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Jpk 1030

Fin w/dual Rudders · First built 2019

A Jacques Valer-designed performance racer featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio and dual rudders for control

Designed by Jacques Valer.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/dual Rudders

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The Jpk 1030, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 17 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 17
CoastalBluewater

2.14 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.14
LightHeavy

135 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 135
EasygoingPowered-up

26.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 26.1
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 42%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Draws more than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2934 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Jpk 1030, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Jpk 1030 is a 10.3-meter sailboat model designed by Jacques Valer and built by JPK Composites since 2019. It features a fin keel with dual rudders, a 3.2-meter beam, a 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 3600 kg. The boat has an SA/disp of 26.1 and a comfort ratio of 17.0. Optional features include two 300-liter water ballast tanks and a cast iron and lead bulb keel. Competitive sailors, like Petter Gustafsson, consider the Jpk 1030, alongside the Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300, as a suitable platform for double-handed offshore racing under the IRC rating rule.17:27

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.7%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
26.1
Displacement / length
135.4
Comfort ratio
17.0
Capsize screening
2.14
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1128
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/dual rudders
Construction
GRP with vinylester infusion
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2019
Designer
Jacques Valer
Builder
JPK Composites

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