Racing a San Juan 7.7

[Drinky Crow]

Anyone do it? Good, bad or ugly?

 

[Ted]

There was some chatter about the San Juan 7.7 in a thread on Sailing Anarchy.

1st Sailboat: SJ 7.7 - Advice?

Afternoon all, Ive been lurking here for a few months, and finally decided to make an account. Since Rimas isnt currently as active, I figured it was high time to get back on the water myself with a Craigslist buy. I grabbed a San Juan 7.7 for pretty cheap, 1st ever sailboat for me. Seems to be i...

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[SycloneDriver]

I raced a 79 SJ7.7m. I won several of trophies with it. We would regularly beat the J24 on the first two legs only to get passed on the last leg, if the J boat had good crew. Sometimes the J24 had inexperienced crew and we prevailed the entire race.

The boat has lots of sail area and is easily overpowered. Reef early.

I had a blast with that boat.