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.
So I'm wondering what kind of changes it would take to drag it over the hump; even if it was not class legal but temporary for offshore racing. A few lead bars in the bilge? Some autoinflating flotation fixed to the cabin top like some rescue rhibs have? :p
We should be proactive in this as an owners group as we may start to see this issue more and more often.
Perhaps we need an offshore OD race?
