Sailing J/Boat's J/40 - an attractive, slippery fast cruiser. One for you?
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2024
- The new J/40 stands out against today's voluminous cruisers. Very much an evolution not revolution, it is certainly responsive and rewarding especially in the light breeze. Toby Hodges sails it in Palma. Full test in Yachting World Jan 2025
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Thanks Toby. Excellent tour as usual. Very informative.
Moves well for very light airs. Sailing at wind speeds in those conditions is impressive. Impressive wind angles too. That's a very efficient boat, as usual for J.
Pricing is competitive for a new boat. Some may find the interior too minimalist and modern. I prefer it.
Classic J exterior. All looks nice.
More importantly, seems to sail very well. Light helm nice. Tidy controls.
Thank you Toby for the review. Great looking JBoat. Looks enjoyable to sail.
A beauty but it’s funny, this boat has almost the exact same specs, layout and likely handicap rating of my 1985 Beneteau first 42, a frers design. I paid $80k for it which was a lot for this vintage, but a lot less than $600k. The beneteau is certainly less modern but has newish teak decks and a very comfortable interior.
Thank you Toby for all your excellent reviews.
Pretty well done boat overall, but I really feel like hull windows on the new J cruising boats really take away from their sleek and slippery looking lines
Very nice boat and review!!! But i still prefer the X-Yacht 4.0!
X-Yachts concentrates the tankage into midship to reduce pitching. Anyone knows why J/Boats puts the water tank in the bow and fuel tank in the stern?
I think the interior is not nice in this. I think x is better.
What I would really appreciate in these reviews is some look at the keel attachment arrangement, the rudder/steering, the hull deck join and the chain plates and bulkhead attachments: are assemblies bonded with methacrylate or other bonding paste? Or are they tabbed in? Is the resin polyester, vinylester or epoxy, what is sandwich, what is plywood and what is solid glass? what is in the core of sandwich construction? What fibre reinforcement is used where? All this tells of quality and fitness for purpose and really us the difference between something like an X-yacht and something like a Hanse. It can't be too hard to do actual journalism, can it?
That would be quite the challenge on a quick first sail trial on a yacht in the water nowhere near the yard... You seek 'actaul journalism' yet come to a free YT video tour!
@yachtingworld all it would take is asking the questions of the builder, OBVIOUSLY . But I guess that's a no then? Yes it's a quick first "sea trial" , or more like a free advert...and please don't patronise me, it doesn't make you look good.
17:07 They can make that water tight by surfacing water tight connectors and glassing the bulkhead. Was also expecting it to be hybrid complete with regen. Oh well.
Great report, Toby, very J Boat, they do it their way and it works. What I like, is you get to test some of the finest boats in the world, and the promptly go through every locker!!🤣. Having lived on boats on and off for years, that is SO important!!.
Thank you
I love the performance - it really goes well. Also the controls etc. are well thought out. There is other options that will sail as well - but will have better quality.
This J boats interior is horrible - it is like living in Ikea. The wood work is full of sharp corners - cheap but not good for sailing. The floors are screwed in and you can already notice the seams not being 100% flat. I can just imagine the noise they will make when the boat is few years old when you walk in the boat. You need to be out of your mind to take this over for example Linjett. There most likely is small prize difference but the quality difference is huge. The X40 has a nice interior also and will be excellent in everything else as well - mauby a bit more expensive but a lot nicer. I do not like the Dehler interior that much but even that is a lot better than this J boat and I think Dehler is cheaper.
Toby has superb experience would be nice to hear he's honest opinion about the boat compared to other similar options.
I agree that it would be nice to have more critical oppinions and not just a sales talk. Toby has tested many 40 ft boats and it would be nice to hear his comparison to competitors. Is this j better than x and why?😢
pretty boat if you were born in the 80s .. j boats doing the same stuff for decades on .. i would personally incline myself for a jpk 1180 or even 39fc (if you ever get a slot)
1180 is a totally different kind of boat and the 38 and 39 FC are sticky as hell in light winds.
"Stick to the roots" means using the old molds?
Best job in the world
But is it slippery?
Think they will trade me even for my old J/22?
Marginal quality and who wants to pay the “j-tax”
Slippery= sexy
How unenthusiastic of a review- bordering boredom with his delivery.
But is it slippery?