J class yacht

The J Class yacht Endeavour, often described as the most beautiful J Class ever and Britain’s worthiest America’s Cup challenger, is on the market.

Designer: Charles E Nicholson

Endeavour is a 130-foot (40 m) J-class yacht built for the 1934 America’s Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England. She was launched in 1934 and won many races in her first season including against the J’s Velsheda and Shamrock V. She failed in her America’s Cup challenge against the American defender Rainbow but came closer to lifting the cup than any other until Australia II succeeded in 1983.

The SuperYatch Cup 2013

Toby Hodges on the 2017 renaissance of the J Class yachts

Would you believe it? Another J-Class yacht! But this one’s different – very different. You’d have to have been living in a cave not to have noticed the extraordinary proliferation of new J-Class yachts being built in the Netherlands over the last three years. The latest one to be announced, however, breaks the Dutch aluminium […]

The Superyacht Cup is underway in Palma and photographer Ingrid Abery was in the air to capture these photos of the J-Class action.

Toby Hodges sails the newest J Class yacht Svea, and finds an elegant J crossed with a modern maxi grand prix yacht. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi

Ships out of Water: SFW Photos of drydock infrastructure and the ships in them.

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