JPK 1050
The JPK 1050 has finally hit the water after several months of hard work, first on the drawing board between Jacques Valer and JB Dejeanty, then for the manufacture of tooling and finally the construction of the N°1 in the series.
As always with Jacques, the boat's lines and weight are perfectly aligned.
After the Incidences sails were fitted by Alexis Loison and Steeve the designer, the boat was finally ready to sail. Jacques Valer boards the Nomad to see the boat from the outside, as we ritually do each time a new boat is launched.
The 1st sensations are great and most of the sails have been tried. J2/Jib top/A3/A2 . The boat is covered and comes to life very quickly. The 2nd outing in 25 knots allowed us to gauge the boat with air and under high A2 mainsail, it glided along nicely on flat seas at between 16 and 18 knots.
Upwind on J3 with the mainsail well down, the boat is healthy and powerful and sailing well with the right angle of heel.
In terms of feel, the gamble has paid off. Now it's time to test it against the competition to assess its potential, which will no doubt take a little time to be fully exploited.
Naval architect J. Valer
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LOA 10,45 m
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BOA 3,54 m
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Draft 2,22 m
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Displacement 3,5 t
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Full sails 72 m²
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Asy spinnaker 125 m²
The JPK 1050 is a very planing boat, which performs very well when reaching and downwind on the whole, but retains some interesting upwind performance thanks to its power, which means it can exploit a very large sail area, even in a breeze.
It's hard to beat its already famous predecessor, and yet ... the redesign of the JPK 38 FC turned out to be a particularly challenging exercise! With its modern, sporty and timeless design, the JPK 39 turns heads while remaining simple and ultra-efficient. Ergonomics, looks, performance ... function and form are one.
A racing machine
The yard's new IRC boat was initially planned to be around 10.80/10.85 metres in length, with a hull fairly close to the JPK 1030.
In order to stay within a rating range that allows access to the interesting events in the solo and double-handed programme, the size had to be reduced to allow the design and concept to be radicalised.
Back in 2018, Jacques Valer designed the JPK 1030 in a 'scow' version, only to soften the design in order to retain the versatility we were afraid of losing. Now it's clear that the concept works, with the example of the MN 35, which very often manages to save its very high rating. The concept - a very powerful boat with full forward sections (scow type) and an unusual sail/displacement ratio for an IRC boat - is on target: the JPK 1050 will be a very planing boat, with high performance on the reach and downwind on the whole, but with interesting upwind performance thanks to its power, which means it can exploit a very large sail area, even in a breeze.
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Victoire du nouveau JPK 1050 !
Première régate et Première victoire sur une course majeure, il est clair que toute l’équipe JPK est heureuse et fière du résultat ! Dire que
