NIMBUS - HSSK
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NIMBUS - HSSK — TUR 1321

Model: J/70

J BOATSRod Johnstone

Updated

NIMBUS - HSSK (TUR 1321) is a J/70 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J BOATS. She has been racing since 2021 and has won two races. Against a typical J/70 she is quicker on a beam reach.

NIMBUS - HSSK TUR 1321 - Rod Johnstone - J BOATS

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

2

Wins

78%

Podiums

46

Race Edge

J/70: 56

595.5s/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 kn43
10–16 kn57
Over 16 kn86
NIMBUS - HSSKA typical J/70How Race Edge works

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

6.94 m

22′ 9″

Beam

2.26 m

Draft

1.45 m

Displacement

0.8 t

Sail area

26 m²

On the podium

Where NIMBUS - HSSK finishes when she goes racing.

2

Wins

3

Seconds

2

Thirds

9

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 NIMBUS - HSSK on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • TürkiyeThe Presidential 7th International Yacht Races Çanakkale Cup20264
  • TürkiyeRepublic Cup 2025 Offshore Race2025231
  • TürkiyeSportboat European Championship2021261237

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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: 7 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.

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

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (28)

Met too few times for a figure.

CHEESE SAILING (J/70, 6 meetings), ONEDESIGN (Farr 25, 6 meetings), DENIZCIK (J/70, 6 meetings), ORIENT XS (Farr 25, 6 meetings), SPLASH (Donovan GP 26, 6 meetings), SUGAR (Corsa 915, 6 meetings), RONIN (Melges 24, 6 meetings), BLUE JR (Melges 24, 6 meetings), ADIOS (Farr 25, 6 meetings), SENSEI (J/70, 6 meetings), ATOM (J/70, 6 meetings), PYK 2 (Platu 25, 6 meetings), CODE ZERO (Farr 280, 6 meetings), HARMONIX (Sb 20, 6 meetings), EBRULİ (Platu 25, 6 meetings), DUCKLING SAILING (Sb 20, 6 meetings), HEYBELIADA SU SPORLARI (Sb 20, 6 meetings), CSC (Cheese 6.5, 6 meetings), DENIZ KIZI 15 (J/80, 6 meetings), GUARANA - GLOBIT (First Class 7.5, 6 meetings), VARDAVELA (Skippi 650, 6 meetings), MINT MILK (Peterson 25, 6 meetings), MAYK (J/70, 3 meetings), ALESTA YELKEN (Platu 25, 3 meetings), DOPPIO (Platu 25, 3 meetings), GREYDER (Cheese 6.5, 3 meetings), QUICK SIGORTA HSSK (Sb 20, 3 meetings), KARYA YELKEN (Surprise, 3 meetings)

How NIMBUS - HSSK compares with a typical J/70

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/70s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/70; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.02 kn
Beam reach+0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind-0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical J/70 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

NIMBUS - HSSK in blue, a typical J/70 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

NIMBUS - HSSK in blue, a typical J/70 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other J/70s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the J/70

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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