Blue Jacket Yachts was first conceived between two sailing experts. The Blue Jacket 40 design was a collaboration between Naval Architect Bob Johnson, owner and designer of Island Packet Yachts, and Tim Jackett of Jackett Yacht Design.  Island Packet, well known for their comfortable big volume cruising boats, wanted to establish a departure in style and performance, asking Jackett to collaborate on the design.  With Jackett's decades of experience designing Tartan and C&C performance racer/cruisers, the outcome was predictable and the judges at Cruising World Magazine agreed - awarding the Blue Jacket 40 Boat of the Year in 2014