Class BSemi-displacementPerformance

JPK 108

JPK Composites · Jacques Valer · 2014

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The JPK 108 is a 10.84 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Valer and built by JPK Composites, first launched in 2014. It races in Class B.

JPK 108 - Jacques Valer - JPK CompositesP 13.80 mLOA 10.84 m

Length

10.84 m

35′ 7″

Beam

3.56 m

Draft

2.13 m

Displacement

4.9 t

Sail area

70 m²

No boat of this design has been measured under the current VPP. The figures below come from measurement records issued between 2021 and 2024, on the earlier scale, so this design carries no Race Edge.

On the podium

Where a JPK 108 finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a JPK 108 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

No regattas found yet.

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.

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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The designs a JPK 108 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.

Speed at every angle

The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.

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Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

How fast is a JPK 108

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG4.335.275.52—
52°6.407.427.71—
60°6.647.587.96—
75°6.907.778.33—
90°6.997.938.55—
110°7.068.219.00—
120°6.938.169.27—
135°6.417.808.87—
150°5.487.288.26—
Run VMG4.746.407.52—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail38 m² – 40 m²
Headsail31 m² – 34 m²
Gennaker84 m² – 106 m²
Spinnaker102 m² – 110 m²

Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 660 kg.

Rigging

JPK 108 rig and sail dimensions

A JPK 108 carries 13.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.56 m boom, a forestay 14.22 m above the deck and a 6.12 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP13.80 m13.79 – 13.80
Boom lengthE4.56 m4.56 – 4.58
Forestay heightIG14.22 m14.22 – 14.22
Fore triangle baseJ4.32 m4.32 – 4.33
Spinnaker hoistISP14.89 m14.89 – 15.51
BowspritTPS6.12 m4.94 – 6.12
Boom above deckBAS1.58 m1.57 – 1.58

Sails

Mainsail38.0 m²37.6 – 39.9
Headsail31.7 m²31.3 – 34.0
Gennaker95.0 m²83.8 – 106.2
Spinnaker109.3 m²102.3 – 110.0

The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 84 to 106 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.