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The spars may be made from aluminium or wood, but are invariably aluminium in modern boats. A monograph-style "IO" insignia (after IODA - the International Optimist Dinghy Association) on the sail is a registered trade-mark and may only be used under licence from the International Optimist Association.
The width of the boat (the beam) is ideally a bit more than 1/2 the hull length, i.e. the 20-foot (6.1 m) Supercat had a 12-foot (3.7 m) beam and is one of the very highest performing catamarans, however a 12 foot wide boat needs to be completely disassembled for transport by trailer on public roads, that greatly limited sales and popularity of ...
The boat has a draft of 4.49 ft (1.37 m) with the lifting keel extended and 1.83 ft (0.56 m) with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer. [1] [3] The boat may be optionally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1] [3] The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 99 with a high of 111 and low of 96.
Under what is known as the Second International rule (1920–33) the yachts had gone from being less than 9.1 metres (30 ft) in overall length to being almost 12 metres (40 ft). By 1929, the 5 Metre class was becoming more popular as a cheaper and smaller alternative for Sixes, but the final blow was creation of the International 5.5 Metre ...
While Frank Bailey designed the first aluminium 12-foot Tiki sailing boat and 12-foot fibreglass Vagabond, de Havilland Marine later produced three small fibreglass yachts designed by Alan Payne, following trials from 1966. These were the 10-foot Gipsy, the 16-foot Corsair and the 18-foot six-inch trailer/sailer Rambler.
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: Like the other J/boats, the J/22 is well built and well fitted out (Baltek-cored laminates, Harken deck fittings, Hall spars, etc.) Responsive, fast, and early-planing, built for safety with buoyancy tanks and offshore hatches, she is a very popular round-the-buoys racing class ...