A MAJOR — GRE 199
Model: J/99
Updated
A MAJOR (GRE 199) is a J/99 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2021 and has won five races. Against a typical J/99 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats22
Race starts
5
Wins
41%
Podiums
88
Race Edge
J/99: 84
549.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.95 m
32′ 8″
Beam
3.41 m
Draft
2.00 m
Displacement
3.9 t
Sail area
60 m²
On the podium
Where A MAJOR finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
41%
of 22 starts · J/99 fleet: 20%
Wins
23%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with A MAJOR on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia202651- Loro Piana Giraglia202614599
"Πορος 2024"20247715- "Ioannis Karapetis 2023"20231
- "Poros 2022"2022711
- "Αγκιστρι 2021"202142
- Κορφος2021513
- 27th Cyclades Regatta202114623
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
41%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The boats A MAJOR meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (72)
Met too few times for a figure.
MELINA (First 27.7, 7 meetings), ALLEGORIA (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), ANDROMEDA (Moody 39, 6 meetings), MUSUKO (First 35 (Farr), 6 meetings), ERINNI (X-562, 6 meetings), IXIS-AFIXIS (X-452, 6 meetings), MAJO (Sweden Yachts 45, 6 meetings), NEOROS (IMX 38, 6 meetings), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 5 meetings), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 5 meetings), JEDI (J/112, 5 meetings), JENIS (J/112, 5 meetings), OVERDOSE CHARLY (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), NUAGE II (J/97, 5 meetings), BAGATELLE (J/92, 5 meetings), ALMOGAVER (J/99, 5 meetings), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 5 meetings), BANA BIOLETTA 4 (ILC 40, 5 meetings), CARPE DIEM (Caribbean 40, 5 meetings), GORGO (Nek 26, 5 meetings), PIX-LAX III (Bh 36, 5 meetings), UTOPIA (First 40, 5 meetings), TILE 3 (IMX 38, 5 meetings), MARIE GALANTE (First 35 (Berret), 5 meetings), GAZELLE (Xp 44, 5 meetings), IONIA (X-43, 5 meetings), OPTIMUM 4 (Dehler 30 OD, 4 meetings), CHIMERA (X-362, 3 meetings), ALBIREO (X-35, 3 meetings), APIDALOS NAFS (IMX 40, 3 meetings), AEOLUS II (First 36.7, 3 meetings), SUGAR (X-40, 3 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 3 meetings), KRAKER (J/24, 3 meetings), ANDARIN (J/105, 3 meetings), EST EMAR (X-35, 3 meetings), KYMATOLIGI (Mount Gay 30, 3 meetings), MIMOSA (Dehler 35 (Voogd), 3 meetings), SARAH (J/44, 3 meetings), NAUTILUS VI (Dufour 38, 3 meetings), SERENDIPITY (First 47.7, 3 meetings), ISAIL (Archambault 40, 2 meetings), EL PRINE (Caribbean 40, 2 meetings), DUENDE (Platu 25, 1 meeting), METATRON II (First 44.7, 1 meeting), NOTOS (South 35, 1 meeting), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), ROCKETNIKKA (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), DJANGO WR (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), SPIRIT OF LORINA II (TP 52 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), AROBAS² (Irc 52, 1 meeting), ATALANTA II (Farr 70, 1 meeting), KUKA 4 (Mat 122, 1 meeting), DOERS ON BOARD (VOR 60, 1 meeting), ALIZEE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), JACANDA (Mat 118, 1 meeting), SEARCHER (Ker 46, 1 meeting), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 1 meeting), GLEN ELLEN (Swan 42, 1 meeting), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 1 meeting), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 1 meeting), DAJENU (Mat 124, 1 meeting), BONNE NOUVELLE (Sly 42, 1 meeting), QUO (Eleva 42, 1 meeting), MILLENIUM CONDOR (Farr 45, 1 meeting), MOONSHINE (Frers 60, 1 meeting), ANDIAMO (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), MERCURY (Swan 42, 1 meeting), MONTRACHET (Swan 60, 1 meeting), RUSSES (First 44.7, 1 meeting), FASTNET (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), KILARA II (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting)
How A MAJOR compares with a typical J/99
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/99s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/99; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical J/99 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
A MAJOR in blue, a typical J/99 dashed.
A MAJOR in blue, a typical J/99 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/99s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/99
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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