MILES AHEAD — NOR 727
Model: J/80
With the same sail number: POWER PLAY · Express · 2021
Updated
MILES AHEAD (NOR 727) is a J/80 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2022. She sails close to a typical J/80 at every angle.
Racing record
79
Race Edge
J/80: 74
594.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
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 MILES AHEAD 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.
In one-design racing: 6 podiums in 8 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MILES AHEAD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
TSF Onsdagsregatta - HøstOne-design20261323441433333333- TSF Onsdagsregatta - VårOne-design202621232112211234
- HøstserienOne-design202522353114
- HøstserienOne-design2023223222
- VårserienOne-design202221335
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats MILES AHEAD meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
How MILES AHEAD 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
MILES AHEAD in blue, a typical J/80 dashed.
MILES AHEAD 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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