JINX - The Utility Boat - By Harold Kelly Jinx will race like a demon and is safe and sturdy enough to use as a small boat for the family. The "Jinx" is designed primarily for Class "B" stock utility racing and will qualify under 1955 A.P.B.A. rules, If built with the same materials as listed, it will weigh, with all hardware, just under 140 lbs. In 1952 this little boat finished ninth out of 74 in the Albany to New York marathon. As it was my first try, I got lost or she would have finished in the money. The waves out at Haverstraw Bay were 4 feet high. Even the winning boat, a big class "D" job broke its keel in the rough water. The little "Jinx" came through unscratched. That ought to speak for its rough water ability.