1. New boat acquisition: J/80
Annual General meeting
13/11/2014
David Porret

2. Specifications Length overall : 8 m Beam : 2.51 m Draft : 1.50 m
Displacement : 1450 kg
Upwind sail area with class jib : m2
Upwind sail area with genoa : m2
Asymmetric spinnaker : 65+ m2
CE category B – 8 persons
One-design class
SRS rating TCF3

3. Budget Planned : 76.33 k CHF Total : 78.38 k CHF
Not included ( ≈1100 CHF ):
insurance
Boat and trailer taxes
SRS rating fee

4. Acquisition process and timeline
March 24th : boat options and budget approved by the committee.
April 3rd : contract signed with JBoats agent for the boat and the trailer.
April 23rd : purchase order signed with North Sails Suisse for the sails.
May : engine and miscellaneous equipment bought from ship chandlers.
May 30th : boat delivered in Versoix with main sail and jib.
June 21th : ready to sail with temporary spinnaker and covers.
Mid-Summer : spinnaker, definitive sail covers and genoa delivered.
End of August : finished mooring lines and cleats work.
End of October : genoa reworked for better efficiency.

5. Boat preparation

6. Club operation - conclusion
Can be used by any SU skipper after having done a familiarisation outing ( recorded with J key).
60/86 SU skippers can use the boat at the moment.
428 hours of activity in 20 weeks (21.4 hours per week average).
Moored at the place of one our Surprise.
A lot of positive feedback received.