Nick Brown's J/44 IONA wins Fastnet in IMS Class Overall and the French J/44 wins CHS (Channel Handicap System) Class Overall. This is the first time in the history of the renowned and infamous RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club) Fastnet Race that one class boat- this case the J/44 sailboat- had won both major divisions in the Fastnet Race.
Fortune Magazine names J/Boats as one of the world's 100 best American made products.
J/39s and J/35s sweep top 4 positions in CHS (Channel Handicap System) at Cowes International Race Week held on the Solent and hosted by Cowes Combined Clubs, Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Englad.
J/Boats pioneers carbon-fiber retractable bowsprits and asymmetric spinnakers on offshore boats, introducing the first of its new "sprit" series, the J/105.
