J/88 Video Gallery of sailing, daysailing, and racing. (2024)

boat: J88 bennyThanks to St. Francis Yacht Clubsong: Gold KiiaraThis is the first race of day 3 in which we did win but ended up 3rd over for the regatta!

Took J88.se for a spin. 8 degrees C, sunny and 25-30 knots northerly breeze outside Vinga.

Solo sail racing on the west coast of Sweden.Line honors after 145NM and 28h 41min.http://midsummersolo.com

Solo sail racing with http://J88.se on the west coast of Sweden.Many sail changes, different winds, 132NM in 26h 28min. Indeed a real challenge for the around 60 solo sailers attending this second year the race is arranged. Many thanks to Båtagent, http://batagent.se, who provided some photos in this movie and also is the sponsor for Midsummer Solo Challenge, http://midsummersolo.com

J88.se attended in the “Sports Class” with total 13 similar relatively small boats where 10 of them were FarEast 28R. We finished on 5th place and are “almost” satisfied with that. :)

The 48° North team had a lovely time testing out the very cool new 29' J/88 sailboat from J/Boats with Ben Braden of Sail Northwest.

Double handed sailing from Hamble, UK, to Göteborg, Sweden, in the J/88 just purchased in Hamble.A great sailing adventure during 11 days and 865 nautical miles!The J/88 delivered even more fun and stable handling than we could imagine and when approaching Dover we were often over 16 knots boat speed through the water and with 17.4 knots as speed record for the trip.Welcome to share our big smiles in this video!

The newest one-design to the St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta has some tight racing and camaraderie, but the difference in the results come down to what’s in the mix.

Learn More: https://www.northsails.com/sailing/...Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/NorthSail...Join North U's Chuck Allen and President of North Sails One Design, Tim Healy, as they recap findings and draw conclusions from testing sessions in the J/88. In this video: Rig tuning, Jib In-hauling, sailing wing-on-wing.

http://features.boats.com/boat-cont...For more boat tests, visit www.boats.com.The boats.com team took a ride on the new J/88 with Jeff Johnstone of J/Boats. We asked him a few questions.John: How many does it take to crew?Jeff: You can sail it with two, and it can hold eight.John: And how fast have you gone?Jeff: Top speed, 14.8 knots in 20 knots of breeze.The design has a modest beam, 9'6". It weighs 5000 lbs, with 2200 of that in the keel, which draws 6.5 feet. Getting underway was straightforward. We sailed upwind in about 10 knots of breeze plus or minus, going about 6.5 knots on average.When I was driving, I felt the helm was quite balanced. When Carol was diriving, she's sailed the J/70, which is about 6 feet shorter, she said it feels like a big one.Even in about 10 knots of breeze the boat accelerated really well, and when we got a little bit of a puff or heated it up, we could make the wake go flat.The boat has a weekender layout; 3 bunks, a very basic galley, sitting headroom.The sailaway price for the J/88 is about $150,000. If you don't see one on the water this summer, you can find one at boat shows, and you can check out our review on boats.com.