AIRBORNE — USA 238
Model: J/109
Updated
AIRBORNE (USA 238) is a J/109 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most J/109s. Against a typical J/109 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
0
Wins
33%
Podiums
82
Race Edge
J/109: 79
537.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.76 m
35′ 4″
Beam
3.52 m
Draft
2.14 m
Displacement
5.1 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where AIRBORNE finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with AIRBORNE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
GBCA ORC Championship2025344
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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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats AIRBORNE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (5)
Met too few times for a figure.
PSYCHO (Melges 24, 3 meetings), BEAR (J/121, 3 meetings), MICRODARCY (J/124, 3 meetings), PICANTE (First 36.7, 3 meetings), STINGER (J/105, 3 meetings)
How AIRBORNE compares with a typical J/109
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/109s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/109; 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/109 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
AIRBORNE in blue, a typical J/109 dashed.
AIRBORNE in blue, a typical J/109 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/109s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/109
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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