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J Class yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs. The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) and single-masted racers (classes I through S).
Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England.She was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast. [1]
The J-class yacht Velsheda was designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built in 1933 by Camper and Nicholsons at Gosport, Hampshire.She was built for businessman William Lawrence Stephenson and between 1933 and 1936, she won many races and competed with other yachts of her era such as Britannia, Endeavour and Shamrock V.
J Class Yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs by Don Ramey Logan.jpg from Wikimedia Commons; License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0; Credit line example: "J Class Yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs by Don Ramey Logan.jpg from Wikimedia Commons by Don Ramey Logan, CC-BY-SA 4.0"
Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4–0 at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last time J-class yachts would race for the America's Cup.
Rainbow was a J-class yacht built in 1934 [1] and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup. It was ordered by Harold Vanderbilt and designed by William Starling Burgess . Rainbow was scrapped in 1940.
Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class [1] and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup [6] for the New York Yacht Club. [4] It was ordered by a syndicate headed by Vice-Commodore Winthrop Aldrich, [4] designed by Starling Burgess, [2] and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.
Shamrock V is a British J-class yacht. She was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule. She was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth America's Cup challenge. Although refitted several times, Shamrock is the only original J-class never to have fallen into dereliction.
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