{"id":41559,"date":"2009-12-23T21:34:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T02:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=41559"},"modified":"2023-05-06T17:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T21:16:23","slug":"quick-look-j-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/j-97-mini-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Look: J\/97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0_3.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0_3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0_3-300x150.jpg 300w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\"><\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">J\/Boats<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p>A cruiser-racer from J\/Boats Inc. can easily be another company&#8217;s racer\/cruiser. With a string of regatta victories in Europe already, the J\/97 is bound to be raced as much as cruised by most folks on this side of the Atlantic.<br\/>\nDesigned as an updated version of the successful J\/30, the J\/97 maintains superb acceleration, speed, and balance on the helm-traits that all of J\/Boats&#8217; offerings have become known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The interior plots a new course, with galley and head flanking the companionway to ease access for the on watch. A double stateroom aft balances the open cabin forward with good settee-sea berths surrounding the table and V-berth forward. The workable layout complements but doesn&#8217;t displace the focus on performance, though.<br\/>\nOutboard chainplates allow for a lighter mast. Highly responsive tiller steering, a mainsheet with coarse- and fine-tuning lines, a blade jib, and a typical J\/Boat bowsprit supporting an asymmetric spinnaker ensure that this boat is both quick and easy to sail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specs<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n<p>LOA     31&#8242; 6&#8243;<br\/>\nLWL     26&#8242; 7&#8243;<br\/>\nBeam     11&#8242; 0&#8243;<br\/>\nDraft     6&#8242; 4&#8243;<br\/>\nSail Area    484 sq. ft.<br\/>\nDisplacement    8,600 lb.<br\/>\nWater     26 gal.<br\/>\nFuel     13 gal.<br\/>\nEngine     18-hp. Volvo<br\/>\nDesigner    Alan Johnstone<br\/>\nPrice     $190,000<br\/>\nJ\/Boats Inc.<br\/>\n(401) 846-8410<br\/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jboats.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.jboats.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Callahan reviews this clean cut racer\/cruiser for the 2010 <em>Cruising World<\/em> Sailboat show in our January 2010 issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Steve Callahan","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20091223","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"167","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Steve Callahan reviews this clean cut racer\/cruiser for the 2010 Cruising World Sailboat show in our January 2010 issue","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Quick Look: J\/97 %%sep%% %%sitename%%","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"V2LG3BQHYWUYGTEKKTHA6NJCEA","arc_website_url":"sailboats\/j-97-mini-review\/","custom_permalink":"sailboats\/j-97-mini-review\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[299,391,437,229,411,227,195],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}