Balancing Act
AUS J 99 2.0Sail number AUS/PC27
Stored record updated May 13, 2026 UTC.
GPH
610.9
OSN
591.7
LOA
9.94 m
Displacement
3876 kg
Triple-Number Ratings
Lower is fasterTriple Inshore
Low
0.6681
Medium
0.9072
High
1.0451
Triple Offshore
Low
0.8607
Medium
1.1058
High
1.2496
Boat Specifications
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 9.94 m
- Beam
- 3.41 m
- Draft
- 1.99 m
- Displacement
- 3876 kg
- Crew weight
- 559 kg
- Wetted surface
- 22.94 m²
Sails
- Mainsail
- 33.87 m²
- Genoa
- 25.93 m²
- Spinnaker
- 94.7 m²
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- 92.13 m²
Design
- Type
- J 99 2.0
- Builder
- J Boats
- Designer
- Alan Johnstone
- Year built
- 2018
- Stability index
- 126.1
Performance data
Each row is TWS followed by TWA and boat-speed pairs. Paste it directly into Offwind or compatible navigation software.
| Wind Speed | 52° | 60° | 75° | 90° | 110° | 120° | 135° | 150° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3.88 | 4.14 | 4.35 | 4.59 | 4.43 | 4.29 | 3.75 | 3.09 |
| 6 | 5.25 | 5.53 | 5.8 | 6.04 | 5.95 | 5.8 | 5.23 | 4.41 |
| 8 | 6.22 | 6.44 | 6.74 | 6.93 | 6.97 | 6.86 | 6.39 | 5.55 |
| 10 | 6.79 | 6.95 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.52 | 7.44 | 7.1 | 6.47 |
| 12 | 7.11 | 7.25 | 7.45 | 7.75 | 7.97 | 7.92 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| 14 | 7.29 | 7.46 | 7.66 | 8.02 | 8.39 | 8.4 | 8.08 | 7.56 |
| 16 | 7.4 | 7.61 | 7.88 | 8.21 | 8.76 | 8.95 | 8.6 | 8.01 |
| 20 | 7.5 | 7.74 | 8.17 | 8.5 | 9.61 | 10.3 | 10.21 | 9.05 |
| 24 | 7.53 | 7.8 | 8.31 | 8.9 | 10.76 | 12.16 | 13.72 | 11.64 |
| Wind Speed | Beat Angle | Beat VMG | Run Angle | Run VMG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 43.2° | 2.48 | 143.1° | 2.68 |
| 6 | 43.2° | 3.44 | 143.1° | 3.82 |
| 8 | 41.1° | 4.21 | 147.3° | 4.8 |
| 10 | 39° | 4.78 | 153.2° | 5.61 |
| 12 | 37.2° | 5.14 | 160.1° | 6.31 |
| 14 | 36.4° | 5.32 | 167.1° | 6.86 |
| 16 | 36° | 5.41 | 170.9° | 7.29 |
| 20 | 36.1° | 5.47 | 169.6° | 8.12 |
| 24 | 36.9° | 5.44 | 140.8° | 10.08 |
VPP POLAR · BOAT SPEED BY TWAKT
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True wind speed 4 kt6 kt8 kt10 kt12 kt14 kt16 kt20 kt24 kt
Data table
| TWA | Boat speed in 4 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 6 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 8 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 10 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 12 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 14 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 16 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 20 kt (kt) | Boat speed in 24 kt (kt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 52° | 3.88 | 5.25 | 6.22 | 6.79 | 7.11 | 7.29 | 7.40 | 7.50 | 7.53 |
| 60° | 4.14 | 5.53 | 6.44 | 6.95 | 7.25 | 7.46 | 7.61 | 7.74 | 7.80 |
| 75° | 4.35 | 5.80 | 6.74 | 7.20 | 7.45 | 7.66 | 7.88 | 8.17 | 8.31 |
| 90° | 4.59 | 6.04 | 6.93 | 7.40 | 7.75 | 8.02 | 8.21 | 8.50 | 8.90 |
| 110° | 4.43 | 5.95 | 6.97 | 7.52 | 7.97 | 8.39 | 8.76 | 9.61 | 10.76 |
| 120° | 4.29 | 5.80 | 6.86 | 7.44 | 7.92 | 8.40 | 8.95 | 10.30 | 12.16 |
| 135° | 3.75 | 5.23 | 6.39 | 7.10 | 7.60 | 8.08 | 8.60 | 10.21 | 13.72 |
| 150° | 3.09 | 4.41 | 5.55 | 6.47 | 7.10 | 7.56 | 8.01 | 9.05 | 11.64 |