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2008

A difficult year for J/Boats and the marine industry as a whole. The world turned upside down and after several large market failures of large banks, investment banks and insurance companies caught short by gross speculation-- a result of tremendous financial leverage and bad judgement on derivatives coverage.

Nevertheless, J/Boats continues to forge ahead and announces in the fall of 2008 two new boats for the realities of the "new economic world order"- two 30 footers- the J/95 and the J/97 to be introduced in 2009.

The J/95 is a revolutionary concept for J/Boats- a shoal draft cruiser with lifting centerboard (picture below).



The J/97 follows in the line of its bigger brothers and is considered to be a "baby IRC 30 foot" cruising boat- ideally positioned for the needs of European consumers (picture below).