Team Raffiki was recently notified that J/30's will not be invited to participate this year.

There are several other classes as well, including J/29, Soverel 33, and Mirage 335 that have been disinvited. This is fallout from last years tragic loss of the yacht Wingnuts.

Dennis,

Do you know if there are any particular stability requirements that have been reference for the 2012 race? It would be interesting to run the info by Rod Johnstone for comment.

Must have drawn the line at t-tens. What about the sportboat section?

NOR to be relaesed tomorrow.

Our hull number 87 has 5 Mackinac plaques on the inside. Sad they we can't add a sixth.

Does this J/30 have a stability problem?

Is anyone aware of any case of a J/30 turning turtle?

Check out the story on the J/Boats website. Details how two J-30 made it through the Fastnet storm in 1979.

Luke - we also have the story on our website at this link!

Not that I've heard of. Nor have I heard of a J/30 sinking (except those holed during a hurricane).

I haven't heard of a J/24 turning turtle either, but I was on one that went to the bottom...

The magic number is 103. You must have an ORR stability index >= 103. J/30s seem to range between 98.9 (Circus) and 102.8 (Falcon). I'm pretty sure the difference between the 2 is the quality of the malt beverages carried on each.

I'd wager none of the J/30s have been actually measured. Perhaps Rod or someone that knows could suggest class legal changes to a J/30 that would help improve it's SI enough to qualify.