title= J/111 Class Association|access-date = 24 April 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220424212641/https://sailboatdata.com/association/j111-class-association|archive-date= 24 April 2022|url-status= live}}

See also

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