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(tag removed) article issues|article=October 2009|coi=October 2009|introrewrite=October 2009|notability=October 2009|unreferenced=October 2009|date=October 2009}} (tag removed) mergeto|J/24|date=October 2009}} New J/29s finish 1-2-3 to sweep Class in Block Island Race Week.

The J/29 was a derivative design of the J/30. Hatched in the midst of the 1980-1981 economic recession in the USA, the J/29 was meant to address the needs of the shrinking wallet for most sailors during this time period.

Below is a beautifully preserved example of a J/29 in Long Beach, CA.