J/24
A small keelboat built in a garage that became the world’s most widespread racing keelboat.
Rod Johnstone built the first boat in his garage, and he and his brother Bob founded J/Boats to produce it. More than five thousand J/24s have been built.
Materials: Fibreglass; sloop-rigged keelboat
Manufacture: Built in the United States and under licence in many countries.
The low coachroof and flat deck.
The number 24 and the J on the sail.