ZAMAZINGO
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

ZAMAZINGO — TUR 3550

Model: J/109

J/BoatsRod Johnstone

Updated

ZAMAZINGO (TUR 3550) is a J/109 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2025 and has won 1 race. Against a typical J/109 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air.

ZAMAZINGO TUR 3550 - Rod Johnstone - J/Boats

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

14

Race starts

1

Win

43%

Podiums

80

Race Edge

J/109: 79

543.2s/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 kn81
10–16 kn47
Over 16 kn72
ZAMAZINGOA typical J/109How Race Edge works
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Length

10.76 m

35′ 4″

Beam

3.52 m

Draft

2.14 m

Displacement

5.1 t

Sail area

68 m²

On the podium

Where ZAMAZINGO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

43%

of 14 starts · J/109 fleet: 21%

Wins

7%

Wins7%1
Seconds21%3
Thirds14%2
Off the podium58%8

Regattas

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

  • GreeceRodos Cup202612527
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 620262
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 5202633
  • GreeceRodos Cup20254144
  • TürkiyeEAYK 2025 Winter Trophy2025562

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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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

ZAMAZINGO aheadRival ahead
MARIA-ELECTRA · X-36225%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
LADY SOLLARE · Bavaria Cruiser 40 S50%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
SEABISCUIT · Bavaria Match 3563%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
BLUE SHARK · Grand Surprise75%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
PANORMITIS · First 4188%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (19)

Met too few times for a figure.

AURORA X (X-35, 7 meetings), MOUSMOULO (Hallberg Rassy 26, 4 meetings), APOLLON (Sun Shine 36, 4 meetings), FORTUNA 5 (First 35 (Farr), 4 meetings), ARMIDA (Hanse 370, 4 meetings), YEDICERILER (J/99, 4 meetings), TOK SAILING (J/92, 3 meetings), BLUE X (X-302, 3 meetings), JOY LEMON (Archambault 35, 3 meetings), BLUE MOON (Mat 122, 3 meetings), CYGNUS (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), JUMBO JET (J/105, 3 meetings), ESHQUIA (First 40.7, 3 meetings), KAYK APAZ (First 34.7, 3 meetings), MARE (Hanse 375, 3 meetings), HIT (J/35, 2 meetings), IZMIR YELKEN (Mat 101, 2 meetings), JAZZGIR (Elan 37, 1 meeting), IVANA (Salona 380, 1 meeting)

How ZAMAZINGO compares with a typical J/109

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/109s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/109; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.05 kn
Broad reach+0.04 kn
Downwind+0.04 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical J/109 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

ZAMAZINGO in blue, a typical J/109 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

ZAMAZINGO in blue, a typical J/109 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other J/109s racing

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

More about the J/109

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

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