Description

Introduces young sailors to double-handed sailing
The Club FJ is a tough, agile performer for beginners to elite sailors. The Club is a fantastic choice for clubs and junior programs looking to introduce young sailors to double-handed sailing with a spinnaker. Our Collegiate version (no spinnaker) is the most popular boat in college sailing; more collegiate sailing teams in North America sail our FJ than any other double-handed sailboat.

The International Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy which was originally designed in 1955 in the Netherlands by renowned boat designer Van Essen and Olympic sailor Conrad Gülcher. The FJ was built to serve as a training boat for the then Olympic-class Flying Dutchman. The FJ has a beam of 4’11” and an overall sail area of 100 square feet (9.3 m²). These dimensions make the FJ an ideal class to teach young sailors the skills of boat handling and racing.

Features

3:1 boom vang with heavy duty mast and boom sails.
All Harken blocks.
Hardware is through-bolted and backed with oversized stainless washers and locknuts.
Full seat tanks for comfort and plenty of buoyancy.
Hull and deck are bonded together with Plexus, a super tough Methacrylate adhesive.
Newly-designed rudder head and tiller.
Molded fiberglass kick-up rudder.
Deep, rounded hull shape; tacks easily and accelerates quickly.
Reinforced mast step.
Strong, proven spreader bracket.
State of the art sails by North made with medium tempered 5 oz. cloth.
Non-tapered one-piece mast with external halyards is virtually indestructible.
Custom-designed heavy-duty rigging including oversized shroud adjusters and pins.
Unidirectional knitted fiberglass thorughout hull and deck for ultimate durability.
Reinforced bow.