A J/109 Marine Survey at Key Yachting, Hamble by Guy Nicholls, Marine Surveyor Hamble.
I’ve done several of this particular model over the last years, and dozens of others in the J Boat line up. As with others, an end grain balsa cored hull, originally these vessels also had balsa cored decks and superstructure, this was later changed to a closed cell pvc foam in the superstructure. This type is generally seen in the top sections of the results sheets, both inshore cans racing and offshore. This particular one is off to Holland, where the European buyers seem to keep on coming, given the favourable EUR/GBP rate we’ve had over the last several months.