A Mix of Speed and Smarts
While it’s safe to say that U.S. production boatbuilding is a shadow of its former self, one North American company that is still going strong is Rhode Island-based J/Boats. Not only that, but far from just surviving, the company continues to push the envelope, the same as it has done ever since it initially burst onto the sailing scene with the iconic J/24 in the mid-‘70s.
In his latest two designs, J/Boats designer Al Johnstone
