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Rod Johnstone
Rodney "Rod" Johnstone (born January 15, 1937) is an American sailor who founded the boat builder "J/Boats". Personal life Johnstone has a brother, Bob, who he founded their company J/Boats with, a wife, Lucia, who he lives with in Stonington, Connecticut, and a son, Alan who is the chief designer of J/Boats. He is a member of both the Wadawanuck Yacht Club, Wadawanuck and Stonington Harbor Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor yacht club as well as a member in the Stonington Harbor Management Commission. In 2016, he and his brother received the ''America and the Sea'' honor, an honor that recognizes the contributions to elements of the sea. They received the honor for their company, J/Boats. Despite his old age, Johnstone likes to sail, winning championships in several J/boat classes in various Race Weeks. He also competed in the Bermuda Race with his nephew in 2017. Early life and careers Early life On January 15, 1937, Rodney Stuart Johnstone was born in Glen Ridge, New Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J/Boats
J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.'J/Boats: Sailing to Success' by Anthony Dalton, Voyageur Press; , The company's model names all start with "J/" and then the design's length overall (LOA), in Foot (unit), feet (such as the J/24), or beginning in 1994 in decimeters (J/130), or starting 2021 in meters (J/9). All J/Boat designs are monohull, sloop-rigged keelboats constructed of cored sandwich fiberglass. The current product line consists of eight models, ranging from the J/70 to the J/45, ranging in length from . A new 9 meter model has been announced for 2021. Past models have ranged from , from the J/22 to the J/65. The company's initial design, the J/24, is their most successful, with over 5,500 built. The J/24 is sailed 27 countries and is the world's most popular one design keelboat. As Sailboatdata described, "the J/Boats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
