MOANA
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

MOANA — NED 8935

Model: J/122

J BOATSRod Johnstone

Updated

MOANA (NED 8935) is a J/122 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J BOATS. She has been racing since 2019. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a deeper keel than most J/122s. Against a typical J/122 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.

MOANA NED 8935 - Rod Johnstone - J BOATS

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

17

Race starts

0

Wins

29%

Podiums

70

Race Edge

J/122: 86

513.8s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn65
10–16 kn62
Over 16 kn61
MOANAA typical J/122How Race Edge works
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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 MOANA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

29%

of 17 starts · J/122 fleet: 28%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds24%4
Thirds6%1
Off the podium70%12

Regattas

Every regatta we found with MOANA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipORC DH World Championship202622
  • Netherlands100 Mijl Bruine Bank Race20263
  • NetherlandsNorth Sea Regatta2026361010
  • NetherlandsSAILWORKZ-Stellendam Regatta2026107444444
  • 50 Mijl Shorthanded202615

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Round 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: no 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.

15 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats MOANA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

MOANA aheadRival ahead
OLYMPIX · Landmark 430%ahead in 0 of 12 meetings
CHECKMATE · Mat 10758%ahead in 7 of 12 meetings
JET REBEL · J/11267%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
EUPHORIA · Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)58%ahead in 7 of 12 meetings
VAN UDEN · Ker 4675%ahead in 9 of 12 meetings
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KREUTZ ASS · Luffe 40070%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
JACK RABBIT · J/1120%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
NJORD · J/12213%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
IBEX · J/11188%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
BIERKAAI · Lutra 4088%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (38)

Met too few times for a figure.

BARRACUDA (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), STELLA17 (Sydney 46, 4 meetings), VESPER (First 40, 4 meetings), XANTHO (Xp 44, 4 meetings), X-ESTEEM (XR 41, 2 meetings), LAXXI (Xp 44, 2 meetings), TJOBA (JPK 40, 2 meetings), BOUDRAGON (W 60, 2 meetings), SPITFIRE (J/121, 2 meetings), LUX (X4.3, 2 meetings), AJETO (J/122, 1 meeting), ENDORPHIN (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), TEAM HEINER 2 (Maxfun 35, 1 meeting), WINDSPRINT (Elan 400, 1 meeting), CERVA (J/122, 1 meeting), JETSTREAM (J/122, 1 meeting), KOLIBRI 6.5 (Kolibri 6.5, 1 meeting), SJEEKIE (F & F 65, 1 meeting), ONDEUGD (Corby 36, 1 meeting), FAST FORWARD (F & F 65, 1 meeting), JIPPER (J/120, 1 meeting), ZEILBLIJ (J/111, 1 meeting), LÄLLEKÖNIG (J/99, 1 meeting), TEAM HEINER 4 (J/109, 1 meeting), JIBE (J/109, 1 meeting), JAM SESSION (J/109, 1 meeting), MAJIC (J/109, 1 meeting), SENNA (Luffe 3.6, 1 meeting), BLACKBIRD (First 35 (Farr), 1 meeting), INSPIRIT (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MOSHULU (Xp 38, 1 meeting), THE FLOW (Elan 380, 1 meeting), GOTCHA2 (JOD 35, 1 meeting), FLYER (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), BATFISH (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), ONE & ONLY (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), ELIXER (X-46, 1 meeting), NIMROD (JPK 39, 1 meeting)

How MOANA 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.

True wind
Upwind-0.08 kn
Beam reach-0.02 kn
Broad reach-0.12 kn
Downwind-0.14 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical J/122 on the downwind.

Speed at every angle

MOANA in blue, a typical J/122 dashed.

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MOANA 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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