FIREBALL — USA 16
Model: J/111
Updated
FIREBALL (USA 16) is a J/111 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J BOATS. She has been racing since 2024 and has won 1 race. She sails close to a typical J/111 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
1
Win
62%
Podiums
91
Race Edge
J/111: 92
508.0s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.12 m
36′ 6″
Beam
3.30 m
Draft
2.19 m
Displacement
4.3 t
Sail area
73 m²
On the podium
Where FIREBALL finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
3
Seconds
1
Thirds
8
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 FIREBALL on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship202464622321
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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats FIREBALL meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How FIREBALL compares with a typical J/111
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/111s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/111; 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 sails level with a typical J/111 across the course.
Speed at every angle
FIREBALL in blue, a typical J/111 dashed.
FIREBALL in blue, a typical J/111 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/111s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/111
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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