Yachtworld and J/22's

[Busdrver]

If I go to Yachtworld and look for J/22's nothing newer than mid-80's (1987 actually) boats come up.

I'm positive they are still being built so where are all the newer boats?

Am I screwing up the search function?

[T34C]

I think all the newer ones are out racing. I crewed a few years on one that belonged to a friend and when they get sold it seems to be to people the PO already knew or thru the GOB network.

I may know of one for sale. What year/details are you looking for?

[camaraderie]

There are some here:
USA J/22 Class - Classifieds

Also check soundings and regional sailing mags like spinsheet, lat38 etc.
Due to demand and low price (relatively) brokers are very often NOT involved in the sale of J-22's and you won't see yacht world listings.

[Busdrver]

Thanks for the responses. I was beginning to think I didn't know the secret handshake.

We're looking for one that comes with a trailer. No particular year but we don't want to spend more than about 15k or so.

[Jeff_H]

I don't know where you are located but around here there are a lot of J-22's that really aren't used anymore. They sit unwashed and unloved. I would suggest that you contact the local fleets and yacht clubs in areas with big fleets and place an ad J-22 wanted. I would expect a big response. These are great boats and surprisingly the older boats if reasonably well maintained and with good sails are quite competitive.

Jeff

[Busdrver]

We'll do that.

We're looking for a small sailboat that we can put on a trailer every once in a while and still be reasonably competitive in PHRF racing. At the moment we'd be daysailing only and we are fairly new sailors.

We were thinking about the J/24's but based on yours and a few other opinions here, we're going to look hard at the 22's.

[Jeff_H]

One word of caution, some PHRF fleets require lifelines and minimal cruising accomodations so the one design version of the J-22 does not qualify for PHRF in those areas. You might want to check with the local measurer.

Jeff