JESSS — NOR 427
Model: J/80
Updated
JESSS (NOR 427) is a J/80 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2026. She sails close to a typical J/80 at every angle.
Racing record
68
Race Edge
J/80: 74
593.1s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.03 m
26′ 4″
Beam
2.49 m
Draft
1.50 m
Displacement
1.4 t
Sail area
36 m²
On the podium
Where JESSS finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with JESSS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Nøtterøy rundt202617
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Report a regattaHow JESSS compares with a typical J/80
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/80s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/80; 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/80 across the course.
Speed at every angle
JESSS in blue, a typical J/80 dashed.
JESSS in blue, a typical J/80 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/80s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/80
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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