JOLLY BABA — GBR 4757
Model: J/122
Updated
JOLLY BABA (GBR 4757) is a J/122 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J BOATS. She has been racing since 2026 and has won two races. Against a typical J/122 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
2
Wins
75%
Podiums
77
Race Edge
J/122: 86
510.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.19 m
40′ 0″
Beam
3.64 m
Draft
2.23 m
Displacement
7.2 t
Sail area
92 m²
On the podium
Where JOLLY BABA finishes when she goes racing.
2
Wins
0
Seconds
4
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 JOLLY BABA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 620263- MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 5202646
- Campus Cup202613331
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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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats JOLLY BABA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (12)
Met too few times for a figure.
LOBSTER ST (First 40, 7 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 7 meetings), MAD X (X-41, 5 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 3 meetings), FOX L (X-41, 3 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 3 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 2 meetings), TECHNONICOL (X-41, 1 meeting), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (First 40, 1 meeting), SANTA ANASTASIA (Salona 44, 1 meeting), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), WIND RIDER (First 40, 1 meeting)
How JOLLY BABA compares with a typical J/122
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/122s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/122; 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 gives away time to a typical J/122 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
JOLLY BABA in blue, a typical J/122 dashed.
JOLLY BABA in blue, a typical J/122 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/122s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/122
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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